Head Chef

Consulting is recruiting for its client La Leukerbad Clinic.

Nestled at 1’400 meters altitude, La Leukerbad Clinic offers its patients specialized care in musculoskeletal rehabilitation, internal medicine, and oncology. Its thermal water, its unique multidisciplinary approach, as well as the quality of its staff, have forged its solid reputation.

In order to transform its catering offer and make food a true component of care and the patient experience, it is looking for a

Head Chef M/F

At the head of a team of approximately 12 employees, you will develop fresh, local, seasonal, and mostly homemade cuisine. You will combine culinary excellence, medical requirements, and hotel standards, while ensuring rigorous management of the activity.

You will manage two complementary offers: La Cascade, offering healthy and convivial daily dining, and La Table de Goethe, a premium offer with à la minute and à la carte preparations.

Your missions:

• Develop the identity and the à la carte offer of La Table de Goethe.
• Guarantee the taste, nutritional, and visual quality of the plates.
• Develop homemade cuisine, integrating the principles of health and chrono-nutrition.
• Collaborate with medical and dietary teams in order to adapt the offer to diets and pathologies.
• Supervise, unite, and develop a team of approximately 12 employees.
• Reorganize production and support change.
• Manage purchases, stocks, inventories, costs, and the budget.
• Elaborate technical sheets and monitor KPIs.
• Develop short supply chains and reduce food waste.
• Contribute to obtaining quality labels and the reputation of La Leukerbad Clinic.

Your Profile:

• Diploma in culinary arts, cooking, or equivalent training.
• At least 7 years of experience in catering, including a minimum of 2 years as Head Chef M/F.
• Solid knowledge in traditional or bistronomic catering.
• Experience in managing a team of at least 5 to 6 people.
• Mastery of stock management, inventories, budgets, technical sheets, and performance indicators.
• Marked sensitivity to nutrition, health, and well-being.
• Committed and unifying leadership, rigor, and ability to lead change.
• Creativity, sense of detail, and desire to be an active presence on the ground.
• Adherence to the values of La Leukerbad Clinic: commitment, professionalism, empathy, competence, and evolution.

We offer you:

• A central role in an ambitious and meaningful transformation project.
• Real autonomy to structure and evolve the culinary offer.
• The possibility to combine cuisine, health, well-being, and a high-end experience.
• A multidisciplinary environment within a human-sized clinic.
• An exceptional working environment in the heart of the Valais Alps.

For any questions, please contact Mr. Ibrahima Diouf by email at or by telephone at +41(0)

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