Head Chef / Chef de Cuisine at 100%

Does your passion for cooking go beyond the plate?

Are you convinced that in a care home, every meal is much more than just a moment at the table: a pleasure, a time for sharing, and an essential contribution to the health and well-being of the residents? Do you want to put your expertise at the service of quality catering and participate in creating a culinary offer fully integrated into the life of the establishment?

Then you are in the right place!

For our new Tertianum Le Rolliet establishment in Plan-les-Ouates (GE), which will open its doors in April 2026, we are looking for a

Head Chef / Chef de Cuisine at 100%

Your role

You are responsible for the kitchen and your team. You ensure the provision of tasty, balanced food adapted to the needs of elderly people and compliant with food safety requirements.

You make the kitchen a true contributor to the quality of life of the residents: the pleasure of eating, habits, tastes, textures, nutritional needs and conviviality all find their place in your approach.

Your main responsibilities

• Build and structure service processes during the opening phase, then ensure their monitoring and continuous improvement.
• Develop a varied, tasty, balanced food offer adapted to geriatric needs and the particular situations of residents.
• Design and evolve menus taking into account nutritional needs, textures, seasons, preferences, presentation and costs.
• Foster a "homemade" approach while optimising processes, ensuring compliance with group directives and budget.
• Work interdisciplinarily with care and other sectors so that food is fully integrated into resident support.
• Organise kitchen operations, purchasing, stocks, inventories and budget.
• Ensure compliance with HACCP requirements, legislation and safety and hygiene directives.
• Manage, support and develop the team, including apprentices, valuing skills and knowledge transfer.
• Organise and plan work in compliance with labour legislation, the Geneva EMS collective labour agreement and Tertianum directives.
• Represent the kitchen within the establishment and actively contribute to interdisciplinary dynamics.

Your profile

• Federal Certificate of Competence (CFC) as a cook, ideally complemented by training in management or leadership
• Proven experience as head chef, ideally in care homes, community hospitality or system catering.
• Strong mastery of production cooking and requirements related to different diets and textures.
• Natural leadership, ability to unite and pleasure in teaching.
• Good knowledge of labour legislation and the Geneva EMS collective labour agreement.
• Trainer certification in a company is an asset
• Particular sensitivity to the role of food in the quality of life and health of elderly people.
• Organisational, planning and budget management skills.
• Interest in building, continuous improvement and networking.
• Good command of French and ease with IT tools.

Why Tertianum?

Tertianum offers interesting opportunities for professional and leadership careers and we place great importance on our employees being able to balance their professional development and lifestyle. This includes a varied range of benefits, for example:

• Internal and external continuing education opportunities
• An additional day off during the birthday month
• Daily lunch for CHF 10
• Discounted Sunrise mobile and Internet subscriptions
• Discounts on certain supplementary health insurances
• Various fleet discounts

You will find other benefits on our website.

Are you interested?

We offer you an exciting prospect: to build a kitchen that fully contributes to the well-being, health and enjoyment of the residents, while developing a committed and proud team.

We look forward to receiving your complete application via our online tool.