Cook EFZ 2026

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Bell Switzerland Ltd, one of Switzerland's leading food brands, offers you the perfect start to your career with an apprenticeship as a chef EFZ. With our support, you will become part of the Bell apprentice community and start your career in a varied environment.

Contract type

Apprenticeship

Workload

100%

Start of employment

01.08.2026

Bell Schweiz AG

Elsässerstrasse 174
4056 Basel

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Language

German

What we offer

Work-life balance

We offer 35 vacation days so that you have enough time to recover and are then fit for work and school again.

Catering

Catering is very important to us: you can enjoy freshly prepared food in our staff canteen, a lunch menu including soup and salad, water & tea and free fruit as well as high-quality products at greatly reduced prices in our outlet. 

Mobility

Benefit from convenient public transport connections, attractive ticket subsidies and ample parking facilities in the multi-storey car park.

Professional development opportunities

We cover the costs of your vocational school materials and contribute CHF 700 towards a notebook of your choice. We also support the vocational baccalaureate for apprenticeships with a federal certificate and offer you exciting opportunities for further employment in an international environment once you have completed your apprenticeship.

Health

Your well-being is important to us: Benefit from our health management programme and a free subscription to Update Fitness - for health and fun during your leisure time.

Company events

Experience unforgettable moments with our apprentice community and every two years at our apprentice event with over 150 apprentices from the entire Bell Food Group.  

Wages and benefits in line with the market

If you perform well on the training course and at work, you can look forward to a performance bonus. Twice a year!

Family-friendly employer

Vous portez des vêtements de travail professionnels et découvrez un environnement inclusif où la diversité est appréciée et encouragée.

Your tasks

  • You are choosing a profession with a future in an extremely varied industry.
  • You will receive comprehensive basic training with us. From menu planning and the preparation of high-quality raw materials to serving - in our public staff restaurant, you will learn everything a qualified chef needs to know. Of course, compliance with hygiene, occupational safety and sustainability requirements is also very important to us.
  • We offer regular working hours (our restaurant is usually closed in the evenings) and a dedicated vocational training and kitchen team that will provide you with professional support and encouragement.

What you bring with you

  • Completed primary school
  • Enjoy working with food and a careful approach to work
  • Physical fitness and manual dexterity

Any more questions?
I'm happy to help

Simone Thommen
Coordinator Expansion / Deputy Head of Vocational Training

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This is what our application process looks like:

Thank you for your application! We have received your documents and will get back to you as soon as possible.

We would like to get to know you and your motivation better in the first introductory meeting – let us have a relaxed chat and find out together whether we are a good match.

In the second interview, we will get to know each other better and talk about your skills and the next steps at our company – we look forward to continuing our dialogue with you. For some positions, an assessment may still be required - if this is the case, you will be informed in good time.

Congratulations, you have won us over and we you! We are now finalising the process and look forward to welcoming you to our team soon.