At the end of winter 2023, Silvia and Toni Hersche will hand over the management of the Sillerenbühl restaurant. It is when the Silleren army is retiring. As part of this change, Bergbahnen Adelboden AG is planning a complete conversion and reorientation of operations.
Because Toni Hersche will retire in the spring of 2023, he and his wife Silvia will hand over the management of the restaurant trade on Sillerenbühl at the end of the winter season 2022/23.
Markus Hostettler, Director of Bergbahnen Adelboden AG says: “We are reluctant to let them go and are happy that Silvia Hersche is staying with the company as Head of Accounting.” No personnel adjustments are planned in the restaurant Sillerenbühl: “We continue to rely on the wealth of experience of the current staff”.
New appearance
With the change in culinary management, Bergbahnen Adelboden AG is tackling the upcoming renovation of the restaurant. The technical and sanitary facilities are being renovated, the restaurant is remodeled and adapted to the needs of today’s guests. On the one hand, the electronic installations, ventilation and bathroom installations will be renewed. Great importance is also attached to better soundproofing.
On the other hand, the company receives a reorientation. “In recent years, gastronomy has undergone great changes,” says Hostettler and adds: “With the renovation, we not only want to update our restaurant technically, we also want to ensure that the Vogellisi and its values. in beautiful restaurants Our mountain can be experienced».
The self-service concept is maintained. Furniture, room arrangements, food and drink options at almost 2,000 meters above sea level will be new. “During planning and implementation, it is very important for us that the expertise and experience of the existing team are incorporated,” emphasizes Markus Hostettler. If the schedule can be met, the implementation work will go out to tender at the end of autumn 2022. The conversion, which has a budget of around one to two million francs, is planned for the non-operational period from the end of the coming winter, so that the guests can be welcomed in the new dress in the summer of 2023.
All the power wanted
Those responsible are now focusing on filling the vacant position in the culinary management (individual or couple) and finding a successor who can identify with the values of the “VogellisiBerg” brand and the lady of Adelboden grass. Markus Hostettler: «We are looking for someone who runs the business with the same commitment and has hospitality in his blood. Of course it would be nice if the new hosts came from the region or were rooted in the region». (htr/nde)