The six Swiss chefs are among the best in their field. The dedicated cooks have to stand long in the kitchen and have found the optimal shoe in the comfortable kybun shoe.
The Staubern restaurant in the Alpstein massif is a popular destination. Staff there are on their feet for over 12 hours serving hikers and sightseers on nice days.
The Alpine descent in Seewis, a municipality in the Swiss region of Prättigau, attracts hundreds of spectators each year.
Bettina Forrer works as a waitress. For years, she suffered from foot and back pain after long days at work.
Heavy legs, burning feet and back problems – familiar problems for employees in standing professions.
As a professional chef, Roger Christen is on his feet for over ten hours every day. He usually moves about on a hard floor in a very small space. The work became almost unbearable once he developed a severe case of heel spurs.
Santo Palamara was plagued by serious pain in his veins for years. As the operator of the Friulana Osteria & Pizzeria in Munich, he spends hours on his feet every day.
Dutchman Olivier van der Staal works as a chef at the Renan community in Bern, where he conjures up delicious meals for residents made with fresh products from the community's own farm.
