With her cuisine, Pia Camponovo has long since made a name for herself far beyond Solothurn.<\/p>\n
At Baseltor, the chef focuses on Mediterranean dishes with an oriental touch. Her timeless creations are prepared with a great love of craftsmanship. The Baseltor has a long slow-food tradition, only uses meat from organic production and cooks with local ingredients.<\/p>\n
Welcome Otto Simon<\/p>\n
A generational change in the kitchen is a special moment. That’s why we’re taking our time and approaching it step by step. Pia has been shaping the cuisine and the Baseltor since 1992 with her Mediterranean, delicately Oriental-inspired and uncompromisingly sustainable signature style. Organic meat, regional vegetables and a clear slow food philosophy remain the cornerstones of our cuisine. Pia will remain at the Baseltor, passing on her knowledge, experience and the subtleties of her style to Otto.<\/p>\n
Otto has been part of our cooperative since 2019 \u2013 first at La Couronne, then at the Salzhaus, where he played a key role in shaping the culinary profile as sous-chef alongside Christian H\u00e4rtge. He comes from Thuringia and brings with him a rare depth of craftsmanship: first as a butcher, then as a chef \u2013 deliberately both, in order to get the best out of every cut of meat. In the summer, he also successfully completed his training as a head chef.<\/p>\n
For Otto, the cooperative has felt like the right place to be since day one: clear values, a strong team and a place that offers him opportunities for further development. Together with Pia, he is now leading the Baseltor kitchen into the future \u2013 as usual: seasonal, sustainable, unpretentious and simply \u2018Baseltor\u2019. Both are looking forward to learning from each other and developing our establishment together.<\/p>\n"}],"link-lists":false,"image-element":{"image":{"ID":6692,"id":6692,"title":"pia-camponovo-otto-simon-photo-by-we-capture-nils-kurth","filename":"pia-camponovo-otto-simon-photo-by-we-capture-nils-kurth.png","filesize":513025,"url":"https:\/\/baseltor.ch\/app\/uploads\/2025\/12\/pia-camponovo-otto-simon-photo-by-we-capture-nils-kurth.png","link":"https:\/\/baseltor.ch\/en\/food-and-drinks\/pia-camponovo\/pia-camponovo-otto-simon-photo-by-we-capture-nils-kurth-2\/","alt":"Pia Campnovo und Otto Simon, Restaurant Hotel Baseltor Solothurn, Bild: Nils Kurth","author":"3","description":"","caption":"","name":"pia-camponovo-otto-simon-photo-by-we-capture-nils-kurth-2","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":3879,"date":"2025-12-29 08:37:01","modified":"2025-12-29 08:37:32","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/baseltor.ch\/wp\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":800,"height":1200,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/baseltor.ch\/app\/uploads\/2025\/12\/pia-camponovo-otto-simon-photo-by-we-capture-nils-kurth-150x150.png","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/baseltor.ch\/app\/uploads\/2025\/12\/pia-camponovo-otto-simon-photo-by-we-capture-nils-kurth-200x300.png","medium-width":200,"medium-height":300,"medium_large":"https:\/\/baseltor.ch\/app\/uploads\/2025\/12\/pia-camponovo-otto-simon-photo-by-we-capture-nils-kurth-768x1152.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":1152,"large":"https:\/\/baseltor.ch\/app\/uploads\/2025\/12\/pia-camponovo-otto-simon-photo-by-we-capture-nils-kurth-683x1024.png","large-width":683,"large-height":1024,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/baseltor.ch\/app\/uploads\/2025\/12\/pia-camponovo-otto-simon-photo-by-we-capture-nils-kurth.png","1536x1536-width":800,"1536x1536-height":1200,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/baseltor.ch\/app\/uploads\/2025\/12\/pia-camponovo-otto-simon-photo-by-we-capture-nils-kurth.png","2048x2048-width":800,"2048x2048-height":1200}},"caption":""}},"elements":false,"subpage_elements":{"elements":false},"seo":{"active":true,"title":"","text":"","image":false,"keywords":""},"text-header":{"text":"
Das Restaurant Baseltor ist eine Genossenschaftsbeiz, die sich \u00fcber Jahrzehnte weiterentwickelt hat und heute fest in Solothurn verwurzelt ist, mit einer best\u00e4ndigen Qualit\u00e4t auf hohem Niveau und 12 GaultMillau-Punkten.<\/p>\n
Geniessen Sie unsere idyllische Lage in der Solothurner Altstadt: Im Sommer zus\u00e4tzliche mit zwei Terrassen, eine mit Blick auf die St. Ursen-Kathedrale und eine mit Sicht auf den Riedholzplatz oder in unserem lauschigen Innenhof.<\/p>\n"},"text_header":{"text-header":{"text":"
Das Restaurant Baseltor ist eine Genossenschaftsbeiz, die sich \u00fcber Jahrzehnte weiterentwickelt hat und heute fest in Solothurn verwurzelt ist, mit einer best\u00e4ndigen Qualit\u00e4t auf hohem Niveau und 12 GaultMillau-Punkten.<\/p>\n
Geniessen Sie unsere idyllische Lage in der Solothurner Altstadt: Im Sommer zus\u00e4tzliche mit zwei Terrassen, eine mit Blick auf die St. Ursen-Kathedrale und eine mit Sicht auf den Riedholzplatz oder in unserem lauschigen Innenhof.<\/p>\n"}},"home_elements":{"elements":false}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/baseltor.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3879","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/baseltor.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/baseltor.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baseltor.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baseltor.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3879"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/baseltor.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3879\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6699,"href":"https:\/\/baseltor.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3879\/revisions\/6699"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baseltor.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3877"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/baseltor.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}