Head Chef

Aikido-Security; Oost-Vlaanderen; Sur place; EUR 45 000 - 65 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Aikido-Security in Ghent is hiring an in-house chef to run the lunch program for about 70 colleagues daily, scaling to 120 on peak days. You’ll design a rotating weekly menu, source local ingredients, and own food cost, waste, and budgeting while upholding HACCP standards.

You’ll communicate the weekly menu in Dutch and English to the team, cater internal events, and bring strong ownership, growth, and a collaborative, no-nonsense culture to lunch.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of professional kitchen experience.
• Able to plan and execute at scale.
• Experience with HACCP and food safety habits.
• Fluent in Dutch and working English.
• Based in Ghent.

Responsabilités

• Cook lunch for ~70 people each weekday; scale to 120 on peak days.
• Design and rotate weekly menu with warm main, veg option, salad bar, soup, dessert.
• Source local, seasonal ingredients; manage supplier relationships.
• Own food costs, waste management and budgeting (30–35% target).
• Run HACCP end-to-end: logs, allergen matrix, FAVV readiness.
• Handle dietary needs across the team (vegan, halal, gluten-free, allergies).
• Cater internal events: team lunches, board meetings, product launches, kickoffs.
• Communicate the weekly menu in Dutch and English.

Connaissances

Kitchen experience

Menu planning

HACCP compliance

Dutch-English fluency

Description du poste

We’re making security suck less for developers.

Security tools haven’t kept up with how software is built today. They interrupt teams, slow releases, and turn security into a bottleneck instead of a capability. We built Aikido to change that. Aikido builds developer-first security products that reduce real risk without getting in the way of shipping software. We focus on what actually matters and automate the rest.

We’re taking on legacy security tools teams have been stuck with, and we’re winning. If you want to help us take market share and build products developers actually enjoy using, you’re in the right place.

Founded in 2022 by third-time founders, Aikido has $85M in the bank and a long runway ahead. We’re building toward self-securing software. Join an all-star team. Take real ownership. Push boundaries. Build things that matter.

We’re looking for our own in-house chef to make lunch the highlight of the workday. You’ll run the kitchen, create the menus and cook fresh food for around 70 hungry colleagues every day.

Responsibilities

• Cook lunch for +/-70 people every weekday, scaling up to 120 on peak days
• Design a rotating weekly menu: warm main, vegetarian/vegan option, salad bar, soup, dessert, snacks, etc...
• Source ingredients with a bias toward local and seasonal: you own supplier relationships
• Own food cost, waste management, and menu budgeting (target 30-35% food cost)
• Run HACCP compliance end-to-end — logs, allergen matrix, FAVV-readiness
• Handle special dietary needs across the team (vegan, halal, gluten-free, allergies)
• Cater internal events: team lunches, board meetings, product launches, kickoffs
• Communicate the weekly menu to the team in Dutch and English

• 7+ years of professional kitchen experience
• Comfortable planning and executing at scale
• Experience in HACCP-certified and food safety habits
• Fluent in Dutch, working English (our team is international)
• Based in Ghent

What you can expect

• Short decision lines. Big ownership. Shape the projects that matter and ship fast.
• Grow as fast as we do. Take on more, own more, and carve out your own path.
• Top-tier tech pay and equity.
• High trust, strong values, zero corporate BS.
• Flexibility in working hours.
• A company that sticks to its values in an open and informal atmosphere.

We hire for talent, drive, and potential. Everything else is noise.