Head Chef

Aikido Security; Oost-Vlaanderen; Sur place; EUR 45 000 - 60 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Equity

Flexible hours

Healthy lunch program

Résumé du poste

Aikido Security in Ghent is seeking an experienced in-house lunch chef to lead daily meals for around 70 colleagues, scaling to 120 on peak days. You will design rotating weekly menus, source local ingredients, manage food cost and HACCP compliance, and cater internal events. Fluent Dutch and English are essential, as the team is international.

This role offers top-tier pay, equity and flexible hours in a fast-growing security startup.

Qualifications

• Fluent Dutch and working English required.
• 7+ years professional kitchen experience.
• Experience in HACCP-certified environments and food safety habits.
• Strong planning and budgeting abilities for food cost control.
• Based in Ghent, Belgium.

Responsabilités

• Cook lunch for ~70 people on weekdays, up to 120 on peak days.
• Design a rotating weekly menu with warm main, sides, desserts, and snacks.
• Source ingredients with a bias toward local and seasonal; manage supplier relations.
• Own food cost, waste management, and menu budgeting (target 30–35% food cost).
• Run HACCP compliance end-to-end — logs, allergen matrix, readiness.
• Handle dietary needs (vegan, halal, gluten-free, allergies) across the team.
• Cater internal events: team lunches, board meetings, product launches.
• Communicate the weekly menu to the team in Dutch and English.

Connaissances

Dutch fluency

English proficiency

Kitchen management

HACCP knowledge

Description du poste

Job Description

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.

Job Description

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

Job Requirements

• 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.