Head Chef

aikidosecurity; Oost-Vlaanderen; Sur place; EUR 42 000 - 60 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Aikido Security in Ghent, Belgium is seeking an experienced in-house chef to lead the kitchen for about 70 colleagues daily, with peaks up to 120. You will design rotating menus, source local ingredients, and manage costs, waste, and HACCP compliance.

This role requires Dutch fluency and working English in an international team. Join a company that values ownership, fast shipping, and strong values in a casual atmosphere.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of professional kitchen experience.
• Fluent in Dutch; working English.
• Based in Ghent.
• Experience in HACCP-certified environments.
• Comfortable planning and executing at scale.

Responsabilités

• 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

Connaissances

Dutch language

English language

Kitchen management

Food safety HACCP

Restaurant cooking

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.