Culinary Development Chef

Cofoco; København; On-site; DKK 550,000 - 650,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension

Health insurance

Attractive hours

Job summary

Donna, a Cofoco restaurant, is seeking a Culinary Development Chef to lead culinary development and hands-on execution. You will shape and test dishes, work with our head chef, and help elevate menus in a fast-paced environment.

You will spend roughly half of your time developing dishes and half implementing them in the kitchen, collaborating with an established team and contributing to the restaurant's long-term culinary direction.

Qualifications

• Solid experience from high-quality restaurants.
• Strong understanding of Italian cuisine.
• Experience as a Sous Chef, Head Chef or senior kitchen role.
• Keeps up with restaurants, ingredients and culinary trends.
• Able to create something new while respecting a great classic.
• Can develop dishes that work financially and operationally.
• Detail-oriented and persistent until a dish is right.
• Collaborates with an existing kitchen team.

Responsibilities

• Develop new dishes and menus for Donna.
• Improve existing dishes and test ingredients and recipes.
• Source specialist suppliers and ingredients.
• Ensure dishes taste exceptional and work in a busy restaurant.
• Train the kitchen team in new dishes and maintain quality.
• Follow dishes from idea to service and plating.
• Contribute to Donna's long-term culinary direction.
• Split time roughly 50% development and 50% hands-on kitchen work.

Skills

High-end restaurant experience

Italian cuisine expertise

Sous/Head Chef experience

Trend awareness

Creativity with classics

Financial/operational dish development

Attention to detail

Collaborative team player

Job description

Culinary Development Chef

Do you want to make your culinary mark on Donna?

We are looking for a highly skilled chef with experience, strong opinions and a genuine passion for Italian food.

You may have worked as a Head Chef or Sous Chef for several years and still love being hands-on with the food - developing dishes, tasting, adjusting and constantly making things better - but would now like to spend more of your time on food and culinary development and less on administration and people management.

At Donna, you will play a central role in the restaurant’s culinary development.

Your role

Together with our Head Chef and culinary team, you will help develop Donna and take the food to the next level.

Your responsibilities will include:

• developing new dishes and menus
• improving existing dishes
• testing ingredients, techniques and recipes
• sourcing specialist suppliers and ingredient
• ensuring that dishes both taste exceptional and work in a busy restaurant environment
• training the kitchen team in new dishes and ensuring consistent quality
• following dishes all the way from initial idea and testing through to service and the guest's plate
• contributing to Donna's long-term culinary direction

For us, development should never happen in isolation from the day-to-day operation. You will therefore also work in the kitchen and take part in service, giving you the opportunity to see how the dishes actually perform during busy evenings.

The role will be approximately 50% culinary development and 50% implementation and hands-on work in the kitchen.

Who are we looking for?

First and foremost, you are a very talented chef.

We imagine that you:

• have solid experience from high-quality restaurants
• have a strong understanding of Italian cuisine
• have experience as a Sous Chef, Head Chef or in another senior kitchen role
• keep up with restaurants, ingredients and culinary trends
• are able to create something new while also understanding the value of a great classic
• can develop dishes that work both financially and operationally
• are detail-oriented and keep working on a dish until it is exactly right
• can collaborate with an existing kitchen team without needing to be the person who decides everything

The right experience and mindset are more important to us than a specific number of years on your CV.

Why Donna?

You will have the opportunity to work with culinary development in a large and successful restaurant, where the dishes you create will be served to a significant number of guests.

You will have real influence on the menu and the opportunity to see your ideas become reality.

At the same time, you will become part of Cofoco and gain access to a large culinary environment with 18 restaurants, different cuisines and many talented colleagues.

We offer an attractive salary package including pension, health insurance, strong employee benefits and attractive working hours.