Creative Development Chef for Immersive Food

Bompas & Parr Studio Ltd; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave

Private Medical Insurance

Sabbaticals after 5 years

Sabbaticals after 10 years

Cycle to Work Scheme

Staff lunches on Wednesdays

Christmas/Year-end events

Job summary

Bompas & Parr Studio Ltd in London is seeking a Development Chef to craft and deliver innovative food and drink experiences across client projects and studio initiatives. You will translate creative briefs into practical concepts, lead on-site catering at events, tastings and shoots, and manage food production with freelance teams, ensuring consistent quality and scalable production.

The role requires strong culinary skills, curiosity, and the ability to work with multidisciplinary teams, while

Qualifications

• Significant professional kitchen experience and strong culinary technique.
• Experience developing menus, recipes or food products from concept through to execution.
• Experience catering for events or producing food at scale.
• Interest in food innovation, science, history and trends.
• Strong organisational and project management skills.
• Ability to cost recipes and manage ingredients within budgets.
• Experience liaising with suppliers and external production teams.

Responsibilities

• Develop original food and drink concepts in response to briefs.
• Research, develop and test recipes, menus and food experiences.
• Experiment with ingredients and formats to find innovative solutions.
• Lead food production and delivery for events, tastings, shoots and activations.
• Develop menus from canapés to immersive dinners and experiential concepts.
• Oversee food styling and presentation for photography and content production.

Skills

Kitchen experience

Menu development

Event catering

Food innovation

Project management

Costing recipes

Supplier liaison

Client communication

Detail oriented

Level 3 Hygiene

HACCP knowledge

Education

Level 3 Food Hygiene

Tools

MS Office

Google Workspace

Job description

Bompas & Parr Studio Ltd in London is seeking a Development Chef to craft and deliver innovative food and drink experiences across client projects and studio initiatives. You will translate creative briefs into practical concepts, lead on-site catering at events, tastings and shoots, and manage food production with freelance teams, ensuring consistent quality and scalable production.

The role requires strong culinary skills, curiosity, and the ability to work with multidisciplinary teams, while