Development Chef

Samworth Brothers Ltd; Leicester; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading food manufacturer as a Product Development Chef on a 14-month fixed-term contract. You will innovate and develop new products while collaborating with various teams to meet customer needs. This role offers a dynamic work environment with opportunities for personal growth and a range of benefits.

Benefits

Enhanced pension scheme

Private health scheme

Employee discount scheme

Annual pay reviews

Profit related pay

Training and growth opportunities

Qualifications

• Previous experience as a chef in a quality restaurant/hotel environment.
• Ability to demonstrate practical cooking demonstrations to a high level.

Responsibilities

• Support and maintain ongoing development of quality products.
• Develop products from ideation to approval in line with customer brief.

Skills

Creativity

Passion for food

Job description

About The Role

Join the Samworth Brothers Team and become part of our dynamic family!

At Samworth Brothers, we genuinely care about our colleagues and strive to create an engaging environment that values your unique contributions. We are committed to your success and offer a range of exceptional benefits that we believe supports your life and personal aspirations: -

• Enhanced pension scheme
• Private health scheme
• Employee discount scheme
• Experience annual pay reviews
• Profit related pay
• Unlock your potential through training and growth opportunities

The Opportunity

14 month Fixed Term Contract

In this role you will support and maintain the ongoing development of new and existing quality products, with the NPD Team, in a fast-paced environment, through idea generation, development, & customer sample requests of new products. The role requires regular internal & customer interaction to ensure customer briefs are met with commercial and technical requirements.

Key Responsibilities:

• Responsibility for product innovation and development in line with customer brief, but also the ability to take a blue-sky approach to development opportunities.
• Develop products from ideation to approval in line with customer brief and brand values and business strategy for growth. Ensuring commercially viable, creative and innovative products which enable the business to keep ahead of the competition.
• Maintain awareness of market, consumer, restaurant trends, competitor activity and confidentiality of recipes always.
• Liaise closely within the Commercial, Production, Technical/Process and other departments to ensure consistency and feasibility with the development of new products, and improvement of existing products. Ensure these are safe and takes account of the capability and capacity available within the production areas.
• Undertake effective liaison with external, internal customers/contacts, to support product development activities whilst maintaining the necessary confidentiality requirements.
  

The Ideal Candidate

We believe that success is built upon collaboration and diverse perspectives. At Samworth Brothers, we welcome candidates who are passionate about working together to achieve greatness. As a valued member of our team, you will bring the following skills and experience: -

• Previous experience as a chef, working within a quality restaurant/hotel environment, with manufacturing experience within a chilled food environment desirable
• Be able to demonstrate natural flair and passion for food and knowledge of a variety of cuisines.
• Be able to demonstrate practical cooking demonstrations to a high level.
• Demonstrate a natural ability to be creative and innovative in terms of recipes, marketing ideas and packaging solutions.
• Full Driving Licence required

We also want you to thrive in an engaging and inclusive work culture where you will have the opportunity to take on personal accountability and take pride in your work. We encourage positive communication, and the building of strong collaborative relationships is essential to every role.

Join us at Samworth Brothers, where you'll be more than just a team member – you'll be an integral part of our thriving family.Apply today and embark on an exciting journey with us!

About Us

We are a fourth-generation family business producing high quality own-label products for many of the UK’s best-known retailers along with our own brands including Ginsters, Soreen, Higgidy, Dickinson & Morris, Urban Eat, West Cornwall Pasty Company and Walker & Son. We employ over 10,000 people in well-invested modern food manufacturing sites around the country.

At Samworth Brothers we take pride in our family feel within our businesses and work together to make things happen. We can offer you the stability of a wider group as well as the opportunities that that offers if you wish to progress your career with us. We are family and we would like to invite you to be part of that and support our teams in delivering great products to all of our customers.


Samworth Brothers do not engage with unlicensed gangmasters or third parties. Samworth Brothers will NEVER ask you for money in order to provide you with employment. If you are in any doubt, please contact an official Samworth Brothers representative.