Development Chef

JR United Kingdom; Maidstone; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading manufacturer in the UK is seeking a Development Chef to innovate and showcase new recipes. This role involves creating ingredient-based dishes and presenting them to clients, requiring strong culinary skills and an understanding of customer trends. The position offers a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits, with opportunities for hybrid working arrangements.

Benefits

Profit sharing

Generous company pension contribution

Life insurance

Health care benefits

33 days holiday per annum

Qualifications

• Experienced NPD Chef or Innovation Chef in food manufacturing.
• Classically trained or equivalent education.
• Knowledge of culinary and customer trends.

Responsibilities

• Create NPD ingredient-based recipes.
• Present dishes and ingredients to customers.
• Record NPD information and manage ingredient costings.

Skills

Culinary innovation

Presentation skills

IT literacy

Organisation skills

Education

Food related degree

Job description

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This job is working for a very well-established and respected manufacturer that supplies to UK retailers and foodservice markets, as well as further food manufacturing.

Always at the forefront of product development and innovation, they have continually invested in new facilities and the latest technologies.

About the Development Chef job

• The purpose of the role is to showcase company products and their application in recipes, to demonstrate value to customers and to support business development.
• Key tasks:
• Create NPD ingredient-based recipes as well as translate them into tasty food.
• Presenting created products, dishes, and ingredients to customers in an engaging, knowledgeable, and friendly manner.
• Work closely with both the NPD Team and Sales Team.
• Record information on NPD systems.
• Manage and calculate ingredient costings and final recipe build costs from a raw material cost perspective.

About You

• You will be an experienced NPD Chef or Innovation Chef with a background working in food manufacturing. Experience working in clients kitchens and/or presentation suites would be ideal.
• You will ideally be classically trained or perhaps you have a food related degree, together with excellent knowledge of culinary and customer trends.
• This role would suit someone looking for a new challenge and to be able to use your culinary ability to innovate with new ingredients and flavours to create exciting dishes to showcase to clients.
• You will also be IT literate and have good organisation skills in order to accurately record recipe information.
• A willingness to travel (UK valid driving licence is essential) as there is some travel, predominantly throughout the UK for culinary work.

The Development Chef job (ref:8904) is based in Kent and is paying up to £55,000 according to your experience plus mileage with all travel and accommodation expenses.

The role comes with a great benefits package which includes profit sharing, a generous company pension contribution, life insurance, health care benefits and 33 days holiday per annum (including Bank Holidays).

The site is in Kent and is commutable from Sevenoaks, Maidstone, Tunbridge Wells, Orpington, Croydon, Reigate and Aylesford.

The working hours are Monday to Friday, with hybrid working 2 days per week work from home.

Alternate job titles

NPD Chef | New Product Development Chef | Innovation Chef | Food Manufacturing Chef | Development jobs