Development Chef: Innovative Menu Architect

Ivy Restaurants Ltd; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 52,000 - 66,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Employee dining discount across The IV

Birthday day off

Dining vouchers on work anniversaries

Long service holiday reward

Wellbeing & safety support

Job summary

Ivy Restaurants Ltd is seeking a Development Chef to shape the food strategy across Harry’s Restaurants in London. You will create, test and refine menus, ensuring dishes are exciting, cost-effective and scalable while staying true to the Harry’s brand.

Work closely with Operations, Marketing, NPD and Supply Chain to bring new concepts to life, maintain high quality, and support kitchen training and menu launches across the group.

Qualifications

• Proven track record as a chef with menu, concept or product development experience.
• Strong passion for food, creativity and emerging culinary trends.
• Commercial awareness: cost control, scalability and operational delivery.
• Excellent knowledge of food safety, allergens and quality standards.

Responsibilities

• Create, test and develop new dishes, seasonal menus and set menus.
• Evolve existing dishes to improve quality, consistency and guest experience.
• Present concepts and dishes during tasting sessions with the senior culinary team.
• Stay ahead of trends and ingredients to inspire future menus.
• Support menu launches and marketing campaigns with brand-led development.
• Lead culinary preparation and food styling for photoshoots.

Skills

Menu development

Culinary creativity

Costing & profitability

Food safety

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

Ivy Restaurants Ltd is seeking a Development Chef to shape the food strategy across Harry’s Restaurants in London. You will create, test and refine menus, ensuring dishes are exciting, cost-effective and scalable while staying true to the Harry’s brand.

Work closely with Operations, Marketing, NPD and Supply Chain to bring new concepts to life, maintain high quality, and support kitchen training and menu launches across the group.