Food Development Chef

TipTopJob; Greater London; On-site; GBP 63,000 - 77,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company pension

Holiday allowance

Staff meals

Job summary

TipTopJob in London is seeking a Food Development Chef for a premium events business. You will lead the creation of new dishes, menus and culinary concepts, with a strong focus on development and R&D.

Spend around 70% of your time on food development and 30% on events, creating dishes from idea to delivery, leading tastings, and ensuring quality at scale.

Qualifications

• Strong experience producing sophisticated, high-quality food.
• Confident creating dishes and developing menus.
• Exceptional attention to flavour, technique and presentation.
• Curious about seasonality, sourcing, provenance and sustainability.
• Engaging and comfortable presenting to VIP clients.
• Commercially aware, with an understanding of costing and production.
• Open to chefs moving into development from an operational kitchen role.

Responsibilities

• Spend around 70% of your time on food development and R&D, with 30% supporting events.
• Create dishes and concepts, taking them from initial ideas through to live delivery.
• Lead client tastings, confidently explaining ingredients, provenance and thinking behind each dish.
• Develop recipes, specifications and plating standards.
• Make sure menus work commercially and retain quality at scale.
• Inspire and develop the wider culinary team.

Skills

High-quality food

Menu development

Presentation to VIPs

Seasonality sourcing

Costing and production

Development from ops role

Enthusiasm for ingredients

Job description

Salary: Over A GBP 70,000 : flexible for the right chef

Location: London

Focus: 70 Food Development and R and D 30 Events

Are you completely obsessed with food?

Im recruiting a Food Development Chef for a premium London events business, leading the creation of new dishes, menus and culinary concepts.

You could come from Michelin:starred or AA Rosette restaurants, fine dining, luxury hotels, private dining, executive hospitality or premium events . Were open on sector; what matters is exceptional food, technical ability, creativity and a real understanding of ingredients.

Salary and Benefits

• A Over A GBP 70,000, with flexibility for the right chef
• 80 Monday to Friday : 8AM to 4PM
• Huge creative scope and room to progress
• Company pension, holiday allowance and staff meals

The Operation

• Premium events and catering for high:profile and VIP clients.
• Bespoke canapÃs, bowl food and fine:dining menus.
• Regular client tastings.
• High:volume production and live event delivery.

The Role

• Spend around 70 of your time on food development and R and D , with 30 supporting events.
• Create dishes and concepts, taking them from initial ideas through to live delivery.
• Lead client tastings, confidently explaining the ingredients, provenance and thinking behind each dish.
• Develop recipes, specifications and plating standards.
• Make sure menus work commercially and retain their quality at scale.
• Inspire and develop the wider culinary team.

About You

• Strong experience producing sophisticated, high:quality food.
• Confident creating dishes and developing menus.
• Exceptional attention to flavour, technique and presentation.
• Curious about seasonality, sourcing, provenance and sustainability.
• Engaging and comfortable presenting to VIP clients.
• Commercially aware, with an understanding of costing and production.
• Open to chefs moving into development from an operational kitchen role.

Youll be the chef who wants to know where an ingredient came from, who produced it and why its right for the dish : and who can share that enthusiasm with a client.

If you want more space to develop ideas, explore ingredients and shape the food offer, Id love to hear from you.