Senior Development Chef - Lead Culinary Innovation

COREcruitment Ltd

Greater London

On-site

GBP 65,000 - 75,000

Full time

2 days ago
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Benefits offered by this job

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Mileage covered
Private medical benefits
Company pension
Travel opportunities

Job summary

COREcruitment Ltd in West London is seeking a Senior Development Chef to drive culinary development across large-scale production and major client tastings. You will coordinate the development kitchen and lead a highly skilled team while engaging with senior clients and commercial teams.

You'll shape menus, develop concepts and provide accurate costing, presentations and tenders. This role offers travel both UK and internationally, with a Monday-Friday style schedule and significant growth

Qualifications

  • Senior culinary professional with strong organisational skills.
  • Experience with menu development and food costing.
  • Comfortable presenting food and concepts to senior clients.
  • Willingness to travel.

Responsibilities

  • Coordinate the development kitchen and team.
  • Manage multiple culinary projects simultaneously.
  • Lead major client tastings and presentations.
  • Support menu development and innovation.
  • Work with commercial and costing teams.
  • Coordinate recipes, specifications and development systems.
  • Support tenders and new business opportunities.
  • Represent the culinary team with senior clients.
  • Help develop production teams.
  • Bring structure to development processes.

Skills

Menu development
Food costing
Client presentations
Project management
Team leadership
Culinary credibility

Job description

COREcruitment Ltd in West London is seeking a Senior Development Chef to drive culinary development across large-scale production and major client tastings. You will coordinate the development kitchen and lead a highly skilled team while engaging with senior clients and commercial teams.

You'll shape menus, develop concepts and provide accurate costing, presentations and tenders. This role offers travel both UK and internationally, with a Monday-Friday style schedule and significant growth

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