The Company

Our client is a well-established manufacturer in the chilled food arena who supply to the UK major multiples. With a distinctive market presence coupled with strong consumer understanding and excellent customer service, they are now looking for a Senior Development Chef to help with NPD projects and keep their portfolio fresh, exciting and in line with the latest trends.

The Role

Reporting to the Head of Food you’ll play an influential role in creating delicious concepts and transforming them into factory successes. You’ll be working with the team to drive the NPD Pipeline ensuring you bring the food agenda to life by managing a number of product briefs, revitalising existing ranges and developing new products. Your products not only need to taste amazing but also need to be on point commercially.

You will be developing recipes using your culinary, ingredients and food trends knowledge, making sure they are in line with customer expectations. You’ll be presenting ideas and concepts to entice consumers with thrilling new flavour profiles.

The Person

Suit a Development / NPD Chef who can thrive in a hands-on role and is keen to join an established and progressive innovations team. You’ll possess excellent culinary knowledge, an obsessive passion for food and an understanding of up-and-coming food trends. Having honed your skills in a pacey food manufacturing business you will now be ready to take a step up and start managing a team.

You’ll have previous food manufacturing experience where you have developed some amazing products for the retail market. You have a natural ability to build relationships with your customers and enthuse them with your knowledge, food values and inspirational ideas.

As well as being a personable, charismatic and forward-thinking Development Chef, you must also have impeccable presentation and project management skills to really excel in this dynamic role.

If you have the culinary magic that make you the food star we’re searching for, then please get in touch. Either call Dhrutee on 0345 2600 737 // 07700 137 110 for more information or email your CV across.

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Due to the large number of applications our opportunities attract, it sometimes takes us time to thoroughly review and consider them all. We endeavour to respond to every application within 5 working days, however if you have not heard from us within this timeframe, we are sorry to say your application for the role has not been successful. To support you in showcasing your best self, we make sure that any necessary accommodations, whether physical or non-physical, are provided to assist you throughout the job application and interview process.

Also, please note that we are only able to accept and respond to applications from candidates with eligibility to work in the UK and those who hold valid work visas.