Development Chef

Job Description

If you are a Product Development Chef who has experience of a food manufacturing environment who is able to cope with the demand and pace of major retail clients this could be an ideal stepping stone for you!  Lots of direct customer exposure enabling you to make a lasting impact and a real opportunity to develop your career.

As the Food Development Chef you will influence and inspire, raise food standards and food awareness throughout the site, you should be viewed as the trusted font of food knowledge.  You will work on brief and blue sky projects, work closely with marketing, commercial and factory colleagues to ensure that your client retain a competitive edge.  You will deliver innovation utilising your extensive trend and ingredient knowledge, aim to become category champions.  There will be regular customer and internal food presentations which will require confidence and tenacity.  It is important that you are able to calculate product cost and accurately record information, therefore a degree of computer literacy is vital.

The client is one of the UK’s leading chilled food manufacturers, who supply customers with exiting own label foods for every occasion across a number of categories and product portfolios.

Required

·         A credible culinary background

·         Previous food manufacturing experience essential, with the ability to take ownership of projects and see through to completion

·         An understanding of market trends

·         A strong commercial acumen

·         Excellent interpersonal skills – receptive to others ideas and able to see beyond criticism to deliver solutions

·         Not afraid of challenge or change

Ref JBM6763