Overview
Salary: £65,000-£75,000 + Company Car
Location: West London | UK & International Travel
Hours: Predominantly Monday-Friday | Around 40 hours
Love food development, but equally good at making the whole process actually happen?
I’m recruiting a Senior Development Chef for a major premium food and hospitality business, working across culinary development, client presentations, tenders and large-scale production.
This isn’t purely a role for someone who wants to spend every day developing dishes. You’ll be the number two within the development function, bringing structure, organisation and fresh thinking to a highly experienced culinary team.
Salary & Benefits
- £65,000-£75,000 salary
- Company car
- Mileage and business travel covered
- Private medical benefits
- Company pension
- Predominantly Monday-Friday
- UK and occasional international travel
- Excellent long-term development opportunity
The Operation
- Large-scale premium food production.
- Complex, high-volume operation.
- Established development kitchen.
- High-profile international clients.
- Major client tastings and presentations.
- New business tenders and menu development.
- Significant investment and growth plans.
The Role
- Coordinate the development kitchen and team.
- Manage multiple culinary projects simultaneously.
- Lead major client tastings and presentations.
- Support menu development and innovation.
- Work closely 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 and train production teams.
- Bring greater structure to development processes.
About You
- Senior Development Chef, Executive Chef or senior culinary professional.
- Background can include contract catering, events, food manufacturing, corporate catering or large-scale hospitality.
- Strong culinary credibility, but equally strong organisational skills.
- Experienced with menu development and food costing.
- Confident presenting food and concepts to senior clients.
- Comfortable with systems, specifications and documentation.
- Commercially aware and highly organised.
- Diplomatic and confident working with experienced teams.
- Comfortable travelling when required.
If you’re a senior culinary professional who combines food knowledge, commercial thinking, organisation and brilliant client skills, this is a genuinely exciting opportunity to influence a major development operation.
Apply today or send your CV to yasmin AT corecruitment DOT com
Job Tenure: Permanent
