Proud to deliver high quality products and develop a high-quality career.
Position: Development Chef
Working Days: Monday to Friday
Hours: 37.5 Hours
Benefits:
* Private Health Care
* Bonus Scheme
About the role:
A very exciting opportunity has arisen at our site in Newark for a Development Chef to work across a variety of retailers and categories. We are looking for a creative chef who has an enthusiasm and love of food - especially desserts and a passion for the industry.
Key Responsibilities:
* Effective internal working relationships across key functions to support the development process activity.
* Manage and support the team to effectively deliver the development activity to the highest standard.
* Manage hospitality for customer and high-profile visits. Customer support as required.
* Ability to present products to internal and external customers. Demonstrate culinary knowledge, expertise, passion, and flair. Convert feedback into appropriate action.
* Support the customer pipeline through inspirational and innovative product and process ideation. Translate food trends into relevant and commercially viable product development.
* Fully understand relevant site capabilities and broader group capabilities.
* Ensure the development kitchen facility operates to a high standard.
* Develop NPD and EPD, to an agreed quality and timescale, based on a strong understanding of all Development and commercial parameters.
* Kitchen assistant as direct report.
About you:
* Qualified chef - restaurant or manufacturing experience.
* Passion for food and inherent interest in the food industry.
* Culinary skills, passion, creative flair & tenacious nature.
* Willingness to learn and grow into the role and business.
What you'll receive:
As an equal opportunity employer, we're committed to providing a safe and rewarding environment for you to thrive in. This is why we work hard to deliver benefits and wellbeing offerings that are important to you.
You'll enjoy:
* Life Assurance (2.5 x salary)
* Private medical insurance
* Annual Bonus Scheme
* 25 days holiday plus 8 bank holidays as standard (may vary by role)
* Staff Shop
* Stakeholder Pension Scheme
* Discount & cashback platform
* Personal Accident Insurance
* Free health check
* Employee Assistance Programme
* A range of voluntary benefits (holiday purchase scheme, additional life assurance, dental & hospital cash plans)
* Salary sacrifice car lease scheme
* Free independent mortgage advice
* Discounted tutoring for children
* Access to financial learning tools and affordable loans via your salary
* Free car parking - Site dependant
Proud to be Bakkavor:
We're proud to be the market leader in the UK fresh prepared food industry. We're proud to supply meals, salads, desserts, pizza, and bread to leading grocery retailers including Tesco, M&S, Sainsbury's, and Waitrose. We're driven by the hard work and passion of our people and are delighted to offer a wide range of careers across our business - come and join our dedicated Bakkavor team!
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