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SalaryCULINARY TRAINER
£35,000 + Bonus
London Based with UK wide travel
WHO ARE SESSIONS?
A growth platform for original food brands & experiences.
- Creators in food.
- Challengers in brand development.
- Leaders in licensing.
- Disruptors in franchise.
- Originals, in everything.
Founded in 2020, we’re on a mission to bring non-stop
originality to every kitchen and food lovers across the UK.
Sessions’ brand portfolio includes UK crowd favourites such as SoBe Burger, Little Bao Boy, Backyard Chicken and Kenny Tutt’s Patty Guy, and extends to partnerships with internationally acclaimed brands including Ivan Ramen.
Sessions has launched and scaled 10 food brands, partnered with 300+ licensee kitchens, and has delivered over 3 million orders. Sessions is reinventing food.
Sessions is led by former executives from Deliveroo, Brewdog and Soho House and is backed by industry leading investors Imbiba and Guinness Ventures.
️ We are Agile - We are customer-obsessed and adapt as needed to meet their needs
We are Ambitious - We aim to not only discover but create on-trend brands and are excited by the work required to become a tastemaker brand
We are Fun - We keep playfulness at the centre of our culture so that we can deliver on the very serious business of keeping food fun
We are data-driven - We don't make assumptions based on what has always been done and instead focus on what the data tells us should be done
Our benefits list got too long and we had to move it to the bottom
What will you do?
- Work 'field based' with frequent travel
- You’ll be working across a portfolio of different brands and cuisines
- You will onboard and launch our founder brands into the kitchens of our 3rd party 'host' partners
- You'll teach host partners how to use our tech and understand our success metrics
- You will deliver brand training sessions to the kitchen teams as well as follow up training where needed. You will also audit kitchens against their target KPI’s.
- You’ll work very closely with Partner Success Managers and Business Development Teams
- You’ll measure the capacity and capability of host kitchens.
- Support with creation of playbooks, training videos and other types of content.
- Ensure food is prepared to the highest standard and in line with brand specifications.
- To understand and comply with statutory health, hygiene, safety, quality standards and more such as COSHH and HACCP ensuring all tasks are carried out in accordance with these standards.
- To support the sessions operations and wider teams where required.
Requirements:
- Strong personable skills – ability to build positive working relationships quickly
- 4+ years’ experience in a senior chef role managing a team
- Enjoyment in travelling across the country for work regularly
- Previous experience and confidence in training people
- Experience with multiple food concepts and cuisines
- A role model in delivering food quality and hygiene standards
- Dark kitchen and virtual brand experience preferred
- Experience producing food for delivery platforms such as Deliveroo
- A handle on current food and industry trends
- Commercial acumen
- Creative and innovative thinker
- Knowledge of all health and safety and food safety, preferably to level 3
- Charismatic and energetic with a passion for food
- Expert level of English language
- Right to work in the UK
BENEFITS - What Sessions can offer you
Financial Wellbeing:
Bonus Scheme - All Sessions headquarters employees are given OKRs, understand exactly what is expected of you to reach your 6 month bonus.
Pay day on demand - Choose a payday that suits you best, with the ability to transfer salary for days already worked whenever you like.
Expense card - Don't find yourself short whilst waiting for expenses to be paid, the majority of our headquarters staff will be given their own Soldo company card.
Social, Mental & Physical Wellbeing
Holidays - We offer 25 days holiday + bank holidays, celebrate different bank holidays? fine by us! Let us know and we'll distribute them as suits you best
️Preventative Healthcare - Sessions are partnered with Qured, to keep people fit and healthy and regularly tested vs waiting for you to become ill
Volunteering Day - Take a day at full pay to support one of our partner charities
Employee Assistance Programme - Support for health, finance and legal services for you and your direct family.
Socials - Sessions run optional weekly social activities, everything from drinks on us socials, team lunches and even events such as Halloween movie night!
Discounts - Enjoy discounts in our food hall venues and on Deliveroo for our brands
Dog Friendly - We love our fluffy pals, they're welcome in the office!
Wear what you like - No suits and ties please, that's so 18th century....
Technology Perks
Laptop - Apple Mac or Windows Laptop? Your choice! and most of us don't judge...
Phone - Apple iPhone and company sim provided where necessary for the role
Additional - Need another screen? Keyboard? Footstool? Our office manager can provide you with an ergonomics assessment to prevent workplace injuries.
Progression & Development
High Growth Start Up- This is a great chance to be part of a growing company with plenty of progression opportunities and examples of where our people have progressed as fast as we have
CMI Programme - Sessions runs a Management & Leadership Programme which awards delegates their Chartered Manager status! More letters to add for the signature...
Be Inspired - Work with industry legends such as the Ex MD of Deliveroo, ex CFO Soho House and ex Global Growth Director of Brewdog.
️ Membership & Qualifications - Sessions have helped support a number of our employees by providing funds for work-based qualifications and memberships to relevant associations such as AAT and CIPD.
Join a company looking to change the face of the hospitality industry.
Sessions are a living wage and equal opportunity employer.
We are a living wage and equal opportunity employer - all applicants are reviewed 'anonymously' where only work experience and education will be available for the hiring manager to view - all applicants will be considered for employment without attention to ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender, family or parental status, national origin, veteran, neurodiversity status or disability status.
