AddressThe Menu Partners are looking for an experienced Junior Development Chef with Food Service/Hospitality experience.
You will be someone who is self-motivated and focused on customer. You will demonstrate initiative and ownership. Enjoy working collaboratively with colleagues. You will be flexible and adaptable to new challenges and change.
The role of Junior Development Chef includes:
- Working with our Head of Food Development & Development Chef to create NPD items bespoke for our clients and linking in with the Head of Production to insure the smooth transition into production.
- Ensure all recipes can be produced on a medium to large-scale volume with keeping consistency
- Optimising ingredients and procedures to minimize human inaccuracies.
- Support innovation and development of new recipes with costings
- Monitor trends and develop recipes in accordance with customer demands and response
- You will be responsible to manage and maintain the ongoing development of new and existing quality products – working closely with existing and new customers
- Take product from concept to launch with in the operation’s current capabilities
- Follow meticulously detailed NPD process - Ensure all recipes, information and cost are kept updated in line with internal and external tastings as part of ongoing recipe and process development
- EPD – review current products, update products, process and commercials
- Work closely with production teams across capabilities – taking new products into production as well as assist on existing products – review process and assist with updating process and or problem solving
- Work closely with Procurement, Technical team & commercial team/ account managers
- Conduct Shelf life testing
- Sample making, as well as maintain excellent standards at all times in NPD kitchen, you will also be involved in collection of ingredients and day-to-day housekeeping.
- Monitor process to ensure compliance to all health and regulation requirements
- Managing and updating knowledge management systems in line with the quality standards and protocols
- Implement coaching and improvement programs as needed
- Customer facing - from product presentations to cooking and presenting lunches/ dinners for clients – a natural good host making a mean cup of tea!
What are we looking for?
- Min 5 years’ experience as a chef working within quality restaurant/ hotel environment, with at least 2 years Manufacturing (NPD and EPD) experience ideally in both high care and low care food manufacturing environment OR minimum 1 years’ Michelin star experience willing to take on a completely new world
- Work in fast pace environment with short lead times
- Ability to work from very specific briefs to blue sky innovated new concepts
- Ability to match products from BOP or Spec Quid’s
- Must be a passionate foodie and have outstanding food knowledge and ability to demonstrate natural flair with a good pallet – basically you must love food and cooking!
- Have the ability to bring whole concepts together as well as working on silo products
- Ability to quickly learn the capabilities of the current operation and work alongside the capabilities when developing products for our demanding customers
- Ability to find a way to make the unthinkable work within current operation capabilities but also have the vision to look to the future
- Must have an eye for detail and with good organization skills
- Good all-round knowledge of cuisines from around the world
- Good all-round knowledge of various cooking techniques and production processes
- Up to date with latest food trends and innovative food orientated mindset
- Good communication skills working closely with customers, chefs, product developers and procurement teams ranging across hospitality industry
- Up to date with High Street restaurants trends UK and abroad
- Good customer presentation skills
- Ability to work on own projects as well as part of a team on larger projects
- Problem solving, think on feet
- Computer literate with a working knowledge of Microsoft excel, PowerPoint and word.
The above list of duties for the Junior Development Chef are non-exhaustive, and this role may be required to perform additional tasks as necessary to meet the needs of the department and the Company.
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