Development Chef
- Recruiter
- Confidential
- Location
- Bristol
- Salary
- Competitive
- Posted
- 25 Mar 2021
- Closes
- 22 Apr 2021
- Sectors
- Travel & Tourism
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part Time
Development Chef
Location: Bristol, Avon, BS48 1UR
Salary: GBP20K - GBP30K per annum, pro rata
Contract: Part time, Permanent
Benefits: 20 days holiday (pro rata) + your birthday off + health care scheme + other company benefits
Hours: 21 hours per week (during office hours, occasional flexibility may be required)
FSC is a family business with more than 30 years of award-winning experience in creating, rolling out and managing bespoke customer food-on-the-move solutions.
Our customers include a selection of blue-chip companies in various industries, such as Shell, Thornton's and Dunelm.
About the Development Chef role:
You will be based at the Bristol Innovation Centre (BIC) and along with a small team of chefs, assume responsibility for creating innovative recipes and products to meet our customer requirements in a challenging and fast-moving environment.
In addition to this, the Development Chef role will involve:
Delivering new products & customer launches to market as part of an Agile scrum team, through:
* Developing and creating new recipes, based on customer's briefs and own knowledge of food trends
* Investigating new food trends and competitor activity at a local, national and global levels
* Sourcing ingredients from national and international suppliers, whilst understanding supplier capability
* Building an understanding of customer's brand values, nutritional requirements and product parameters
* Having final product sign off from a quality perspective
* Building knowledge of relevant legislation affecting customer, suppliers and projects
* Undertaking product testing - including transit trials, shelf life and heating methods
* Booking required resources for the team, including kitchen time
* Ensuring food safety and hygiene are always maintained and all records are well documented and up to date
* Pro-active 'blue sky' development with a view to meeting and exceeding expectations
* Ensuring recipes are accurate, feasible and entered correctly into Recipe Professor
* Stock control, liaising with suppliers and managing sample requests and ingredient feedback
* Some travel to food exhibitions will be necessary
* Attendance of corporate events and functions, as and when required
In order to be successful in this role it is essential that you have:
* Education from a food-related college e.g., NVQ Level 2 in Professional Cookery
* Previous experience as an NPD chef
* Working in a manufacturing environment
* Customer facing presentation skills are desirable
* Good all-round global food knowledge
* Food photography experience is desirable
It would be great if you had:
* Food Hygiene qualifications
* Food Safety Level 3
Some of the skills we would like you to have are as follows:
* Ability to cost a recipe
* Keen interest in food and have the desire to investigate new food trends
* Computer literate
* Good food presentation skills
* A valid driving licence is essential
If you feel you have the necessary skills and experience to be successful in this role click on "APPLY" today, forwarding an up-to-date copy of your CV for consideration in the first instance.
No agencies please
Location: Bristol, Avon, BS48 1UR
Salary: GBP20K - GBP30K per annum, pro rata
Contract: Part time, Permanent
Benefits: 20 days holiday (pro rata) + your birthday off + health care scheme + other company benefits
Hours: 21 hours per week (during office hours, occasional flexibility may be required)
FSC is a family business with more than 30 years of award-winning experience in creating, rolling out and managing bespoke customer food-on-the-move solutions.
Our customers include a selection of blue-chip companies in various industries, such as Shell, Thornton's and Dunelm.
About the Development Chef role:
You will be based at the Bristol Innovation Centre (BIC) and along with a small team of chefs, assume responsibility for creating innovative recipes and products to meet our customer requirements in a challenging and fast-moving environment.
In addition to this, the Development Chef role will involve:
Delivering new products & customer launches to market as part of an Agile scrum team, through:
* Developing and creating new recipes, based on customer's briefs and own knowledge of food trends
* Investigating new food trends and competitor activity at a local, national and global levels
* Sourcing ingredients from national and international suppliers, whilst understanding supplier capability
* Building an understanding of customer's brand values, nutritional requirements and product parameters
* Having final product sign off from a quality perspective
* Building knowledge of relevant legislation affecting customer, suppliers and projects
* Undertaking product testing - including transit trials, shelf life and heating methods
* Booking required resources for the team, including kitchen time
* Ensuring food safety and hygiene are always maintained and all records are well documented and up to date
* Pro-active 'blue sky' development with a view to meeting and exceeding expectations
* Ensuring recipes are accurate, feasible and entered correctly into Recipe Professor
* Stock control, liaising with suppliers and managing sample requests and ingredient feedback
* Some travel to food exhibitions will be necessary
* Attendance of corporate events and functions, as and when required
In order to be successful in this role it is essential that you have:
* Education from a food-related college e.g., NVQ Level 2 in Professional Cookery
* Previous experience as an NPD chef
* Working in a manufacturing environment
* Customer facing presentation skills are desirable
* Good all-round global food knowledge
* Food photography experience is desirable
It would be great if you had:
* Food Hygiene qualifications
* Food Safety Level 3
Some of the skills we would like you to have are as follows:
* Ability to cost a recipe
* Keen interest in food and have the desire to investigate new food trends
* Computer literate
* Good food presentation skills
* A valid driving licence is essential
If you feel you have the necessary skills and experience to be successful in this role click on "APPLY" today, forwarding an up-to-date copy of your CV for consideration in the first instance.
No agencies please