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Salary: Over £70,000 - flexible for the right chef
Location: London
Focus: 70% Food Development and R&D, 30% Events
Are you completely obsessed with food?
I'm recruiting a Food Development Chef for a premium London events business, leading the creation of new dishes, menus, and culinary concepts.
You could come from Michelin-starred or AA Rosette restaurants, fine dining, luxury hotels, private dining, executive hospitality, or premium events. We're open to all sectors; what matters is exceptional food, technical ability, creativity, and a real understanding of ingredients.
Salary and Benefits
- Over £70,000, with flexibility for the right chef
- 80 hours, Monday to Friday, 8AM to 4PM
- Huge creative scope and room to progress
- Company pension, holiday allowance, and staff meals
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The Operation
- Premium events and catering for high-profile and VIP clients.
- Bespoke canapés, bowl food, and fine-dining menus.
- Regular client tastings.
- High-volume production and live event delivery.
The Role
- Spend around 70% of your time on food development and R&D, with 30% supporting events.
- Create dishes and concepts, taking them from initial ideas through to live delivery.
- Lead client tastings, confidently explaining the ingredients, provenance, and thinking behind each dish.
- Develop recipes, specifications, and plating standards.
- Make sure menus work commercially and retain their quality at scale.
- Inspire and develop the wider culinary team.
About You
- Strong experience producing sophisticated, high-quality food.
- Confident creating dishes and developing menus.
- Exceptional attention to flavor, technique, and presentation.
- Curious about seasonality, sourcing, provenance, and sustainability.
- Engaging and comfortable presenting to VIP clients.
- Commercially aware, with an understanding of costing and production.
- Open to chefs moving into development from an operational kitchen role.
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You'll be the chef who wants to know where an ingredient came from, who produced it, and why it's right for the dish—and who can share that enthusiasm with a client.
If you want more space to develop ideas, explore ingredients, and shape the food offer, I'd love to hear from you.
Apply today or send your CV to yasmin@corecruitment.com
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