Lina Stores
Head Development Chef
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About Lina Stores
Lina Stores has been London's home of Italian food since 1944, starting as a deli on Brewer Street, Soho. Today it spans restaurants, delis and a growing retail and wholesale business, all built on fresh pasta made by hand at Lina Cucina, our Wimbledon food hub.
The role
A hands-on role, for a chef who is passionate about Italian food, developing Lina Stores pasta from the development bench to the restaurant plate. Your focus:
- Menu changes developing and supporting seasonal and core menu changes across restaurants and delis
- Innovation developing traditional handmade pasta shapes, ravioli and new dishes, sauces and products for restaurants, delis, retail and wholesale
- Customer interaction Weekly daytime and evening pasta workshops in the Brewer Street Deli and Restaurants showcasing our handmade pasta
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Key responsibilities
- Create, test and refine new dishes, menus, specials and deli products, and evolve existing ones for quality and margin
- Present new dishes at regular tastings with the Culinary Director and senior team
- Track trends, Italian regional cooking and new ingredients; test products with suppliers
- Cost recipes to target GP and manage yields, waste and portion control
- Keep recipes, specifications and allergen information accurate in our recipe system, including PPDS labelling for deli and retail products
- In house training and upskilling of the Lina Stores Pasta Team
- Prepare and style food for photoshoots and marketing launches
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About you:
- Senior chef with real pasta making skill
- Strong Italian cooking experience
- Highly organised with close attention to detail
- Familiar with recipe and stock management systems; comfortable with Excel and recipe costing
- Confident presenting to guests; experience running demos, classes or customer-facing events a plus
- Level 3 Food Safety (or willing to achieve it) and strong allergen knowledge
What we offer
- Work-life balanced hours: 5 days a week across Mon-Sat, every Sunday off
- 28 days holiday and company pension
- Staff meals and dining discount across Lina Stores restaurants and delis
- Progression within a growing hospitality group
- Up to 10% bonus of yearly salary, discretionary, subject to achieving KPIs.
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