At a Glance
- Tasks: Create and refine exciting food concepts that wow customers and meet market trends.
- Company: Join Hilton Foods, a leader in quality and innovation in the food industry.
- Benefits: Enjoy competitive pay, generous holiday, life assurance, and career growth opportunities.
- Other info: Collaborative environment with a focus on learning and sharing best practices.
- Why this job: Be part of a passionate team that brings culinary ideas to life and makes an impact.
- Qualifications: Experience in food development and a strong culinary background are essential.
The predicted salary is between 30000 - 40000 £ per year.
Responsibilities
- Support the development and delivery of food concepts that respond to customer briefs, category strategies, and emerging food trends.
- Work collaboratively with the Senior Development Chef, NPD Technologists, and Process Teams to bring new ideas from kitchen concept to factory‑ready product.
- Prepare, test, and refine recipes to ensure exceptional quality, flavour, and visual presentation.
- Participate in customer presentations, tasting panels, and internal reviews, demonstrating passion for great food and attention to detail.
- Maintain a strong awareness of food trends, competitor activity, and innovation across retail and foodservice sectors.
- Ensure all developments are feasible for manufacture, meeting customer cost, nutritional, and technical standards.
- Support the Senior Development Chef in coaching and sharing best practice within the team.
- Uphold Hilton Foods' values of quality, innovation, and collaboration, ensuring consistency across all culinary work.
- Assist in maintaining accurate records, samples, and documentation to support seamless product approval and launch.
Qualifications
- Proven experience as a Development Chef, Junior Development Chef, or Culinary Developer within food manufacturing, foodservice, or retail.
- Strong culinary background with a passion for flavour, quality, and presentation.
- Awareness of food trends, consumer insight, and innovation processes.
- Understanding of factory processes and scalability considerations.
- Strong organisational and time management skills.
- Effective communication and teamwork abilities.
- Confident in presenting food and ideas to internal teams and customers.
- Enthusiastic, adaptable, and eager to learn from senior team members.
Benefits
- Great package with competitive holiday allowance.
- Life assurance of minimum two times yearly salary.
- Opportunities for development and internal promotion.
- Share Save scheme.
- Free car parking on site.
- Enhanced Maternity/Paternity.
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Development Chef employer: Hilton Foods
Hilton Foods is an exceptional employer that fosters a collaborative and innovative work culture, perfect for Development Chefs looking to make a meaningful impact in the food industry. With a strong emphasis on employee growth, competitive benefits including a generous holiday allowance and life assurance, as well as opportunities for internal promotion, team members are encouraged to thrive and develop their culinary skills. Located in a dynamic environment, Hilton Foods not only values quality and creativity but also supports its employees with unique advantages like a Share Save scheme and free car parking on site.
We think you need these skills to ace Development Chef
Culinary Skills
Recipe Development
Food Presentation
Food Trend Awareness
Collaboration
Quality Assurance
Cost Management
