Development Kitchen Chef

3 days ago

Bourne Lincolnshire, United Kingdom Bakkavor Full time

Development Chef 
Proud to deliver high quality products and develop a high-quality career
Benefits: Annual Bonus Scheme, Private medical insurance and Stakeholder Pension Scheme
Hours of work: 8:30am to 5:00pm – Monday to Friday
Contract Type: Permanent
An exciting opportunity has opened at our Bourne site for a passionate and creative Development Chef to join our team. This role offers the chance to work across a diverse range of retailers and product categories, bringing innovation and culinary flair to every project.
We’re looking for someone who lives and breathes food - an enthusiastic chef with a genuine love for flavour, creativity, and product development.
If you thrive in a fast-paced environment and are eager to shape the future of food, we’d love to hear from you.  
Builds strong internal relationships across key functions to support development activities.
Leadership: Manages and supports the team to deliver development projects to the highest standard.
Product Innovation: Contributes to the customer pipeline through creative and commercially viable product and process ideation; translates food trends into relevant development; Facilities: Ensures the Development kitchen operates at a consistently high standard.
Product Development Cycle: Delivers NPD and EPD to agreed quality and timelines; applies commercial insight to identify margin improvement opportunities.
Ideally, you will have previous experience in a similar role within the food industry, preferably in an FMCG environment.
You will be a creative and passionate individual with a genuine love of food, able to demonstrate flair and finesse in your culinary approach.
Life Assurance (2.5 x salary)
~ Private medical insurance
~ Annual Bonus Scheme
~25 days holiday plus 8 bank holidays as standard (may vary by role)
~ Stakeholder Pension Scheme
~ Discount & cashback platform
~ Employee Assistance Programme
~ A range of voluntary benefits (holiday purchase scheme, additional life assurance, dental & hospital cash plans)
~ Salary sacrifice car lease scheme
~ Free independent mortgage advice
~ Discounted tutoring for children
~ Access to financial learning tools and affordable loans via your salary
~ Free car parking – Site dependant

Plus, a commitment to your wellbeing that includes emotional, physical and financial support services delivered by our fantastic team of wellbeing champions. At Bakkavor, we are committed to building an inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive, and we believe that diversity makes us stronger. Learn more about our commitment in our Inclusion and Diversity Policy ( Inclusion & Diversity Policy ).

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