Salary: Up to £85,000, depending on experience
Location: London
Hours: Predominantly Monday–Friday | 8am–4pm | Event flexibility
Focus: 70% Food Development & R&D | 30% Events

Are you one of the most creative chefs in the industry? The kind of chef who creates dishes people remember for years?

I'm recruiting an exceptional Food Development Chef for a leading luxury events caterer in London.

We're searching for a truly extraordinary culinary talent.

Someone who lives and breathes food, pushes boundaries and creates dishes that wouldn't look out of place in a three-Michelin-starred restaurant.

Think breathtaking presentation, innovative techniques, incredible ingredients and flavours that genuinely surprise people.

This is an opportunity to turn your wildest culinary ideas into reality.

Salary & Benefits

• Up to £85,000 salary
• Predominantly Monday–Friday, 8am–4pm
• Around 70% dedicated to food development
• Creative freedom to push culinary boundaries
• Company pension and holiday allowance
• Staff meals
• Opportunity to influence luxury dining experiences

The Operation

• Ultra-premium events and private dining
• Michelin-level food and presentation
• Bespoke tasting menus and fine dining
• Innovative canapés and exceptional bowl food
• Exclusive VIP events and prestigious clients
• High-end client tastings and menu development

The Role

• Create extraordinary, Michelin-standard dishes
• Lead food innovation, research and development
• Experiment with ingredients, textures and techniques
• Design breathtaking tasting menus and canapés
• Develop new concepts that set the business apart
• Present exceptional food at VIP client tastings
• Source outstanding seasonal ingredients
• Translate creative dishes into large-scale event production
• Support the culinary team at prestigious events

About You

• Michelin-starred, fine dining or exceptional luxury events background
• An outstanding creative chef with serious culinary talent
• Obsessed with flavour, presentation and innovation
• Deep knowledge of ingredients, seasonality and provenance
• Confident experimenting with modern cooking techniques
• Able to create food that is both beautiful and unforgettable
• Strong understanding of recipe development and food costing
• Comfortable presenting ideas to high-profile clients
• Able to deliver exceptional quality at event scale

You don't need to have worked as a Development Chef before.

You could be a Michelin-starred Head Chef, Executive Chef, Senior Sous Chef or R&D Chef ready to make creativity the focus of your career.

We're not looking for someone who simply follows trends.

We're looking for someone who creates them.

A chef with imagination, technical brilliance and an obsession with producing some of the most exciting food in the industry.

If you have the talent to create truly extraordinary food, we want to see what you can do.

Apply today or send your CV to yasmin AT corecruitment DOT com