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NPD & EPD Production ChefAbout the Role\n We are seeking a hands-on NPD & EPD Production Chef to support the successful introduction and improvement of premium patisserie products within Didier’s production environment. \n Reporting to the Production Manager, this role is focused on turning approved NPD concepts into reliable, repeatable production processes. You will run factory trials, review recipes and methods, test new raw materials, and lead EPD work to improve quality, efficiency, consistency, and cost performance. \n This is a practical role for someone who understands patisserie and enjoys solving real production challenges. You will work closely with NPD, Production, Procurement, Technical, and Quality to ensure our products can be made beautifully and consistently at scale. Key Responsibilities\n · Adapt NPD-approved products for production, ensuring recipes, methods, equipment, timings, and yields are suitable for the factory environment \n · Plan and conduct production trials, capturing key information such as process steps, quality observations, wastage, yields, labour requirements, and production risks \n · Translate trial findings into clear actions, process improvements, and production-ready instructions \n · Review and optimise existing recipes and methods to improve consistency, efficiency, quality, and cost control \n · Test new or alternative raw materials for functionality, quality, production suitability, and impact on finished products \n · Lead EPD projects in production, including improvements to ingredients, methods, shelf life, presentation, yield, and ease of manufacture \n · Work with Production teams to identify practical solutions to recurring product or process issues \n · Collaborate with NPD, Procurement, Technical, and Quality to support product launches, ingredient changes, and continuous improvement projects \n · Support training and communication when new recipes, ingredients, or processes are introduced \n · Maintain accurate documentation and uphold Didier’s standards for food safety, hygiene, quality, and presentation What We’re Looking For\n · Strong practical pastry or patisserie experience, ideally in production, manufacturing, luxury patisserie, hotel, restaurant, or high-quality food environment \n · Good understanding of patisserie techniques, ingredient functionality, recipe methods, and product quality \n · Experience with production trials, product scale-up, EPD, or process improvement would be highly valuable \n · Practical problem-solver who can balance craftsmanship with production efficiency \n · Strong attention to detail, with the ability to observe, measure, record, and improve processes \n · Commercial awareness around ingredients, yields, wastage, labour, and cost optimisation \n · Confident working with chefs, production teams, procurement, technical, and quality colleagues \n · Organised, proactive, and able to manage several trials or improvement projects at once \n · Comfortable using computer-based systems for recipes, trial notes, and documentation Desirable\n · Experience in food manufacturing or high-volume food production \n · Knowledge of premium desserts, airline catering, events, hotels, restaurants, or luxury patisserie \n · Experience testing alternative ingredients or supporting cost-reduction projects \n · Understanding of food safety, allergens, shelf life, and quality requirements \n · Previous involvement in product launches or factory handovers Why Join Didier’s?\n · Play a key role in bringing premium patisserie products successfully into production \n · Work with a passionate and skilled team in a creative, fast-moving food business \n · Help improve the quality, consistency, and efficiency of products served across airlines, premium hospitality, and prestigious events \n · Contribute to practical innovation across recipes, ingredients, and production processes \n · Be part of a growing company where craftsmanship, quality, and continuous improvement matter About Didier’s\n Didier’s creates premium patisserie for some of the most demanding customers in the UK and beyond. Our products are enjoyed across airlines, events, hotels, restaurants, and special occasions where quality, consistency, and presentation are essential. \n We combine the creativity and precision of high-end patisserie with the discipline required to produce exceptional desserts at volume. \n Package and Working Hours \n · Salary: £40,000–£42,000 per annum, depending on experience \n · Hours: 45 hours per week \n · Working pattern: Monday to Friday \n · Holiday: 20 days per year

WELCOME TO KFC, HOME OF THE REAL ONES. \n \n We sell the world’s best chicken. Seriously. And we’ve done it since 1939, when the idea of crispy, original recipe chicken took Kentucky by storm. Now, we’re proud to serve 1000+ communities across the UK and Ireland, bringing the grit, pride and iconic reputation that we started with, all those years ago. \n \n Across the Restaurant Support Centre (RSC), we come to work to be ourselves, and to make something of ourselves. We want to see our potential go that little bit further, as part of one of the world’s most iconic brands. \n \n What’s the gig? Well, you support our restaurants — and we’ll support you every step of the way. Simple. Our doors are open — and they can take you anywhere. \n All we ask is that you be you. Because that makes us, us. Sound good? \n Great. Let’s find out about that job. \n \n THE TEAM \n \n Our KFC Marketing team is a 50-strong crew of bold thinkers, culture shapers, creative doers and BELIEVERS - from Brand and Digital to Strategy, Food Quality, Innovation, Corporate Comms & Community. We’re here to keep KFC at the heart of culture across the UK & Ireland, blending our iconic roots with fresh, fearless ideas that connect with real people. \n \n We don’t just make ads - we build obsession, fandom, drive growth, and stay one step ahead of what’s next. \n \n ABOUT THE ROLE \n \n The Kwench By KFC Beverage Innovation Lead will create the drinks that make Kwench By KFC famous. This role is 100% dedicated to Kwench - KFC UK & Ireland's beverage business - and owns the innovation pipeline end-to-end: from cultural insight and concept, through formulation and product development, to launch-ready drinks that our restaurant teams can execute brilliantly at scale. \n \n Kwench By KFC is one of KFC's boldest growth bets: building beverages into a second business - a destination, not an add-on - that wins new occasions and takes share from the QSR drinks category. The innovation you create is the beating heart of that ambition. Working within the Kwench By KFC venture squad alongside the Kwench By KFC Venture Lead, you'll turn trends into products, products into buzz, and buzz into sales. \n \n Where we are - and what that means for you \n \n We'll be straight with you: Kwench By KFC is scaling fast and customers love it, but our innovation engine is early-stage. We don't yet have a deep beverage development capability in-house - that's exactly why this role exists. You'll be building the beverage menu vision, pipeline, the supplier relationships and the ways of working largely from scratch, with the backing of an iconic brand and a leadership team that has named beverages a strategic growth engine. \n \n The bar is high. We're not looking for line extensions and safe seasonal syrups. We want bold drinks innovation that gets people talking, filming and queuing - refreshers, functional and low-sugar innovation, premium seasonal drops - drinks with the cultural energy of a streetwear launch and the operational discipline of a QSR at scale. \n \n The profile we're looking for: \n This is a rare hybrid. You're a genuine beverage specialist - a technical product developer who has actually formulated, developed and launched drinks - but you're also a brand thinker with real conceptual creative ability. You're tuned into culture: you know what's blowing up on social before it peaks, and you scan trends from other categories - fashion, beauty, music - to inspire drinks nobody saw coming. \n \n And you're a pragmatist. You know a brilliant drink that can't be made consistently in 1,000+ restaurants isn't a brilliant drink. You'll work hand-in-glove with suppliers, supply chain and operations to make your ideas practical, repeatable and profitable. If you want to invent in a lab and hand it over the wall, this isn't the role. If you want to own it from idea to first sip in a customer's hand - keep reading. \n \n WHAT WILL YOU SPEND YOUR TIME DOING? \n \n Beverage Innovation & Product Development \n \n\n • Own the Kwench innovation pipeline: build and manage a rolling 12-24 month roadmap of new drinks, seasonal drops and platform extensions.\n, • Lead technical product development end-to-end - concepting, formulation, sensory optimisation, nutritional and HFSS compliance, costing and specification.\n, • Develop across the full Kwench architecture: core refreshers, functional and low-sugar options, premium and seasonal innovation.\n, • Run structured testing and learning loops - sensory panels, in-restaurant trials, rapid iteration - so we scale winners fast and kill weak ideas faster.\n\n \n Culture, Trends & Concept Creation \n \n\n • Be the team's eyes and ears on culture: track what's trending on social, in specialty coffee, bubble tea, functional drinks and beyond - and translate it into Kwench-able ideas.\n, • Scan adjacent categories - fashion, beauty, music, gaming - for codes, formats and drops that can inspire disruptive drinks innovation.\n, • Shape drink concepts with genuine brand thinking: names, stories, serves and visual moments designed to be shared, not just consumed.\n, • Partner with the Kwench Venture Lead and brand teams to build launches that create buzz and drive customers to KFC specifically for Kwench.\n\n \n Operationalisation & Scale \n \n\n • Work with suppliers and supply chain to source ingredients, develop specifications and secure capacity - building the partner ecosystem Kwench needs.\n, • Partner with restaurant operations to design builds, equipment needs and procedures that are simple, fast and consistently executable across the estate.\n, • Balance creativity with commercial reality: engineer drinks that hit margin targets, minimise complexity and hold quality at volume.\n, • Own product quality post-launch - monitoring execution, gathering feedback and continuously improving the range.\n\n \n \n Squad Collaboration \n \n\n • Work as a core member of the cross-functional Kwench squad - marketing, operations, supply chain, finance and tech - contributing well beyond your technical lane.\n, • Bring insight, energy and a point of view to squad decisions; challenge constructively and commit fast.\n, • Build innovation ways of working that make the whole squad faster and braver, not just your own pipeline.\n\n \n WHAT WE’D LOVE FROM YOU: \n \n EXPERIENCE \n \n Must have: \n\n • Proven beverage product development expertise - this is critical. You have hands-on experience formulating and developing drinks (e.g. cold beverages, refreshers, coffee, tea, functional or soft drinks) and have taken products from concept to commercial launch.\n, • A portfolio of launched drinks innovation you can point to, with evidence of commercial impact and, ideally, cultural buzz.\n, • Strong conceptual and brand-thinking ability - you develop products as ideas and stories, not just recipes.\n, • Demonstrable cultural fluency: you can show how social trends and adjacent categories have inspired your innovation.\n, • Experience working with suppliers, supply chain and operations to operationalise products at scale - ideally in QSR, coffee, food-to-go or FMCG environments.\n, • Highly collaborative working style, with experience thriving in cross-functional squads or matrix teams.\n, • Working knowledge of UK food and drink regulation, including nutrition and HFSS considerations.\n\n \n Desirable to have: \n \n\n • Experience in high-frequency beverage environments - coffee chains, bubble tea, juice or functional drinks brands - where drinks are the destination.\n, • Experience creating social-first or limited-drop product launches that generated organic buzz.\n, • Food science, nutrition or related technical qualification.\n, • Experience innovating within a franchise estate, where execution simplicity is non-negotiable.\n\n \n ABOUT YOU \n \n\n • You're a beverage specialist with a creative soul. You can talk brix levels and flavour systems in the morning and pitch a drink concept with a name, a story and a TikTok moment in the afternoon.\n\n \n\n • You're plugged into culture. You know what Gen Z (oh and Gen Alpha) is drinking, wearing and sharing - and you're already thinking about how a beauty drop or a fashion collab could inspire your next drink.\n\n \n\n • You're a maker, not just a thinker. You love the craft of product development - the iterations, the tastings, the tenth version that finally nails it.\n\n \n\n • You're pragmatic and operationally smart. You take pride in ideas that work in the real world - drinks a 17-year-old team member can make perfectly in 60 seconds during a Saturday rush.\n\n \n\n • You're a brilliant collaborator. You bring people with you - suppliers, operators, marketers - and you treat challenge as fuel, not friction.\n\n \n\n • You probably don't tick every single box. That's fine. What matters most is that you live and breathe drinks, you're excited by the scale of what Kwench can become, and you're ready to build the innovation engine that powers it.\n\n

Development Chef \n West London - Full-time \n £45,000 - £60,000 \n \n About us \n Simmer started with £10 of ingredients, a handful of family recipes and two brothers who wanted to make healthy eating easier. \n \n What began in a small kitchen has grown into one of the UK’s fastest-growing food businesses. Today, we make chef-prepared, high-protein meals for thousands of customers every week and have ranked 5th in the Sunday Times 100 for two years running, in 2025 and 2026. \n \n But we're still building. \n \n We're founder-led, independent and ambitious about where Simmer can go next. Our mission is simple: make eating well effortless, without making food boring. \n \n That means creating meals people genuinely look forward to eating - proper food, inspired by dishes and flavours from around the world, while delivering the nutrition our customers rely on us for. \n \n As we grow, developing brilliant food and making sure that quality survives at scale becomes increasingly important. \n \n That's where this role comes in. \n \n The Role \n We're looking for a Development Chef to develop new Simmer meals from concept through to scaled production and launch. \n \n You'll spend a lot of time in the kitchen: developing recipes, testing ingredients, tasting, adjusting, solving problems and getting dishes to the point where they're genuinely ready to launch. \n The challenge is that a great Simmer meal has to do several things at once. \n \n It has to taste brilliant. It has to deliver nutritionally. It has to work commercially. And it has to be possible to produce consistently at scale. \n \n You'll need to think about all four. \n \n Creating something brilliant in a development kitchen is one thing. Making sure it's still brilliant when we're producing thousands of portions is another. \n \n So your involvement won't stop when the recipe leaves the kitchen. \n \n You'll work closely with our Product Lead and manufacturing partners through trials and scale-up, comparing what comes out of production with what you originally developed and working out what needs to change when it isn't quite right. \n \n Sometimes that's an ingredient. \n \n Sometimes it's a process. \n \n Sometimes the recipe that worked perfectly at small scale needs rethinking entirely. \n \n We want someone who enjoys solving that problem. \n \n What you'll be doing \n You'll own the development of new dishes from early concept through to launch, including: \n\n • Developing and testing recipes in our development kitchen.\n, • Turning food ideas into dishes that work for Simmer and our customers.\n, • Iterating quickly through tastings, feedback and trials.\n, • Building nutrition and protein requirements into the development process.\n, • Understanding ingredient and recipe costs and making sensible commercial decisions.\n, • Working with suppliers and manufacturing partners to understand ingredient and production constraints.\n, • Taking recipes through factory trials and scaled production.\n, • Diagnosing changes in flavour, texture, appearance or quality when recipes are scaled.\n, • Adapting recipes and processes to solve those problems without unnecessarily compromising the dish.\n, • Improving existing meals as well as developing new ones.\n, • Keeping up with ingredients, cuisines, restaurants and food trends that could make Simmer's food better.\n\n \n You'll work across multiple dishes and stages of development at once, so you'll need to be organised, decisive and comfortable moving at pace. \n \n Who we're looking for \n Your exact background is less important than whether you can develop really good food. \n You might already be a Development Chef or NPD Chef within prepared meals, meal kits, food-to-go or food manufacturing. \n \n Or you might have come through professional kitchens before moving into food development. \n \n We're looking for someone who: \n\n • Is first and foremost a strong chef with excellent flavour instincts.\n, • Has hands-on recipe development experience.\n, • Understands how to take a dish from an idea to something repeatable and ready to launch.\n, • Can balance flavour with nutrition, cost and operational reality.\n, • Understands the challenges of scaling recipes or has the technical curiosity to become exceptional at it.\n, • Can diagnose why something isn't working rather than endlessly tweaking without understanding the cause.\n, • Is comfortable developing several products at once and working to deadlines.\n, • Takes ownership of a dish beyond simply producing the first recipe.\n, • Has high standards but is pragmatic about how to achieve them.\n, • Is curious, collaborative and low ego.\n\n \n Experience working with scaled food manufacturing would be a real advantage, but we're open to different routes into the role. \n \n What we care about is food judgement, development ability and the drive to keep improving something until it works. \n \n If this sounds like you then APPLY NOW!

Welcome to MAKI & RAMEN! \n \n Thank you for your interest in the role. For more information, please see below. \n \n Job Role: Multi-Site Executive Chef – Full Time - Sites in London & South \n Location: London & South (with flexibility to travel to other sites like Southampton and Birmingham) \n Pay: OTE up to 60k \n \n Maki & Ramen is redefining the narrative in the hospitality industry. \n \n Inspired by Japan's vibrant ramen and sushi shops, we have become one of Scotland's cherished Asian food brands, expanding beyond Edinburgh into new cities across the UK. We craft authentic homemade ramen and sushi, infusing tradition with innovation and creating flavourful experiences that bring people together. We are not just a restaurant; we are a passionate community shaping the future of hospitality. \n \n If you are fuelled by a love for exceptional food, strong leadership, creativity, and changing industry norms, we would love to hear from you. \n \n About the Multi- Site Executive Chef Role \n As Maki & Ramen’s Multi- Site Executive Chef, you will take overall responsibility for culinary operations across our restaurant sites, ensuring our food, people, and kitchen operations consistently meet the highest standards. \n \n This is a senior multi-site leadership position, and we are looking for someone with proven experience managing culinary operations within a multi-site restaurant group or established restaurant chain. \n You will lead and develop our Head Chefs and kitchen management teams, drive consistency across locations, and work closely with senior management to support the continued growth of the business. \n Alongside maintaining exceptional food quality, you will have a strong commercial and operational mindset, with responsibility for food costs, kitchen performance, team development, compliance, and the successful implementation of new menus and restaurant openings. \n \n Key Responsibilities \n\n • Lead and oversee culinary operations across multiple restaurant locations\n, • Manage, coach, and develop Head Chefs and senior kitchen teams across the group\n, • Maintain consistent food quality, presentation, recipes, portioning, and cooking standards across all sites\n, • Lead menu development, recipe testing, and the implementation of new dishes\n, • Establish and maintain clear kitchen operating standards and procedures across the business\n, • Monitor site performance and identify opportunities to improve quality, efficiency, and profitability\n, • Manage and control food costs, stock, ordering, waste, and kitchen-related expenditure\n, • Work closely with senior management on business growth, new openings, menu strategy, and operational improvements\n, • Support the successful opening and mobilisation of new restaurant locations\n, • Ensure all restaurants maintain excellent food safety, hygiene, health & safety, and compliance standards\n, • Build a strong kitchen leadership pipeline through recruitment, training, coaching, and succession planning\n, • Regularly visit restaurant locations to review standards, support teams, and drive continuous improvement\n\n \n Key Requirements \n\n • Proven senior culinary management experience within a multi-site restaurant group or restaurant chain is essential (at least 2 years).\n, • Demonstrable experience overseeing multiple high-volume restaurant kitchens and managing operations at scale\n, • Previous experience as an Executive Chef, Group Executive Chef, Group Chef, Area Chef, Culinary Director, or similar senior multi-site culinary role\n, • Strong leadership experience, including managing and developing Head Chefs and senior kitchen teams\n, • Excellent commercial awareness, with a strong understanding of food costs, labour, stock management, waste control, and kitchen profitability\n, • Proven ability to establish and maintain consistent food and operational standards across multiple locations\n, • Strong menu development and recipe implementation experience\n, • Excellent knowledge of food safety, kitchen compliance, and operational best practices\n, • Strong organisational and communication skills, with the ability to manage priorities across multiple sites\n, • Ability to thrive within a growing, fast-paced restaurant business\n, • Experience working with Asian cuisine would be a strong advantage, particularly Japanese cuisine, ramen, or sushi\n, • Flexibility to travel between restaurant locations as required\n\n \n Join Maki & Ramen \n If you are an experienced multi-site culinary leader with a passion for exceptional food, developing high-performing teams, and driving consistent standards across a growing restaurant group, we would love to hear from you. \n \n This is an exciting opportunity to take a key leadership role within Maki & Ramen and help shape our culinary direction as we continue to grow across the UK.

WELCOME TO KFC, HOME OF THE REAL ONES. We sell the world’s best chicken. Seriously. And we’ve done it since 1939, when the idea of crispy, original recipe chicken took Kentucky by storm. Now, we’re proud to serve 1000+ communities across the UK and Ireland, bringing the grit, pride and iconic reputation that we started with, all those years ago. Across the Restaurant Support Centre (RSC), we come to work to be ourselves, and to make something of ourselves. We want to see our potential go that little bit further, as part of one of the world’s most iconic brands. What’s the gig? Well, you support our restaurants — and we’ll support you every step of the way. Simple. Our doors are open — and they can take you anywhere. All we ask is that you be you. Because that makes us, us. Sound good? Great. Let’s find out about that job. THE TEAM Our KFC Marketing team is a 50-strong crew of bold thinkers, culture shapers, creative doers and BELIEVERS - from Brand and Digital to Strategy, Food Quality, Innovation, Corporate Comms & Community. We’re here to keep KFC at the heart of culture across the UK & Ireland, blending our iconic roots with fresh, fearless ideas that connect with real people. We don’t just make ads - we build obsession, fandom, drive growth, and stay one step ahead of what’s next. ABOUT THE ROLE The Kwench By KFC Beverage Innovation Lead will create the drinks that make Kwench By KFC famous. This role is 100% dedicated to Kwench - KFC UK & Ireland's beverage business - and owns the innovation pipeline end-to-end: from cultural insight and concept, through formulation and product development, to launch-ready drinks that our restaurant teams can execute brilliantly at scale. Kwench By KFC is one of KFC's boldest growth bets: building beverages into a second business - a destination, not an add-on - that wins new occasions and takes share from the QSR drinks category. The innovation you create is the beating heart of that ambition. Working within the Kwench By KFC venture squad alongside the Kwench By KFC Venture Lead, you'll turn trends into products, products into buzz, and buzz into sales. Where we are - and what that means for you We'll be straight with you: Kwench By KFC is scaling fast and customers love it, but our innovation engine is early-stage. We don't yet have a deep beverage development capability in-house - that's exactly why this role exists. You'll be building the beverage menu vision, pipeline, the supplier relationships and the ways of working largely from scratch, with the backing of an iconic brand and a leadership team that has named beverages a strategic growth engine. The bar is high. We're not looking for line extensions and safe seasonal syrups. We want bold drinks innovation that gets people talking, filming and queuing - refreshers, functional and low-sugar innovation, premium seasonal drops - drinks with the cultural energy of a streetwear launch and the operational discipline of a QSR at scale. The profile we're looking for: This is a rare hybrid. You're a genuine beverage specialist - a technical product developer who has actually formulated, developed and launched drinks - but you're also a brand thinker with real conceptual creative ability. You're tuned into culture: you know what's blowing up on social before it peaks, and you scan trends from other categories - fashion, beauty, music - to inspire drinks nobody saw coming. And you're a pragmatist. You know a brilliant drink that can't be made consistently in 1,000+ restaurants isn't a brilliant drink. You'll work hand-in-glove with suppliers, supply chain and operations to make your ideas practical, repeatable and profitable. If you want to invent in a lab and hand it over the wall, this isn't the role. If you want to own it from idea to first sip in a customer's hand - keep reading. WHAT WILL YOU SPEND YOUR TIME DOING? Beverage Innovation & Product Development • Own the Kwench innovation pipeline: build and manage a rolling 12-24 month roadmap of new drinks, seasonal drops and platform extensions., • Lead technical product development end-to-end - concepting, formulation, sensory optimisation, nutritional and HFSS compliance, costing and specification., • Develop across the full Kwench architecture: core refreshers, functional and low-sugar options, premium and seasonal innovation., • Run structured testing and learning loops - sensory panels, in-restaurant trials, rapid iteration - so we scale winners fast and kill weak ideas faster. Culture, Trends & Concept Creation • Be the team's eyes and ears on culture: track what's trending on social, in specialty coffee, bubble tea, functional drinks and beyond - and translate it into Kwench-able ideas., • Scan adjacent categories - fashion, beauty, music, gaming - for codes, formats and drops that can inspire disruptive drinks innovation., • Shape drink concepts with genuine brand thinking: names, stories, serves and visual moments designed to be shared, not just consumed., • Partner with the Kwench Venture Lead and brand teams to build launches that create buzz and drive customers to KFC specifically for Kwench. Operationalisation & Scale • Work with suppliers and supply chain to source ingredients, develop specifications and secure capacity - building the partner ecosystem Kwench needs., • Partner with restaurant operations to design builds, equipment needs and procedures that are simple, fast and consistently executable across the estate., • Balance creativity with commercial reality: engineer drinks that hit margin targets, minimise complexity and hold quality at volume., • Own product quality post-launch - monitoring execution, gathering feedback and continuously improving the range. Squad Collaboration • Work as a core member of the cross-functional Kwench squad - marketing, operations, supply chain, finance and tech - contributing well beyond your technical lane., • Bring insight, energy and a point of view to squad decisions; challenge constructively and commit fast., • Build innovation ways of working that make the whole squad faster and braver, not just your own pipeline. WHAT WE’D LOVE FROM YOU: EXPERIENCE Must have: • Proven beverage product development expertise - this is critical. You have hands-on experience formulating and developing drinks (e.g. cold beverages, refreshers, coffee, tea, functional or soft drinks) and have taken products from concept to commercial launch., • A portfolio of launched drinks innovation you can point to, with evidence of commercial impact and, ideally, cultural buzz., • Strong conceptual and brand-thinking ability - you develop products as ideas and stories, not just recipes., • Demonstrable cultural fluency: you can show how social trends and adjacent categories have inspired your innovation., • Experience working with suppliers, supply chain and operations to operationalise products at scale - ideally in QSR, coffee, food-to-go or FMCG environments., • Highly collaborative working style, with experience thriving in cross-functional squads or matrix teams., • Working knowledge of UK food and drink regulation, including nutrition and HFSS considerations. Desirable to have: • Experience in high-frequency beverage environments - coffee chains, bubble tea, juice or functional drinks brands - where drinks are the destination., • Experience creating social-first or limited-drop product launches that generated organic buzz., • Food science, nutrition or related technical qualification., • Experience innovating within a franchise estate, where execution simplicity is non-negotiable. ABOUT YOU • You're a beverage specialist with a creative soul. You can talk brix levels and flavour systems in the morning and pitch a drink concept with a name, a story and a TikTok moment in the afternoon., • You're plugged into culture. You know what Gen Z (oh and Gen Alpha) is drinking, wearing and sharing - and you're already thinking about how a beauty drop or a fashion collab could inspire your next drink., • You're a maker, not just a thinker. You love the craft of product development - the iterations, the tastings, the tenth version that finally nails it., • You're pragmatic and operationally smart. You take pride in ideas that work in the real world - drinks a 17-year-old team member can make perfectly in 60 seconds during a Saturday rush., • You're a brilliant collaborator. You bring people with you - suppliers, operators, marketers - and you treat challenge as fuel, not friction., • You probably don't tick every single box. That's fine. What matters most is that you live and breathe drinks, you're excited by the scale of what Kwench can become, and you're ready to build the innovation engine that powers it.

Development Chef South East London | Up to £55,000 | Permanent | Full-time Change Hospitality are delighted to be recruiting for an experienced Development Chef to join an exciting and highly regarded London-based event catering business. This is a fantastic opportunity for a creative chef who enjoys taking ideas from concept through to execution , developing exceptional food for a diverse range of high-end events and clients. Working from a dedicated kitchen in South East London, you'll be part of a passionate culinary team delivering food across some of the capital's most prestigious and unique events. The role combines creativity, technical skill and commercial awareness , with the opportunity to make a genuine impact on the food offering. The Role As Development Chef, you'll play a key role in developing and refining the food offering, working closely with the senior culinary team and wider business. You'll be responsible for: Developing new dishes, menus and food concepts for a wide range of events. Taking ideas from initial concept through testing, refinement and delivery. Creating food that is innovative, visually impressive and commercially viable. Working with the wider kitchen team to ensure new dishes can be delivered consistently at scale. Supporting menu tastings, trials and client presentations. Researching new ingredients, techniques and food trends. Working closely with suppliers and producers to source exceptional ingredients. Costing recipes and ensuring menus meet commercial requirements. Maintaining excellent standards of food quality, presentation and consistency. Supporting the wider culinary team with training and implementation of new dishes. Contributing to the continual development of the company's food identity. About You We're looking for a creative and technically strong chef who is excited by food development and enjoys working in an environment where no two projects are the same. You'll ideally have: Previous experience as a Development Chef, Senior Sous Chef, Head Chef or similar. A background in high-end events, luxury catering, restaurants or another quality-led food environment . Strong technical culinary skills and an excellent eye for presentation. Experience developing menus and recipes from concept to delivery. A genuine passion for food, ingredients and current culinary trends. Strong understanding of recipe costing and commercial considerations. The ability to translate creative ideas into food that works operationally. Excellent communication and organisational skills. A collaborative approach and the confidence to work with chefs, clients, suppliers and senior stakeholders. A hands-on attitude and willingness to get stuck into both development and production. We're particularly interested in chefs who are curious, creative and constantly looking for ways to make food better . What's on Offer? Salary up to £55,000, depending on experience Permanent, full-time position Based in South East London Opportunity to work across an exciting and varied events portfolio Access to high-quality ingredients and suppliers Supplier visits and food-focused development opportunities Training and career development A genuinely creative working environment The opportunity to work on some of London's most prestigious events and venues The Opportunity This is an excellent role for a chef who wants to move beyond the day-to-day of a traditional kitchen and have a real influence on the food being created and delivered . You'll be joining a business where quality and creativity are central to the operation, with the opportunity to work on everything from intimate private events to large-scale, high-profile occasions. If you're a chef with a creative mind, a serious passion for food and the technical ability to turn ideas into exceptional dishes, we'd love to hear from you. Apply now through Change Hospitality. We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. Change Hospitality is committed to fostering a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace. We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds and experiences, and we strive to ensure that every employee feels valued, respected, and supported. We believe that a diverse workforce strengthens our organisation and enhances our ability to deliver excellence. TPBN1_UKCT

Development Chef | £45,000 | London A critically acclaimed, independently-owned restaurant known for its bold, seasonal approach to British cooking is looking for a Development Chef to join its growing team. This isn't a senior appointment, it's an opportunity for someone with genuine hunger to break into food development. You'll bring energy, curiosity and a real drive to learn, and you'll be given the platform to grow fast within a kitchen that's serious about creativity, sustainability and pushing menus forward. Development Chef role: Support the development of new dishes and seasonal menus alongside the senior culinary team Research ingredients, techniques and trends to bring fresh ideas to the table Assist with recipe testing, costing and refining dishes for consistency and quality Work closely with head chefs and section chefs to understand how development translates into service Take ownership of projects as your confidence and experience grow What we're looking for in the Development Chef: A solid grounding in a professional kitchen, you don't need to be senior, but you do need a strong foundation A genuine passion for food development, not just cooking to the pass Curiosity, creativity and a willingness to experiment and take feedback Drive and energy, someone who wants to build a long-term career in development A collaborative, hard-working attitude and pride in the details What's on offer for Development Chef: £45,000 salary The chance to work in one of the industry's most talked-about kitchens Genuine progression into a development-focused career path A team environment that invests in training and growth If you're an ambitious chef ready to take the next step from the pass into development, we'd love to hear from you. TPBN1_UKCT