Assistant Development Chef

Job Title: Assistant Development Chef

Location: Leicester

Contract: Full-Time, Permanent

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an ambitious and passionate Assistant Development Chef to join a well-established food manufacturing business based in Leicester.

Key Responsibilities

• Assist in the development of new products in response to customer briefs, market trends, and internal innovation projects.
• Research ingredients, flavour profiles, cuisines, and emerging food trends to support product development.
• Adapt and scale recipes from kitchen trials to full production volumes.
• Support factory trials and work collaboratively with Production and Technical teams to ensure successful product launches.
• Present product concepts, samples, and ingredient ideas to both internal teams and external stakeholders.
• Work closely with production colleagu...