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    We’re proud to offer you a career with real scope for development. To reward your hard work and ambition as a talented Junior Development Chef with plenty of support and opportunity. And empower you to drive your own success and create a career you can be proud of too.

    Bakkavor is the leading provider of fresh prepared food in the UK, with a growing international presence in the US and China. We are number one in the UK in the four product categories of meals, salads, desserts and pizza & bread, providing high-quality, fresh, healthy and convenient food. Our customers include every major UK grocery retailer, including Tesco, Marks & Spencer, Sainsbury's and Waitrose, and some of the world’s best-known food brands. We have over 19,000 employees, our headquarters are in London and we have 23 factories in the UK, 5 in the US and 9 in China.

    Job Detail

    As a Junior Development Chef you will work as an integral part of the development team at pace in a fast moving environment, by producing innovative food products - that can be mass produced without any loss of quality or taste, which reflect our customer's trends and requirements.

    You will provide support at all key stages from concept / ideation to handover to the Process Team ensuring a smooth transition. 

    Accountabilities

    • Business Communication: Has relationships with relevant functions to support the Development process activity.
    • Customer: Supports hospitality for customer and high-profile visits.
    • Culinary: Is able to support the presentation of product to internal customers demonstrating culinary knowledge. Is able to convert feedback into appropriate action.
    • Product Innovation: Demonstrates a passion for food. Contributes to product ideation.
    • Business Knowledge: Has a good understanding of the relevant site capabilities.
    • Product Development Cycle: Assists the team in the product Development process including producing samples to an agreed quality standard within the required timescales and commercial parameters.
    • Facilities: Supports the running of the Development kitchen facility to maintain a high standard.
    • Behaviours: Reliable, attention to detail, flexible, organised, diligent, conscientious, creative, personally accountable, fast paced, resilient, alignment to BV values.

    You will ideally have

    • A passion for developing great food, with a proven culinary background
    • Excellent organisational, investigative problem solving and communication skills
    • Drive, energy and enthusiasm
    • Good standard of IT skills to include power point, word and excel
    • Problem solving and critical thinking skills
    • Effective communicator
    • Full UK Driving licence {Location dependent}

    We’re proud to be the leading UK provider of innovative, high-quality, fresh prepared food. We’re proud to be driven by the hard work and passion of our people. And we’re proud to offer a wide range of careers full of support and opportunity. Join our team and we’ll make you proud too.