Opportunity: Development Chef 

Location: Worksop

Why Greencore?

We’re a vibrant, fast-paced leading food manufacturer. Employing 13,300 colleagues across 16 manufacturing units and 17 distribution depots across the UK. We supply all the UK’s food retailers with everything from Sandwiches, soups and sushi to cooking sauces, pickles and ready meals, and in FY24, we generated revenues of £1.8bn.

Our vast direct-to-store (DTS) distribution network, comprising of 17 depots nationwide, enables us to make over 10,500 daily deliveries of our own chilled and frozen produce and that of third parties.

We work hard to ensure that Greencore is a great place to work, and our people truly are at the core. We’re committed to ensuring all our colleagues have development plans and strive to provide inspiring leadership – in fact, in the past year we’ve seen an 11% increase in the number of colleagues who would recommend Greencore as a place to work.

Join us and be part of our great team!

What you'll be doing

As a Development Chef, you will play a crucial role in creating new and modifying existing recipes, ensuring they meet customer expectations, financial targets, and high-quality standards. This is an incredible opportunity to bring your culinary expertise to a dynamic manufacturing setting.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and refine recipes in our development kitchen, ensuring consistent quality, taste, and adherence to our great food agenda.

• Collaborate with the product development team to propose new raw materials and packaging solutions that enhance product appeal and maintain quality during transit.

• Accurately document recipes, methods, reheating instructions, and key measures such as pH, viscosities, and yields to ensure repeatable and scalable production.

• Present products in feasibility meetings, providing insight into their preparation and production processes.

• Set up and deliver professional internal and external product panels for submissions and benchmarking.

• Attend factory trial sign-offs to ensure production quality matches kitchen-developed standards, supporting cook sign-offs where required.

• Work alongside Head Development Chefs and Product Development Specialists to drive innovation and creativity within the team.

• Develop products that contribute to sustainability goals and align with the latest industry trends.

What We’re Looking For:

At Greencore, we put our people at the core. We celebrate individuality and help everyone bring their best to work. We are looking for a passionate chef with food manufacturing experience who can translate high-end restaurant standards into scalable, factory-friendly recipes.

You should have:

• Experience working within a food manufacturing environment, with a clear understanding of what is achievable in large-scale production.

• Hands-on experience in a manufacturing kitchen, developing recipes that can be efficiently produced while maintaining quality and consistency.

• A strong background in a fast-paced restaurant environment, demonstrating creativity and adaptability.

• Commercial awareness, with the ability to cost recipes and work within financial constraints.

• Strong presentation skills, with the confidence to communicate professionally with customers and stakeholders.

What You’ll Get in Return:

• Competitive salary and job-related benefits.

• Generous holiday allowance.

• Pension scheme (up to 8% matched contribution).

• Company share save scheme.

• Access to exclusive Greencore employee discounts.

• Greencore Qualifications and ongoing development opportunities.

• Full access to our Wellbeing Centre platform.