Lead cook Work, Jobs in Sheerness, Ken (with Salaries)

Development Chef
Cook Trading Limited —Sittingbourne
- £38,000 a year
- Full-time
- Cooking
- In-person
- School
- Profit sharing
- Annual leave
Head Cook
The Royal Naval Benevolent Trust —Gillingham
- £17.49 an hour
- Full-time
- Management
- Computer literacy
- Cooking
- Free parking
Cook
Haven —Rochester
- £13.71 an hour
- Part-time
- Communication skills
- Kitchen experience
- Employee discount
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Chef Manager
Impact Food Group —Sittingbourne
- £32,000 a year
- Full-time
- Management
- Cooking
- Organisational skills
- Employee discount
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1d
Head Cook
Royal Naval Benevolent Trust —Gillingham
- £17.49 an hour
- Part-time
- Management
- Computer literacy
- Cooking
- Free parking
- Employee assistance programme
Quick apply
9d
Junior Development Chef
Cook Trading Limited —Sittingbourne
- £30,000 a year
- Full-time
- Culinary experience
- Cooking
- School
- Annual leave
- Employee discount
Kitchen Cook
Broomfield Lodge Ltd —Herne Bay
- £13 - £15 an hour
- Temporary
- Hospitality
- Culinary experience
- Cooking
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4d
Team Leader
Cook Trading Limited —Kemsley
- £30,556.50 - £33,481.50 a year
- Full-time
- Leadership
- Communication skills
- School
- Free parking
- Annual leave
Kitchen Manager
The Brenchley —Maidstone
- £36,000 a year
- Weekend availability
- Management
- Computer literacy
- English
- Employee discount
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11d
Prep Team Leader
Cook Trading Limited —Sittingbourne
- £14.68 an hour
- Full-time
- Management
- Leadership
- Communication skills
- Free parking
- Annual leave
7d
Cook
KFC —Rochford
- Up to £12.71 an hour
- Part-time
- Restaurant
- Employee assistance programme
- Employee discount
11d
Pastry Commis Chef
Cook Trading Limited —Sittingbourne
- £14 an hour
- Weekend availability
- Cooking
- Bakery
- School
- Free parking
- Annual leave
1d
Cook
Highfield Residential Home —Birchington
- £13.50 an hour
- Part-time
- Cooking
- Organisational skills
- In-person
Quick apply
9d
Chef
El Sol the sun hotel —Canterbury
- From £15 an hour
- Part-time
- Hospitality
- Culinary experience
- Cooking
- Employee discount
Quick apply
Head Chef
Hallmark Care Homes —Billericay
- Full-time
- Culinary experience
- Hotel
- Leadership
- Employee discount
Cook Manager
Sodexo —Sevenoaks
- £15 an hour
- Monday to Friday
- Cooking
- Supervising experience
- Team management
- Annual leave
- Employee assistance programme
Quick apply
4d
Kitchen Team Leader
Greene King Pubs —Rochford
- Up to £13.50 an hour
- Full-time
- Employee assistance programme
- Employee discount
11d
Assistant Nursery Cook / Chef
Storal —Gravesend
- Up to £12.88 an hour
- Part-time
- Culinary experience
- Kitchen experience
- Employee discount
- Sick pay
Quick apply
4d
Chef
The Foxhunter Park —Minster
- £12.71 - £14.00 an hour
- Part-time
- Hospitality
- Culinary experience
- Customer service
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Head Chef/Kitchen Manager
TWP1 LTD —Hatfield Peverel
- £14.50 - £16.50 an hour
- Full-time
- Serving
- Hospitality
- Culinary experience
- Employee discount
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Development Chef

Cook Trading Limited -
Sittingbourne

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Job details

Permanent | Full-time
£38,000 a year

Benefits

Profit sharing
Annual leave
Discounted or free food
Company pension
Employee discount
Life insurance

Qualifications

Cooking
Kitchen experience

Full job description

Development Chef

Location: The COOK Kitchen, Sittingbourne

Hours: Full time, 40 hours per week Monday – Friday 8am -4pm

Salary - £38,000 per year

What this role is all about

This is a hands-on culinary role for an experienced Development Chef who lives and breathes food. You’ll be at the heart of crafting, testing and refining recipes from the earliest spark of an idea through to fully scaled, production-ready batches.

You’ll bring strong cooking skills, a creative palate and a solid understanding of how flavour, texture and technique translate from a small pan to full scale. This role blends creativity, curiosity and precision to ensure every dish tastes exceptional whether cooked for 2 or 2,000.

Main responsibilities:

New Product Development / Existing Product Development
Creating, cooking and refining new dishes to clear briefs, with a strong focus on innovation, quality and flavour.
Developing recipes from scratch, capturing accurate yields, methods, timings and quality points to support successful scale-up.
Considering the impact freezing has on texture, taste and quality when developing frozen meals.
Managing your own workload and timelines, ensuring projects progress smoothly from concept to launch.
Recipe writing, costing creation and cooking time validation.
Leading cooking for tastings, reviews and sign-off sessions, confidently presenting dishes and culinary decisions.
Working closely with the Lead Development Chef, Junior Development Chef and wider Food Team.

Scale-Up

Scaling dishes from bench-top trials to full-batch production while maintaining consistency of taste, texture and appearance.
Hands-on cooking of full batch recipes from prepping, cooking and dishing the finished product, with a final train out to production.
Problem solving and adapting recipes to overcome scale-up challenges.
Verifying manufacturing methods to create robust, repeatable recipes.
Capturing yield data and key information from trials to support costing and recipe updates.
Working collaboratively with Food, Technical, Supply Chain and Operations teams to ensure products can be successfully replicated at scale while maintaining quality and margin.

Quality, Food Safety & Standards

Ensuring all development work meets COOK’s food safety and quality standards.
Maintaining clear, accurate documentation and records.
Following operational processes and safety standards when working within the manufacturing kitchens.
Applying excellent attention to detail throughout every stage of development.

Collaboration & Continuous Improvement

Bringing fresh culinary ideas and inspiration to help evolve dishes and processes.
Supporting smooth, well-documented handovers into production following scale-up trials.
Participating in tastings, reviews and post-launch evaluations to continuously improve products and ways of working.

Good to Have

Experience as a chef in a professional kitchen, with exposure to development and manufacturing environments.
Strong cooking skills, excellent food knowledge and curiosity around ingredients, cuisines and trends.
Excellent attention to detail with the ability to document work clearly and accurately.
Organised, proactive and comfortable managing multiple projects at once, in a fast-paced environment.
A collaborative approach, with clear communication and a willingness to share knowledge.
Understanding of process control and confidence with basic maths.
Experience within frozen meal manufacturing is desirable.

If you tick most of these boxes but not all—don’t stress. We’re all about potential.

Excellent Benefits including

Paid leave on your birthdays, moving house, become grandparent or your child starts school for the first time
Staff profit share
Wellbeing program
30% staff discount
Access to CookieJar Smart Spending discounts and free food perks.
Team meals , events & away days
Be part of a B-Corp-certified business that values sustainability, people, and the community.
Life Insurance
Free Lunch

What Cook is About

We’re a proudly independent, family-owned B Corp, which basically means we care. A lot. About our food. About our people. And about doing the right thing—even when it’s not the easy thing.

Our vision for COOK has always been that we are a place where EVERYONE is welcome. We want everyone to feel like they belong at COOK. We all have different roles, different abilities and different personalities. By collaborating we can do remarkable things. Whatever your story, if you would like to grow with COOK please apply.

Benefits:

Company pension
Discounted or free food
Employee discount
Profit sharing

Work Location: In person

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