Group Development Chef – Savoury

Are you a passionate savoury chef ready to take your expertise beyond the kitchen and shape food on a larger scale?

We’re looking for an entrepreneurial Group Development Chef – Savoury to help define, develop and elevate our savoury food offer across our centres. This is an exciting opportunity for a talented chef who loves creating exceptional dishes but is ready to spend more time developing concepts, analysing data, and influencing menus across multiple locations.

About the Role
This is not a traditional kitchen-based role. Instead, you will:
• Develop and create new savoury dishes aligned with our brand and customer expectations
• Design and implement seasonal menu changes across the group
• Define and standardise portion sizes with strong control over consistency and yield
• Produce accurate menu costings and ensure strong gross margin performance
• Maintain and elevate food quality standards across all sites
• Analyse food performance data and use insights to drive improvements
• Support operational teams with implementation and training
• Understand what “good looks like” — and ensure we consistently deliver it

This role is influential and commercially focused. You will work cross-functionally, helping shape our food strategy while ensuring dishes are practical, scalable, and profitable.

About You
We’re looking for someone who:
• Is an experienced savoury chef with strong classical and contemporary skills
• Wants to spend more time developing food rather than running a single kitchen
• Has a strong grasp of commercial menus, GP, and portion control
• Is confident in menu costing and understands the financial impact of food decisions
• Has a head for data and can translate numbers into action
• Is entrepreneurial in mindset — proactive, opportunity-focused and solutions-driven
• Understands brand alignment and customer expectations
• Is passionate about quality, consistency and innovation
• Can influence, guide and inspire teams across multiple locations

Why Join Us?
Food is a vital part of the Blue Diamond experience. Our customers expect quality, value and consistency — and this role plays a key part in delivering that.

You’ll have the opportunity to shape our savoury food direction at group level, balancing creativity with commercial awareness, and ensuring our offer continues to stand out in a competitive market.

If you’re ready to move from solely executing dishes to shaping the bigger food picture — we’d love to hear from you.