Job Description
As Development Chef, you will be instrumental in bringing creativity and consistency to our food services, supporting the mobilisation of new contracts, and ensuring our offer remains fresh, relevant, and commercially competitive.
Working closely with operations, suppliers, and clients, you’ll champion best practice, food safety, and continuous improvement - driving culinary standards that reflect ISS’s commitment to excellence and innovation.
Key Responsibilities
1. Continually develop and evolve the ISS Food Services food offer in line with business needs and client expectations.
2. Research, design, and implement innovative food concepts and current trends across multiple sectors.
3. Support the mobilisation of new contracts, ensuring operational readiness and menu alignment.
4. Identify areas for craft development and deliver effective training to enhance culinary capability across teams.
5. Build a culture of collaboration, sharing best practices, and raising food standards throughout the business.
6. Ensure all food safety, operational, and recruitment policies and procedures are adhered to.
7. Evaluate service changes for financial, operational, and personnel implications before implementation.
8. Collaborate with nominated suppliers to ensure quality, consistency, and cost-effectiveness.
9. Actively support tender processes and contribute culinary expertise to new business proposals.
Professional and Personal Competencies/Qualifications
10. Proven experience as a Senior Chef or Development Chef, ideally within the defence or contract catering sector.
11. Demonstrable success in menu development and food innovation.
12. Strong leadership with the ability to coach, mentor, and inspire chefs at all levels.
13. 7061/7062 or equivalent qualifications in food preparation and production.
14. Minimum Level 3 Food Hygiene Certificate (or equivalent).
15. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
16. Passionate about food, creativity, and service excellence.
17. Strong commercial understanding with a proven track record of delivering results.
18. Experience contributing to tenders and new business development.
19. Prior experience building menus and delivering culinary solutions within the defence segment.
The Company
ISS is a world-leading workplace and facility management company, connecting people and places to make the world work better. Working with customers day by day, side by side, we understand every aspect of the user experience.
Through a unique combination of intelligent solutions, high standards and people who care, to help our customers achieve their purpose, whether it’s hospitals healing patients, businesses producing the next great innovation, or airports bringing passengers home to their families. ISS is committed to doing business the right way, taking its corporate responsibility very seriously. Our passion is people.
We offer you a challenging and exciting career in an organisation with people at its heart. In ISS, everyone has the opportunity to develop, grow and make a difference.
ISS is proud to be a diverse and inclusive employer.
ISS welcomes all applicants regardless of age, disability, gender identity or gender reassignment, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race (which includes race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin and caste), religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation or educational background.
We are a Disability Confident Committed (Level 2) employer, proudly supporting and promoting inclusive hiring practices in line with the UK government’s Disability Confident scheme.
Our passion for inclusivity and diversity makes ISS a more creative, productive and happy place to work.