Business Development Chef

Primary Location: Winsford, United Kingdom

Solina is a fast growing food solutions company with around 5,000 employees worldwide, operating in the food, foodservice, butchery and nutrition markets. We design customised savoury solutions that are delicious, nourishing, affordable, sustainable and convenient, and we support our clients with innovative culinary ideas that drive growth and sustainability.

Business Development Chef - Foodservice Channel Sales Team

As a Business Development Chef you will combine strong culinary expertise with commercial awareness and market insight to develop innovative, customer led food concepts and deliver the culinary and sales strategy across a dynamic, multi channel environment.

Responsibilities

• Brand Ambassador: Represent Solina at trade shows, industry events and conferences, building brand presence while gathering insights on market trends, competitor activity and opportunities across multiple channels.
• Multi Channel Development: Support a cohesive foodservice strategy across national and regional route to market partners, manufacturers and operators, ensuring solutions are relevant, scalable and adaptable across all channels.
• Collaboration: Work closely with sales, marketing, procurement, operations and the wider Solina team to develop and implement projects, initiatives and customer solutions.
• Relationship Management: Develop, maintain and grow strong culinary relationships with internal teams and external customers, strengthening engagement and driving growth across multiple touchpoints.
• Culinary Innovation & Recipe Development: Create, develop and refine innovative recipes and food concepts that align with brand vision and meet evolving customer needs across a variety of foodservice environments.
• Menu & Concept Development: Design commercially viable menu solutions that demonstrate product versatility, correct usage and multi functional applications, ensuring relevance across different sectors and channels.
• Customer Insight: Gather and evaluate customer feedback to continuously improve menu offerings, concepts and overall customer satisfaction.
• Product & Quality Management: Ensure all recipes and applications meet required standards for cost, quality, consistency and scalability within diverse foodservice operations.
• Training & Support: Deliver engaging training sessions, demonstrations and presentations to internal teams and external customers, supporting successful implementation across all channels.
• Trend & Market Awareness: Stay ahead of emerging food trends, translating insights into innovative, channel relevant product and menu development.
• Sustainability & Efficiency: Champion cost effective, practical and sustainable culinary solutions that support both customer and business objectives.
• Ingredient & Technique Exploration: Source and experiment with new ingredients, flavours and cooking techniques to drive continuous innovation.
• Food Safety & Compliance: Maintain the highest standards of food safety, hygiene and health & safety, ensuring compliance at all times and reporting any risks or incidents appropriately.

Requirements

• Ability to create recipes that balance creativity with operational feasibility.
• Ability to work in a fast paced environment and meet deadlines.
• Excellent communication, presentation, organisational and collaboration skills.
• Experience in cost control and menu engineering.
• Proficiency in food safety, allergen and hygiene standards.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office programs.
• Proven experience in a senior culinary role, preferably in a development or innovation role.
• Strong knowledge of culinary techniques, ingredients and food trends.

EEO Statement

We are open to talents of all backgrounds. Our recruitment process is based on competence, and we openly welcome all candidates of all types according to our DEI Commitment.