Freelance Chef

Job description / Role

Conduct Live Cooking Demonstrations: • Perform engaging and informative cooking demonstrations showcasing luxury food products to customers, clients, and event attendees. Recipe Development: • Create and refine recipes that highlight the unique qualities of luxury food items, ensuring they meet high standards of taste and presentation. Customer Interaction and Engagement: • Interact with customers during demonstrations, answering questions, providing cooking tips, and promoting the luxury food products. Kitchen Management: • Maintain the demonstration kitchen’s cleanliness and organization, ensuring all equipment and ingredients are prepared and ready for each demonstration. Event Coordination: • Collaborate with event planners and marketing teams to schedule and promote cooking demonstrations, ensuring each event runs smoothly and meets the brand’s standards of excellence.

Requirements

• Experienced Culinary Professional: Proven track record as a chef with expertise in luxury food products and a strong foundation in culinary techniques. • Engaging Presenter: Exceptional presentation and communication skills, capable of conducting captivating live cooking demonstrations and interacting positively with audiences. • Innovative Recipe Developer: Creative and skilled in developing unique, high-quality recipes that showcase the best of luxury food items. • Customer-Oriented: Strong interpersonal skills and a customer-focused approach to engage with clients, answer their questions, and provide exceptional service. • Organized and Flexible: Highly organized with the ability to manage kitchen preparations, events, and adapt to a flexible, freelance work schedule.

About the company

Quest Search & Selection is a specialist recruitment consultancy with over 20 years' experience in sourcing the world's best candidates for the global Retail, FMCG and Hospitality sectors. With offices in the UK & Dubai, we have an international presence and a global reach. Our recruiters place candidates locally and internationally for a wide variety of roles focusing on the following areas: Retail Buying & Merchandising, E-commerce & Digital, Food & Beverage, Hotels, Hospitality & Operations, Retail Stores & Operations, HR & Recruitment, Procurement, Supply Chain & Logistics, Sales & Marketing, Technical and New Product Development. We work in partnership with our clients who range from famous international brands within the Retail, Restaurant, Hotel and Consumer products space. Our reputation is built on our in-depth understanding of the industry and our consultants' skill, knowledge and passion for their sectors.