Chef Trainer - Short Term Contract

TRAINER (CHEF, DELIVERY KITCHENS)
⏳ 3 Month Contract, starting ASAP
💰 £36,000 PA Pro Rata
📆 Monday - Friday Role
🚊 London Based (Victoria Station) + Regular Travel Across UK

WHO ARE WE?
#14 - Fastest Growing UK Tech Company (Sunday Times)
#31 - Fastest Growing UK Company (Sunday Times)
#77 - Fastest Growing Europe Company (Sifted)

Sessions is building the operating model for the future of restaurants, giving consumers instant access to the brands they love, wherever they live.

The Sessions distribution engine runs through 400+ delivery kitchens and 16 high street restaurants across the UK.

Founded in 2020 and led by ex-Deliveroo MD Dan Warne, Sessions has grown 7x in three years. Our platform has processed over 5 million orders and reaches 60% of the UK population. Our team brings experience from Deliveroo, Amazon, BrewDog, and Gousto.

We scale brands at a pace that redefines what's possible in food. Examples include Miko's Gyros, which went from launch to 100+ live sites in under two months and SoBe Burger, which is live in over 200 delivery locations and has opened 15 physical high street stores.

🏃‍♀️ We are Agile - Thrive in fast-pace. We sprint, adapt, and learn.
🌍 We are Ambitious - Contribute to something big. Watch your career grow bigger.
🤪 We are Fun - High performance, high fives. Join a team you'll love.
🤖We are Data-Driven - Turn insights into action. We lead with evidence.
💡 We have Initiative - Anticipate problems. Drive the solution.

ABOUT THE ROLE:

Due to a busy period, we are looking for a Trainer to come on board for roughly 3 months. Estimated start date end of February . You play a pivotal role in onboarding partners kitchens, ensuring that every dish served via platforms like Deliveroo, Just Eat, and Uber Eats meets our exacting standards.

This is a high-impact, mobile role where you will:

• Master the Menu: Travel to partner sites to provide hands-on training to external culinary teams, ensuring recipe precision and brand consistency.

• Ensure Operational Excellence: Audit partner kitchens for suitability and performance, maintaining the high quality that defines the Sessions name.

• Bridge Food & Tech: Empower partners by training them on our proprietary ‘Sessions Serve’ technology and delivery best practices to drive commercial success.

Reporting directly to the Head of Operations , you are the face of Sessions on the frontline of our culinary collaborations.

WHAT WILL YOU DO?

• You will frequently travel across the UK to reach partner locations

• You’ll be working across several brands and cuisines

• You will onboard and launch our brands into the kitchens of our 3rd party 'host' partners

• You will deliver brand training sessions to the kitchen teams as well as follow up training where needed

• You’ll train on not just the food, but the technology as well and help hosts understand the success metrics

• You will also audit kitchens against their target operational metrics

• You’ll work very closely with other internal stakeholders such as the sales team

• You’ll measure the capacity and capability of partner kitchens

• Support with creation of COGS, playbooks, par levels and supply chain sourcing when required

• Ensure food is prepared to the highest standard and in line with brand specifications

• Manage when required - purchasing, delivery and stock to ensure that all appropriate ingredients are available for both training and launch of brands

• To understand and comply with statutory health, hygiene, safety, quality standards and more such as COSHH and HACCP ensuring all tasks are carried out in accordance with these standards

• To support the sessions operations and wider teams where required such as Franchise openings

REQUIREMENTS:

• Strong personable skills – ability to build positive working relationships quickly

• 4+ years’ experience in a senior chef role managing a team

• Enjoyment in travelling across the country for work regularly

• Previous experience and confidence in training people

• Experience with multiple food concepts and cuisines

• A role model in delivering food quality and hygiene standards

• Dark kitchen and virtual brand experience preferred but not essential

• Experience producing food for delivery platforms such as Deliveroo

• Commercial & technological acumen

• Knowledge of all health and safety and food safety, preferably to level 3

• Charismatic and energetic with a passion for food

• Expert level of English language

• Right to work in the UK

BENEFITS & PERKS

💷 Financial
Bonus Scheme - Paid out monthly
Share Options - Receive an amount of share options for Sessions Market Ltd.
Pay day on demand - Access to pay whenever needed
Expense card -Company Card
Finance Platform - Access to 'Mintago', Financial Wellbeing Platform

🌴Social, Mental & Physical Wellbeing:
Hybrid Working - up to 2 days working remotely per week
Holidays - 25 days + bank holidays + Birthday Off
Healthcare - Healthcare Cash Plan scheme
Employee Assistance Programme - Support for mental health and legal services
Socials - Monthly socials
Dog Friendly - We love our fluffy pals, they're welcome in the office!
Wear what you like - No suits and ties please, that's so 18th century....

💻Technology Perks:
Laptop - Apple Mac
Phone - Apple iPhone and company sim provided

📈 Progression & Development:
High Growth Start Up - This is a great chance to be part of a growing company with plenty of progression opportunities, responsibility from day 1
Management & Leadership Programme - Sessions runs a Management & Leadership Programme
Be Inspired - Learn from a team that's scaled some of the UK's biggest consumer companies
Membership & Qualifications - Sessions have helped support a number of our employees by providing funds for work-based qualifications and memberships

Sessions are a living wage and equal opportunity employer.
all applicants are reviewed 'anonymously' where only work experience and education will be available for the hiring manager to view - all applicants will be considered for employment without attention to ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender, family or parental status, national origin, veteran, neurodiversity status or disability status.

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