Chef Recruitment

Next time you are out shopping, pause for a moment and think about your favourite food and drink products. Then try to visualise how they got into your local supermarket or corner store.

You may not know it, but the products you put in your basket or trolley are there because of the efforts of literally thousands of people working in different industries in the UK food chain.

Food and drink manufacturers are the vital link in what we call the food supply chain. They take what's grown by farmers and turn it into the products that are sold by retailers and caterers to their customers.

Given the choice of products now available in supermarkets and restaurants, you will not be surprised to learn that manufacturing is an incredibly diverse sector.

Did you know there are something like 7,051 food and drink manufacturing companies in the UK alone? Or that most of them employ between 100 and 250 people?

The food industry is focused on delivering what consumers want and it has excelled when it comes to meeting the demands for convenience, variety and choice; for products that offer health and nutrition benefits; and, of course, for low prices.

Food and drink manufacturing is an intensely competitive sector, and has been consolidating in recent years through mergers and acquisitions. Nevertheless there is still room for small to medium-sized enterprises to flourish, often producing specialist food products for consumers around the world.

But the one thing all food and drink manufacturers have in common is their ambition to supply consumers with food and drink products that taste great, are nutritious and safe, and meet the requirements of our busy lives. And that's where Chef recruitment plays a part - finding creative, passionate and knowledgeable chefs who can, as part of a team, develop uniqueness and a real point of difference for the manufacturer and retailer.