**Chef Lead - LATAM**
**About us!**
We are Upfield Professional, the general experts in plant butters, creams, margarine and oils. We believe in great tasting plant-based alternatives to everything Dairy. Upfield chefs develop ingredients, products and services that help Professionals: prepare delicious food which delight their customers, manage the complexity, and budget constraints of modern catering - meeting the needs for consistency, efficiency, safety, and health - without compromising on taste..
**The role**
We need a culinary superstar to not only develop, test & showcase our products and ingredients but also train, coach and drive the in-market chef team enabling them to drive higher conversion through menu ideation, customer demos and technical product understanding. Experience in leading a culinary team, bring the skills, creativity and knowledge of food which can inspire and educate our team and our customers communicating culinary knowledge. Leading a workshop with professional chefs or a training session with sales team.
**Developing & Testing**
This role will require extensive culinary testing of current & new products. You will be taster and tester in chief of all things culinary in our business! Development of cutting-edge innovation, and as a global organization, Interact and exchange ideas with Upfield Chefs from around the world.
**Showcasing & Training**




**Main accountabilities**
- Structure, coordinate and deliver a culinary training program.
- Be the culinary expert in our food service portfolio.
- Support our customer development teams with culinary showcases for our customers.
- Be a core member of all innovation projects in LATAM.
- Support (and deliver) compelling culinary content for all our advertising - which will include appearing in social media videos and tutorials.
- Support our technical teams in the testing of product functionality and claims.
**Key interfaces**
- Food Service Marketing Team.
- The Upfield technical and nutritional team.
- Customer Development teams - and our customers.
- The international community of Upfield Chefs.
**Key skills & experience**
- Professional calibre culinary skills. This will likely mean experience cooking at high level in professional kitchens, or market leading experience in food development and presentation.
- Experience leading culinary training sessions with qualified cooks & chefs.
- Experience working in international hotels, International Restaurants, etc.
- Experience in flavors and food fusion.
- Highly developed skills in sweet and savory baking.
- Contemporary food styling experience.
- Fluent English
Mexico City. Hybrid
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📌 Chef Lead - Latam (Ciudad de México)
🏢 Upfield
📍 Ciudad de México