Regional Development Chef Chartwells - Education Catering Role Overview This role plays a pivotal part in supporting the Chartwells Operations Team to ensure our school catering teams fully understand their responsibilities and deliver against clear standards and expectations. You will drive a consistent, elevated and innovative food offer across all schools - from counter service to hospitality and event catering. The role ensures modular menus are implemented using The Source recipes, hospitality brochures are relevant and user-friendly, and the "Beyond the Kitchen" programme is embedded successfully across every site. You will lead the development of kitchen teams, champion new food concepts, and ensure our food offer remains fresh, inspiring, compliant, and commercially successful. Key Responsibilities Lead the delivery and presentation of food across schools, encouraging teams to showcase their offer and host tastings with clients.Engage clients in meaningful conversations around food quality, innovation, and school strategy.Create and implement new culinary ideas such as pop-ups, BBQ events, tasting events, and themed food activations.Develop innovative, School Food Standards-compliant regional dishes for inclusion on menus.Ensure modular menus are implemented correctly using approved recipes from The Source.Ensure every school has a relevant and accessible hospitality brochure. Team Development and Training Train culinary teams across all craft levels, reviewing kitc