Junior Cook / Koch (All Genders)
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Job Description
The role
The junior cook in the studio production is responsible for the culinary execution of brand visuals in close collaboration with styling and photography teams on set. They prepare food for photo and video shoots across the HelloFresh Group portfolio, ensuring every dish and product meets strict brand guidelines and aesthetic standards for marketing campaigns and digital menus in online platforms.
Above all, we are looking for people who will make HelloFresh better. We believe there are many different ways of developing skills and we love diverse experiences! So even if you don’t “tick all the boxes” but think you’d thrive in this role, we would really like to learn more about you.
What you’ll do
Collaboration: Collaborate with teams on recipe production ( culinary, stylists and photographers …) to create appealing food photography and video assets for online menu , recipe cards, marketing campaign shoots
Cooking skills : Prepare food for image production across multiple brands of the HelloFresh Group in various markets in line with existing brand guidelines. This includes adjusting cooking techniques to match specs of our RTH brands (YouFoodz, Factor …)
Mise en place: ensure readiness of ingredients for daily shooting schedules (making sure ingredients are in good order and available in the correct production units of the day of shooting)
Quality assurance: flagging errors in briefs to higher level colleagues within the culinary team and ensuring compliance with SKU specifications such as market specific ingredients and products.
Kitchen Maintenance : Ensure tools and equipment of the culinary team are clean throughout the production day and ready to use for the following day.
What you’ll bring
1-3 years experience cooking in a professional kitchen or photography environment
Demonstrated knowledge of cooking techniques, food preparation and plating
Experienced in working collaboratively within a team
Ability to adapt quickly to changes in a hig
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£45,000 – £60,000 (Glassdoor, Levels.fyi, 2025)