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Food Fanatic Chef

Richmond VA, US💼 Full-time🗓 2026-07-09 → 2026-09-26

Core

Culinary consultant and culinary expert partnering with sales and support teams to drive profitable sales growth, build customer relationships, and lead culinary training for US Foods customers.

Role type

Senior IC culinary consultant / sales support chef

Builds

Customer business success, sales growth initiatives, culinary training programs, and food culture events

Domain

Food distribution / Independent Restaurants (IR) / National customers

Deliverable

client delivery | product features (culinary presentations, action plans)

Required skills

Customer relationship building, culinary demonstration, sales training facilitation, kitchen/operations assessment, menu costing and recipe development, event planning and execution, trend identification, cross-functional collaboration

Preferred skills

Experience with Menu Profit Pro, Check Business Tools, Sous tool, Scoop program, social media content creation

Technologies

Menu Profit Pro, Check Business Tools, Sous tool, Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Word

Responsibilities

Direct customer consultation and relationship building; lead culinary vision and execute food components at sales meetings; develop and conduct kitchen/operations assessments; create customized costed recipes; plan and coordinate events and product cuttings; drive adoption of exclusive brands and products; contribute to Food Fanatics program and social media presence.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with leadership abilities

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