Job Description

Recipe Manager

Contract: Food

Location: London, E14 9SH

Hours of work: 40

Contract Type: Fixed Term Contract (12 months)

At ISS Food Services, our mission is to provide creative food experiences that nurture physical and emotional well-being while supporting sustainable outcomes for future generations, communities, and the planet. We are passionate about delivering freshly prepared, nutritious, and delicious food that tastes great and does good.

As Recipe Manager, you will play a key role in shaping our culinary offer, working closely with our Development Chefs, Nutrition Team, and Supplier Relationship Manager to design and maintain a market-leading recipe and menu portfolio. You will oversee our menu and recipe management systems, ensuring all dishes meet the highest standards of quality, compliance, safety, and innovation. This role is vital in maintaining our reputation for excellence while helping ISS stay at the forefront of food trends and operational efficiency.

Key Responsibilities

Manage the menu and recipe development process, reviewing and improving systems as needed.


Collaborate with Development Chefs and the Nutrition Team to ensure recipes are innovative, compliant, and nutritionally balanced.


Oversee recipe testing to ensure dishes work operationally and at scale.


Maintain the Saffron recipe management system, keeping data accurate and up to date.


Support special diets menu development, ensuring allergen and ingredient information is clear for kitchen teams.


Work with Marketing and Development Chefs to create menus for special events and theme days.


Track the commercial impact of menus, providing accurate costing and reporting.

Professional and Personal Competencies/Qualifications

Experience in menu and recipe creation and management, ideally in contract catering or multi-site operations.


Knowledge of Saffron or similar recipe management systems.


Strong understanding of food safety, allergen management, and compliance.


Excellent attention to detail, organisational, and project management skills.


Strong communication skills and ability to work collaboratively across teams.


Passionate, motivated, and enthusiastic about food innovation and sustainability.

The Company

ISS is a world-leading workplace and facility management company, connecting people and places to make the world work better. Working with customers day by day, side by side, we understand every aspect of the user experience.


Through a unique combination of intelligent solutions, high standards and people who care, to help our customers achieve their purpose, whether it's hospitals healing patients, businesses producing the next great innovation, or airports bringing passengers home to their families. ISS is committed to doing business the right way, taking its corporate responsibility very seriously. Our passion is people.


We offer you a challenging and exciting career in an organisation with people at its heart. In ISS, everyone has the opportunity to develop, grow and make a difference. #ISSGreatPeople #ISSTalent #PeopleMakePlace


ISS is proud to be a diverse and inclusive employer.


ISS welcomes all applicants regardless of age, disability, gender identity or gender reassignment, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race (which includes race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin and caste), religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation or educational background.


We are a Disability Confident Committed (Level 2) employer, proudly supporting and promoting inclusive hiring practices in line with the UK government's Disability Confident scheme.


Our passion for inclusivity and diversity makes ISS a more creative, productive and happy place to work.


If you have any further queries regarding this role, please contact the Resourcing Team by emailing resourcing.team@uk.issworld.com


If you are interested in learning about other opportunities at ISS, please join our Talent community by clicking on the following link: TalentPlace


To find out more about what we do - https://www.uk.issworld.com/


Work Location: In person