Catering Specialist

Overview

Bella & Bona is a venture-capital-backed food-tech business offering a workplace food program that office workers love and look forward to every day.
Our scalable dark kitchen operations and investments in data and technology automation allow us to consistently deliver high-quality food, optimize health and nutritional values, while lowering cost, and considerably reducing food waste and CO2 emissions.
We're looking for talented people who want to advance their careers and help us scale our business across Germany.

Your mission

• Manage and execute large-scale catering operations for key customers across multiple cities
• Take full operational responsibility for all catering in Berlin
• Be on-site during events, ensuring smooth execution and high-quality delivery
• Deliver catering to client locations across Berlin if needed (driving required)
• Support the kitchen during complex days when needed
• Collaborate with the R&D team on product testing and new product development
• Help define, document, and improve operational processes
• Collect feedback from events and provide insights to improve products and service

Your profile

• Minimum 3 years of professional experience in a kitchen environment, preferably in fine dining or high-quality production kitchens.
• Valid, Permanent EU driving licence.
• Proven hands-on kitchen experience with strong operational awareness.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, and organizational skills.
• Highly autonomous and capable of problem-solving independently, while also thriving in a team-based environment.
• Willing and able to spend significant time on-site in our kitchen.
• Comfortable working in fast-paced environments and managing operational complexity under pressure.
• Fluent in English; German is a strong plus.
• Currently enrolled in or graduated from a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree program in Food & Beverage, Hospitality Management, Culinary Arts, or a related field (plus).

Why us?

• Be part of a fast-growing food-tech startup shaping the future of workplace catering.
• Take real responsibility and ownership from day one.
• Work directly with founders and leadership – no corporate bureaucracy.
• Have a direct impact on operations and client experience.
• Grow with the company as we scale.
• Short decision-making paths and a high-performance environment.
• Opportunity to build processes, not just follow them.
• Enjoy daily meals at the office and/or kitchen.
• Dynamic, hands-on, and entrepreneurial culture.

Bella & Bona's Team Culture

• Result-oriented, Mission-Driven, and focused on the long term: we iterate fast in the short term, we are collectively focused on turning B&B into a Unicorn
• Being a strong team player: we win as one global team and support each other in every case
• Positive, proactive, can-do, and "no-bullshit" attitude
• High level of energy and reliability to deliver in a fast-paced environment - this is not a slow 9/5 corporate environment. We focus on building an exceptional culture while remaining a very high-performance company
• Willingness to learn, adapt, grow, and roll up your sleeves: a continuous improvement mindset. We do in a month what other companies do in a year
• Strong customer-centricity: our mission is to leverage technology to delight office workers with healthy, delicious, and convenient meals