Our people are integral to our success

Our people are what makes our company and our food so appealing. Their dedication and diligence ensures we’re providing the best service and food products that we possibly can.

A wide range of roles make up the SK team, from chefs and planners to food operatives and finance managers and many more. The people together collaborate to make a winning team that’s thorough, passionate and successful.

At SK Foods we’re proud to invest in the development of our staff, often promoting from within allowing them to progress. There is always something new to learn and we encourage our team to grow in their roles and gain as much knowledge as they can about the industry.

Our executive team

Our chefs

Sean Flint

Executive Chef

Sean’s not a name dropper, but he’s got plenty of high profile ‘celebrity’ chefs on his CV that he can call mentors with many a Michelin star to their names. This includes Gordon Ramsey, Mark Sargeant at Claridges and Marcus Wareing at Petrus. He even managed to cook once for his favourite chef; Thomas Keller of the French...

Jane Beesley - Chef at SK Foods

Jane Beesley

Senior Sous Chef

Jane is our longest-serving chef. She knows exactly what our customers want and how to deliver it. She’s got tonnes of practical experience in creating tastes and flavours that everyone can enjoy. She loves good, honest cooking and knows a lot about food processing methods, functional ingredients, savoury pastry and flavour pairing. She’s been working with food since...

Jack Hunter

Jack Hunter

Sous Chef

Jack worked under the acclaimed chef Andrew Fairlie at Gleneagles Hotel and previously owned and run his own restaurant in his home town of Hartlepool His passion for food started when he was very young, cooking the Christmas meal for his family at the tender age of 8. He says he enjoys the work/life balance being a development...

Oliver Parkinson - Chef at SK Foods

Ollie Parkinson

Sous Chef

Oliver’s background is in food technology and food development, so after years working in restaurants he says it feels like coming home. Ollie can boast The Queen as the most prestigious person he has cooked for and he’s also experienced the rock and roll lifestyle supporting singer David Gray on European tours! Ollie gained his BSc in Food...