CHEFLINK to Exhibit at Food Create EXPO Gunma 2026

ShareDine Inc. (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director: Akari Iida) will exhibit at "Food Create EXPO Gunma 2026" to be held at Bient Takasaki Big Cube on April 15, 2026 (Wednesday). At the exhibition booth, the company will introduce "CHEFLINK (ChefLink)*," a comprehensive platform that connects chefs with food service and accommodation businesses, and propose new options for solving human resource challenges through case studies and specific usage methods. *Name changed from SPOT CHEF in August 2025. **◾️Food Create EXPO Gunma 2026 Exhibition Overview: Introducing ChefLink at the Exhibition Corner** **** * Date: April 15, 2026 (Wednesday) * Venue: Bient Takasaki Big Cube * Organizer: Kanto Shokuryo Co., Ltd. *Visitor registration has already closed. ChefLink will be introduced in the "DX Proposal Area for Restaurants," and various contents will be prepared to help visitors concretely visualize how to use the service. * **Experience with operation demo** You can realistically experience the flow from chef search to request and operation using the platform screen. You can concretely understand how to use it even before introduction. * **Introduction of case studies** Case studies of restaurants, hotels, and school meal facilities will be exhibited. Success stories for different challenges, from spot utilization to recruitment collaboration, will be introduced. * **Consultation corner** Consultations on human resource shortages, recruitment challenges, and operational systems will be handled on the spot. Optimal usage methods for each business will be proposed. This will be a valuable opportunity for businesses facing challenges in recruiting immediate-contributing chefs and human resource allocation to gather information. **◾️CHEFLINK (ChefLink): Over 40,000 chefs active as immediate contributors** CHEFLINK (ChefLink) is Japan's largest platform connecting chefs with food service and accommodation businesses. Over 40,000 chefs are registered, possessing diverse genres and skills such as Japanese, Western, Chinese, and confectionery. It is utilized in a wide range of business types, including not only restaurants but also hotels, ryokans, school meals, and bridal services. The main benefits of using CHEFLINK for food service businesses are as follows: * **Available from as short as one day, 3 hours** Chefs can be arranged in required time units, allowing flexible response during busy periods or when staff are absent. * **Matching ability for specialized genres and experienced professionals** Many experienced professionals in each genre are registered, enabling the securing of human resources that meet on-site needs. * **Variable introduction and operating costs** Fixed labor costs are suppressed by a fee system based only on usage. This contributes to efficient personnel allocation and cost optimization. **◾️Future Development** The Northern Kanto area, including Gunma, has a concentration of various businesses in the food service, accommodation, and school meal sectors, and responding to human resource shortages is an important theme. Through this exhibition, ChefLink aims to expand service recognition and adoption in Gunma Prefecture and the Northern Kanto area, creating new encounters between local food service businesses and chefs. Moving forward, we will continue to expand our efforts to "increase places where chefs can thrive" nationwide, while addressing the challenges and needs of each region, and contribute to the sustainable development of the food industry. **■What is CHEFLINK (ChefLink)?** https://chef-link.com/ CHEFLINK (ChefLink) is a human resource and career support platform that connects chefs with food service businesses. Chefs can apply for listed jobs by simply registering their resumes, and the platform supports career development through AI-powered automatic profile generation, SNS functions that promote interaction across generations and genres, and a chef-exclusive community. For food service businesses, it provides a new system that supports the transition to a sustainable business model by flexibly utilizing immediate-contributing human resources when needed, from spot work to full-time employment and overseas recruitment support, to solve human resource shortages and increased fixed costs. *In August 2025, "CHEFLINK (Career Support SNS)" and "SPOT CHEF (Food Professional Staffing and Recruitment Service)" were integrated to evolve into a platform that delivers a more consistent experience. **◾️CHEFLINK Service Overview** * Available from as short as one day, 3 hours * Payment only for usage, no initial or monthly fees * Full-time employment also possible * Over 40,000 food professionals registered ▶︎Click here for details https://chef-link.com/ **■What is ShareDine Inc.?** https://sharedine.co.jp/ ShareDine Inc., founded in May 2017, operates a global career platform for chefs with 40,000 registered chefs. With the purpose of "driving social transformation from the world of food," the company aims for social change through the food industry. In June 2025, to strengthen career support overseas, it launched "CHEFLINK Global," an overseas recruitment support service, promoting global business expansion. Moving forward, the company will continue to build a sustainable business model for the food industry, create an environment where each chef can build a flexible career, and contribute to the development of the food industry both domestically and internationally as a Japan-originated global career platform. **■ShareDine Services List** * "CHEFLINK," a human resource and career support platform that connects food professionals and the food industry from start to finish: https://chef-link.com * "CHEFLINK Global," an overseas recruitment support service for domestic food service businesses: https://cheflink-global.com/ * "ShareDine," an on-demand chef service for households: https://sharedine.me/ * "Kitchen Biz Journal," a media for the food industry specializing in "Kitchen x Business": https://chef-link.com/business/journal/ **** ShareDine Inc. Public Relations, 4-1-1 Toranomon, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Kamiyacho Trust Tower 23F E-mail: contact@sharedine.me For more details, visit https://sharedine.co.jp/