His previous experience includes working for West Bromwich Albion Football Club, Gleneagles Hotel and Turners a former Michelin-starred restaurant. Kedwards has also worked for Compass Group’s fine dining arm Restaurant Associates.

Prior to joining Panasonic, Kedwards was development and demonstration chef for Welbilt so brings with him an understanding of the technology that today’s chefs are working with.

Barnaby Sykes, head of category marketing at Panasonic Europe, said: “These are challenging times for all and there is no sector in foodservice that hasn’t been affected.

“We’ve always been committed to supporting our end user customers and distributors and want to ensure we can maintain our high levels of customer service with Scott as an integral part of the team in the months and years to come as we make a return back to normality.”

At Panasonic he will focus on new and existing customers and offer them support in menu development.