Chef Product Development

Business Umbrella; Dubai; On-site; AED 120,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A culinary innovation firm in Dubai is looking for a professional to create Indian Asian fastfood and fusion menu items tailored to the GCC taste. Responsibilities include recipe engineering, ensuring quality consistency through tasting panels, and developing standard operating procedures for kitchen operations. The ideal candidate has experience in the food industry, particularly in cloud kitchen settings. Competitive compensation and opportunities for creativity are offered.

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of Indian Asian fastfood and fusion cuisine.
• Experience in recipe specification and quality assurance processes.
• Ability to scale recipes for cloud kitchen production.

Responsibilities

• Create Indian Asian fastfood or fusion menu items tailored for GCC taste.
• Write precise recipes and SOPs for cloud kitchens.
• Conduct tasting panels and ensure quality consistency.
• Collaborate with suppliers for cost control and quality scaling.
• Develop and train staff on kitchen operations SOPs.

Job description

Key Responsibilities

1. Product Innovation: Create Indian Asian fastfood or fusion menu items for cloud kitchens in the GCC; adapt to UAE/GCC tastes while keeping brand DNA.
2. Recipe Engineering: Write precise specs, portion sizes and SOPs that can be reproduced consistently across cloud central or outsourced kitchens; understand retort frozen preservative-based and hotfill processes.
3. Sensory & Quality Lead: Tasting panels document feedback and ensure taste, texture and visual consistency; work with QA and ops for repeatable quality.
4. Supply Chain Partner: Work with procurement to select suppliers, control costs, shelf life and scalability; scale recipes from lab to batch with central kitchen and copackers.
5. Cloud Kitchen Ops: Develop SOPs for prep, cooking, assembly, packaging and dispatch; train staff and audit kitchens for compliance.