Chef Product Development

Business Umbrella; Dubai; On-site; AED 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Business Umbrella is seeking a culinary innovator in Dubai to create exciting Indian Asian fusion menu items tailored for cloud kitchens in the UAE. The role involves precise recipe engineering and ensuring quality consistency through systematic tasting and feedback.

You will partner with procurement for supplier selection, control costs, and develop operational SOPs for kitchen compliance. Ideal candidates will have a strong background in food product innovation and an understanding of local culinary preferences.

Qualifications

• Experience in product innovation for the food and beverage industry.
• Ability to adapt recipes to local tastes.
• Knowledge of quality assurance processes in food production.

Responsibilities

• Create Indian Asian fastfood or fusion menu items for cloud kitchens.
• Write precise recipe specs and SOPs.
• Lead tasting panels to ensure quality consistency.
• Partner with procurement for supplier selection and cost control.
• Develop SOPs for kitchen operations and staff training.

Job description

Key Responsibilities

• 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.
• Recipe Engineering Write precise specs portion sizes and SOPs that can be reproduced consistently across cloud central or outsourced kitchens; understand retort frozen preservativebased and hotfill processes.
• Sensory & Quality Lead tasting panels document feedback and ensure taste texture and visual consistency; work with QA and ops for repeatable quality.
• Supply Chain Partner with procurement to select suppliers control costs shelflife and scalability; scale recipes from lab to batch with central kitchen and copackers.
• Cloud Kitchen Ops Develop SOPs for prep cooking assembly packaging and dispatch; train staff and audit kitchens for compliance.