Flavor Architect: Multi-Brand Menu Innovator

Minor DKL Food Group; Brisbane; On-site; AUD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working arrangements

Modern Southbank office

Employer-funded paid parental leave

Purchased annual leave

Subsidised training and development

Barista-quality coffee

Job summary

Minor DKL Food Group is seeking a hands‑on Culinary Development Specialist to join our Product team in Brisbane. You will take ideas from recipe development and testing through to successful store execution across our multi‑brand hospitality network.

You'll work closely with the Head of Product and NPD team to balance creativity with commercial requirements, running kitchen trials, sensory evaluations, and supplier collaboration to bring new concepts to life.

Qualifications

• Practical experience developing and testing food and beverage products in a commercial kitchen or similar environment.
• Passion for flavour, product quality and consumer appeal.
• Confidence experimenting with recipes and ingredients in a busy setting.
• Experience with menu development or product launches is desirable.
• Understanding of balancing creativity with cost and operational considerations.

Responsibilities

• Bring new concepts to life through hands‑on recipe development and testing.
• Run kitchen trials and sensory evaluations for taste, texture and yield.
• Develop recipes across current and future brand networks for store execution.
• Collaborate with suppliers to explore new ingredients and ideas.
• Translate concepts from test kitchen to stores and gather feedback for refinement.
• Prepare products for tastings, reviews and training, aligning with brand standards.

Skills

Food product development

Recipe testing

Kitchen experimentation

Cross-brand collaboration

Education

Culinary Arts

Commercial Cookery

Food Science

Hospitality Management

Job description

Minor DKL Food Group is seeking a hands‑on Culinary Development Specialist to join our Product team in Brisbane. You will take ideas from recipe development and testing through to successful store execution across our multi‑brand hospitality network.

You'll work closely with the Head of Product and NPD team to balance creativity with commercial requirements, running kitchen trials, sensory evaluations, and supplier collaboration to bring new concepts to life.