Development Chef: Scale-Up Food Innovator

Simmer; England; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Simmer is seeking a Development Chef to create new meals from concept through scaled production and launch. You will spend significant time in the kitchen developing recipes, testing ingredients, tasting and adjusting to ensure dishes are ready for launch.

You will work closely with our Product Lead and manufacturing partners to compare production outputs with original development and adjust as needed to maintain quality and scale.

Qualifications

• Strong chef with excellent flavour instincts.
• Ability to take a dish from an idea to something repeatable and launch-ready.
• Experience with scaled food manufacturing is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Develop and test new dishes from early concept to launch.
• Turn ideas into dishes that work for Simmer and customers.
• Iterate quickly through tastings, feedback and trials.
• Build nutrition and protein considerations into development.
• Understand ingredient costs and make sensible commercial decisions.
• Collaborate with suppliers and manufacturing partners.
• Lead factory trials and scaled production.
• Diagnose changes in flavour, texture, or quality when scaling.
• Adapt recipes to solve problems without compromising the dish.
• Improve existing meals and develop new ones.
• Stay current with ingredients, cuisines, and food trends.

Skills

Flavour instincts

Food development

Organised

Job description

Simmer is seeking a Development Chef to create new meals from concept through scaled production and launch. You will spend significant time in the kitchen developing recipes, testing ingredients, tasting and adjusting to ensure dishes are ready for launch.

You will work closely with our Product Lead and manufacturing partners to compare production outputs with original development and adjust as needed to maintain quality and scale.