Chef (Hot Kitchen experience ONLY)

Cafe Coffee Day; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Cafe Coffee Day is seeking a Senior/Assistant Manager in New Product Development to drive product innovation and cost optimization. The role focuses on tracking global trends, developing new food offerings, and refining recipes with strict QA alignment.

Responsibilities include vendor coordination, training content creation, and process improvements to enhance product quality and profitability. Relevant hotel/QSR experience is essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor in Hotel Management is required.
• 6-15 years of experience in Hotel / QSR innovations.
• Hot kitchen with proficiency in continental, American, Oriental and Indian cuisines.
• Technical knowledge of frozen foods and cooking science.

Responsibilities

• Create new food products based on global trends.
• Track competitors and review products, best practices.
• Document trials, recipes, and maintain a product library.
• Costing and margin analysis for new products.
• Create SOPs and training content for new products.
• Train the trainer programmes and staff on new products.
• Source ingredients via external vendors and suppliers.
• Monitor and improve product costs through alternate ingredients and new vendors.
• Identify opportunities to improve processes and equipment.
• Coordinate with QA on product specs, SOPs, nutrition, and allergens.

Skills

Food product development

Education

Bachelor in Hotel Management

Job description

Café Coffee Day's menu consists of different cuisines . The job responsibility of this role is to keep a track of global and local food trends, create new food products and implement best practises in the industry.

Responsibilities

• New Product Development: Create new food products based on global trends
• Competition Review: Competitor tracking for products, best practises
• Product library: Trials and recipe documentation of food
• Product Costing: Costing and margin analysis of new products
• SOP and Training Content: Content creation for training of new products
• Training: Train the trainer programmes and staff training for new products
• Vendor Management: Work with external vendors and suppliers to source ingredients-breads, desserts, gravies, sauces , fillings , seasonings for new product development
• Cost Management: Monitor and manage product costs. Continuous work on improving product costs through alternate ingredients and new vendors
• Process enhancement: Identify opportunities of process and equipment improvement and enhancement in the system
• Quality Control: Work closely with the QA team for product related closures-Product Specifications, SOP's, Nutritional Information, Allergens
• Overall, the new product development manager/asst manager plays a crucial role in new product development, competitor review and tracking global trends, cost management, vendor management and process enhancement

Qualifications

• Bachelor in Hotel Management
• 6-15 years experience in Hotel / QSR innovations
• Hot kitchen with well versed with cuisines of continental , American , Oriental , Indian
• Technical knowledge of frozen foods, science of cooking