Product Development Chef - Senior

Food Research Lab; Chennai; Presencial; INR 900.000 - 1.300.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Food Research Lab in Chennai seeks a Senior Product Development Chef to create new recipes aligned with market demand, collaborating with food technologists to help bring ideas to mass production.

You will refine taste profiles, ensure nutrition considerations, and support marketing with product concepts based on sensory data and consumer insights.

Required: a bachelor’s degree in Hotel Management or culinary arts and 2–4 years in the F&B industry; location is Chennai, India.

Formación

• Bachelor’s degree in Hotel Management or culinary arts certificate; professional experience and related certification required.
• 2–4 years of relevant experience in the Food and Beverage industry.
• Knowledge of HACCP, food safety standards, and costings.

Responsabilidades

• Assist in data gathering for new product specifications.
• Confirm product formulations and information for product profiles.
• Create and refine recipes to improve taste and accommodate mass production.
• Develop marketing ideas from preparation processes for new products.
• Lead sensory testing and use consumer data to adjust recipes.
• Record flavor preferences, portions, and prices to guide product development.
• Establish product specifications and documentation.
• Suggest improvements to manufacturing processes or equipment.
• Modify recipes considering nutrition, shelf life, and regulations.
• Plan and run sensory panels and consumer tests.
• Support sales with sample preparation for local and overseas customers.
• Coordinate with technicians and food scientists to drive projects on time.

Conocimientos

Culinary arts

Food science

Nutrition & mass production

Trend analysis

HACCP & Serve Safe

Recipe writing

Independent work

Educación

Bachelor’s degree in Hotel Management or culinary arts certificate

Descripción del empleo

Job Summary

The Research and Development (RD) Chef creates new recipes to improve food product from the organisation. The role is to designs new recipes in consideration of ideas and market demand for new products by working closely with food technologists. Improves recipes and preparation methods to meet mass production and regulatory needs. Also helps to design marketing strategies based on the approach and ideas in creating new products. Work Schedule: Monday - Saturday (except second Saturday).

Responsibilities

• Assist in data gathering for new product specifications.
• Confirm product formulations and other information for constructing product profiles.
• Create new recipes and refine taste profiles through experimentation and finding substitutes for current formulae that are known to trigger digestive sensitivities.
• Develop ideas from food preparation processes for marketing purposes.
• Develop product improvements based on sensory testing and consumer data and modifying recipes.
• Record the flavor, portion, and price that consumer prefer, making tasty and visually appealing food products based on that.
• Establish product specifications and documentations.
• Make recommendations in the design of new manufacturing processes or to change current equipment or processes.
• Modify new product recipes and ingredient selection while taking note of nutrition, shelf life and regulations.
• Plan, manage and run panel sessions and sensory tests on food products.
• Refine recipe formulation for mass production purposes.
• Review ingredients to meet customer needs and requirements.
• Review methods to improve quality of new food products and compliance with food regulations during mass production.
• Suspend alternative ingredients and food preparation processes to meet mass production and compliance needs.
• Suspend changes to new food production processes.
• Support sales team by preparing samples for local and overseas customers.
• Troubleshoot production processes to resolve production, quality and regulatory compliance issues.
• Coordinate with technicians, food scientists to advance the food-processing sector and experts to complete work efficiently and within a time frame.
• Collaborate with key internal and external stakeholders to deliver projects according to established timelines and budgets.
• Communicating project updates and information to leadership and contributing to building flavour knowledge and capability for the RD organization.
• Exemplify the Company s growth behaviour, being inclusive, iterative curious and empowered.
• Ensure that analysis results are provided in the best way possible and possible recommended actions are derived and deal independently with complex issues.
• Implement guidelines and structures for documenting and managing the results of analyses in SAP.
• Implement in-house and statutory specifications and guidelines on hygiene, HACCP, food safety, occupational safety and environmental protection, ensuring that these are implemented in subordinate organizational units.

Job Details

• Required Qualification: A bachelor s degree in Hotel Management or culinary arts certificate, plus professional experience and certificate, related field is required.
• Required Experience: (2- 4) Years of relevant Experience in Food and Beverage Industry
• Job Position code: JD-PEP-FRL-08-0801
• Job Title: Product Development Chef - Senior
• Department: Digital Marketing
• Reports To: Team Lead

Skills Required

• Skilled in Culinary arts
• Good knowledge on food science and is familiar with nutrition and mass production needs.
• Sound understanding of cultural and culinary trends.
• Basic knowledge of food production and processing; thorough knowledge of food safety standards, HAACP, and Serve Safe Certification; basic culinary knowledge related to equipment and technical skills
• Must have thorough knowledge of food products, recipes and procedures writing, and food costing
• Very creative in developing and presenting products.
• The ability to work independently
• Keeping current with trends, consumer insights, and competitive restaurant/menu strategies
• Requires independent, analytical and creative work efforts regarding proper procedures, planning and follow-up

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