Development Chef – Blue Band Professional

Flora Food Group; Karachi Division; On-site; PKR 1,800,000 - 2,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Flora Food Group is seeking a Development Chef for Blue Band Professional to lead culinary innovation and provide technical support to Pakistan's food service sector. You will translate product benefits into practical, compelling culinary solutions for hotels, restaurants, bakeries, and caterers.

You will design and deliver hands-on demonstrations, workshops, and trials, while developing protocols and training materials for internal teams and customers.

Qualifications

• Strong background in culinary arts, bakery applications, or food science.
• Hands-on experience with food service operations and product development.
• Ability to translate technical knowledge into practical customer solutions.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development of culinary applications and technical solutions for food service customers.
• Design and deliver product demonstrations, workshops, and operator trials.
• Develop and maintain product usage protocols, technical standards, and training materials.
• Partner with sales teams to support customer acquisition and category development.
• Gather market feedback to identify innovation opportunities.

Skills

Culinary arts

Bakery applications

Food science

Product development

Food service operations

Commercial acumen

Job description

Development Chef - Blue Band Professional

Location: Karachi.

Fixed Term Contract

Why this role matters

In your first year, you will lead culinary innovation and technical application for Blue Band Professional, driving customer conversion and product adoption across Pakistan's food service sector. This role is vital to expanding our presence in hotels, restaurants, bakeries, and catering businesses by translating product benefits into practical, compelling culinary solutions. Your work will directly support commercial growth by enabling sales teams with expert knowledge and hands‑on demonstrations. At Flora Food Group, this means helping kitchens create better food experiences that are delicious, nutritious, and reliable.

What you'll do

• Lead the development of culinary applications and technical solutions tailored to diverse food service customers.
• Design and deliver product demonstrations, workshops, and operator trials that clearly show commercial and operational benefits.
• Develop and maintain product usage protocols, technical standards, and training materials for internal teams and customers.
• Partner with sales teams to support customer acquisition, conversion, and category development initiatives.
• Gather market feedback and customer insights to identify innovation opportunities and improve product recommendations.

Performance

You will own the technical and culinary expertise that drives product adoption and category penetration, directly impacting revenue, volume, and profitability targets. Your data‑driven approach will track demonstration effectiveness and conversion rates, ensuring continuous improvement in sales capability and customer satisfaction. Your role is critical in delivering measurable growth and operational excellence for Blue Band Professional.

Care

You will collaborate closely with the Channel Manager - South, Food Service Managers, Marketing, R&D, Quality Assurance, and Supply Chain teams to ensure consistent technical excellence. Although an individual contributor role, your work supports a broad network of commercial and technical colleagues. Your long‑term focus will be on building sustainable customer relationships and solutions that stand the test of time, doing the right thing for customers and communities alike.

Passion

As a food lover and culinary innovator, you bring curiosity and energy to every product demonstration and training session. You understand the importance of taste, nutrition, functionality, and reliability in food service applications. Your passion for culinary arts and food science fuels your drive to create differentiated solutions that inspire chefs, bakers, and operators to elevate their craft.

About you

You have a strong background in culinary arts, bakery applications, or food science, combined with hands‑on experience in food service operations and product development. You are skilled at translating technical knowledge into practical solutions that resonate with customers. Your commercial acumen and customer focus enable you to influence and support sales teams effectively. You are collaborative, innovative, and results‑oriented, with a mindset geared toward continuous learning and improvement.

You are genuinely interested in food culture and curious about how consumer behaviour and future food trends shape innovation. You understand that strong brands are built by anticipating what’s next in taste, nutrition and functionality, and by translating insight into meaningful consumer experiences.

Where this could lead to

This role typically leads to senior positions such as Senior Development Chef, Culinary Development Manager, or Technical Services Manager within a few years. It offers a clear path to broader leadership roles in culinary excellence and food service management, allowing you to shape the future of food innovation at Flora Food Group.

Flora Food Group is an employer committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace and equal opportunities for all. We recruit based only on values, qualifications, performance, skills, behaviours, experience, and knowledge. We ensure job advertisements are free from unintentional bias.

No personal characteristics should be a barrier to joining Flora Food Group. We prohibit discrimination and harassment based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or other personal characteristics.