R&D Chef I — Innovative Recipe Developer

Material Bank; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision, life and disb

Paid holidays, sick time and vacation

401k program

Flexible spending accounts

Job summary

Home Chef is seeking an R&D Chef I to conceive and create new recipes for the Home Chef menu that meet nutritional, cost and ingredient specifications. This is a kitchen centric role that works cross functionally throughout the department.

The role handles R&D for new meals, evaluates customer feedback, and participates in weekly culinary meetings to ensure meals are accessible, flavorful, and feasible within cost constraints.

Qualifications

• Completion of a two-year program such as an Associate degree.
• Culinary degree preferred.
• 10+ years experience in kitchen or professional cooking environment.
• 2+ years prior recipe development experience.

Responsibilities

• Conceive accessible, creative new recipes in the test kitchen that apply to cost, ingredient, caloric/nutritional, and time constraints.
• Collaborate with kitchen team, to improve and test each other’s dishes, potentially coordinating daily taster assignments.
• Take extensive and honest feedback every day on meal accessibility and flavors and incorporate into recipes.
• Work closely with the recipe development team to ensure constraints are met, recipe tester feedback is incorporated, and customers will be able to execute meals.

Skills

Verbal communication

Teamwork

Feedback-driven

Adaptability

Self-motivation

Education

Associate degree

Culinary degree

ServSafe certification

Job description

Home Chef is seeking an R&D Chef I to conceive and create new recipes for the Home Chef menu that meet nutritional, cost and ingredient specifications. This is a kitchen centric role that works cross functionally throughout the department.

The role handles R&D for new meals, evaluates customer feedback, and participates in weekly culinary meetings to ensure meals are accessible, flavorful, and feasible within cost constraints.