Senior R&D Chef: Innovative Healthy Meal Developer

Meyandy LLC; Germany (OH); On-site; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Learning & Development

Factor Meals

30 days paid annual leave

Job summary

Factor is seeking a Senior R&D Chef to join its culinary team and drive the creation of new ready-to-heat meals across dietary types. You will own end-to-end recipe development from ideation to editorial steps, working closely with Operations, Nutrition, Procurement and Menu Planning to deliver high-quality products.

You will lead weekly recipe development, analyze feedback and market trends, bench-test recipes and document iterations to support scalable production and cost targets.

Qualifications

• 6+ years creating recipes or managing large-scale kitchens.
• Experience adapting recipes for large-scale production.
• Degree in Culinary Science or related field.
• Strong curiosity and willingness to learn.
• Excellent communication and organizational skills; able to prioritize and meet deadlines.
• Entrepreneurial mindset with initiative and accountability.
• Passion for food and helping people achieve goals.

Responsibilities

• Develop new recipes weekly, meeting product priorities, nutrition targets, cost targets and production constraints.
• Continuously improve existing recipes using customer feedback and performance data.
• Dive into customer data, market trends and competitor activity to inform future development.
• Bench-test new recipes and run panel tastings to refine products through peer feedback.
• Input and track recipes in development tools to document iterations.
• Work with Sourcing to approve ingredients that improve customer experience and meet cost standards.
• Collaborate with Commercialization Chefs to ensure recipes are tested for large-scale production.
• Coordinate with kitchen production to adapt recipes or substitutions while preserving quality.

Skills

Recipe development

Large-scale production

Communication

Organization

Entrepreneurial mindset

Passion for food

Education

Culinary Science degree

Job description

Factor is seeking a Senior R&D Chef to join its culinary team and drive the creation of new ready-to-heat meals across dietary types. You will own end-to-end recipe development from ideation to editorial steps, working closely with Operations, Nutrition, Procurement and Menu Planning to deliver high-quality products.

You will lead weekly recipe development, analyze feedback and market trends, bench-test recipes and document iterations to support scalable production and cost targets.