Senior R&D Chef (all genders)
Core
Develop and refine healthy, ready-to-heat meal recipes for a delivery service, balancing nutrition, cost, and production feasibility.
Role type
Senior R&D Chef (product features)
Builds
Ready-to-heat meal products for consumer delivery
Domain
Food service / Nutrition / Meal delivery
Deliverable
product features
Required skills
Recipe development, large-scale recipe execution, cost management, nutritional target adherence, ingredient sourcing evaluation, panel tasting coordination, data-driven product iteration
Preferred skills
Commissary or large restaurant/banquet/catering experience, culinary science background
Technologies
Development tools for recipe documentation and iteration
Responsibilities
Develop new recipes weekly meeting product and cost targets; improve existing recipes based on customer feedback and performance data; analyze customer data and market trends to inform development; bench-test recipes and run panel tastings; partner with sourcing to approve new ingredients; collaborate with commercialization chefs for scale production testing; adapt recipes for kitchen production needs
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC