Job Description

Local FDA food manufacturing company is seeking an Executive Chef to create new recipes to improve food products for their organization. You must be comfortable designing new recipes in consideration of ideas and market demand for new products. Perfect recipes before handing over to the manufacturing team to meet mass production and regulatory needs. Independent worker is a must. Fast paced, high-growth environment, and looking to innovate the ready to eat meal industry.

Requirements: Commercialization Chef or Food Scientist background highly preferred

Summary of Responsibilities

• Menu Strategy [develop and execute 12 month rolling menu calendar with attention to variety]
• Product Deployment
• Partner with purchasing and procurement in the development of packaging and procedural solutions for new and existing products.
• Prepare appropriate documentation and materials to ensure a seamless transition of products from culinary development to manufacturing production. All processes, systems and recipes need to result in the achievement of a repeatable and scalable gold standard.
• Train new and existing team members on recipes and production changes (as requested).
• Assess new ingredients discovered by sourcing team
• Support Marketing on projects requiring a culinary resource such as photo / video shoots.
• Work in conjunction with Food Safety and Quality Assurance team to resolve any quality issues as well as answer any recipe or production questions
• Maintain strong and effective working relationships with all managers and team members, support staff, suppliers, and vendors.
• Other duties, as assigned

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