Development Chef (Manufacturing)

ChefsJobs • Full Time • Northampton, Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom • £26,000 / year • 1d ago

GBR Recruitment Ltd, are working in exclusive partnership with a well established progressive SME size food manufacturing company based in the heart of Northamptonshire, recruiting for a highly creative, highly innovative NPD Development Chef, to come up with new culinary delights to meet current market trends / tastes.

This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who is passionate about creating new product lines that can be produced in volume for B2B & retail customer markets.

This role could suit someone working in a professional Chef role, working with food manufacturing, hospitality, restaurants, hotels, gastro pubs or a bistro type setting.

Duties:

Produce culinary delights for customers to sample & approve
Develop fresh new ideas, that can be turned from conceptual ideas into new production runs, ready for customers shelves
Create recipes that can be followed & produces on a high volume scale, ensuring the factory has the capability to deliver such quantities
Producing specifications for the products developed in the NPD kitchen
Maintaining a list of the core ingredients / measures for all new lines
Ensure stock levels are kept in line with NPD requirements
Ensure the development kitchen is audit ready at all times
Attend production runs for new product launches
Evaluate current food lines & look at ways to improve them (CI)
Deliver effective / professional customer food presentations
Communicate professionally with internal teams & clients
Work closely with the Process Technologists / Technical teams
Liaise effectively with Production operations & Commercial teams
Turn conceptual ideas into reality

Attributes Desired:

Experienced in a NPD Chef / Creative Chef role or very similar
A passionate foodie, who is up to date with current food trends / tastes
Used to producing food that can be volumised (mass produced)
Food qualifications, plus time served within a professional kitchen
Strong professional communicator at all levels
Able to work within an SME sized business (flexible / adaptable)

This key NPD Chef role is commutable from: Northampton, Earls Barton, Rushden, Wellingborough, Raunds, Thrapston, Kettering, Burton Latimer, Bedford, Milton Keynes & surrounding areas close to these.

Interviews to take place immediately for the right applicant/s

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