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