R&D Head Chef

One of our leading Food & Beverage industry client in the UAE is looking for an ambitious, creative, passionate and driven R&D Head Chef to join their production team who look forward to bring new creation in the kitchen.

• Excellent culinary and food science abilities with an emphasis on both traditional and alternative grains and baking
• Highly motivated, high integrity, self-starter with demonstrated ability to work effectively both independently and as part of a cross-functional team. Able to develop positive working relationships with others
• Work consistently to earn trust everyday
• Serve others with understanding, respect, and care
• Operate with simplicity, clarity, and transparency
• Ensure the safety of our products and people
• Deliver results in first-time/fast paced situations
• Organized multitasker consistently meeting and/or exceeding deadlines
• Passion for learning new things and brings strong work ethic and a positive attitude.

Responsibilities:

• Develop strong customer relationships and support growth by translating customer needs into viable solutions
• Identify opportunities, analyze possible solutions, and make recommendations to support projects and processes
• Execute best-in-class food demos/showings to create authentic, positive experiences for customers to increase brand awareness and convey current messaging
• Develop formulas and recipes while documenting experiments and maintaining research records. Manage ingredient inventories. Adhere to safety policies and procedures
• Prepare and deliver oral and written communication for cross-functional audiences
• Adherence to food safety standards for labeling and storing of ingredients, creation of prototypes and food samples, and shipments
• Stay current with trends in culinary arts, food service and restaurants, nutrition, flavors, grains, and novel foods
• Additional responsibilities related to R&D

Requirements

• Degree from an accredited school in Culinary Arts/Culinary Science/Culinary Nutrition, Food Science or equivalent
• Minimum of 3 year of relevant professional industry experience
• Demonstrated basic understanding of food science, baking, etc.
• Must be flexible, with the ability to handle changing priorities and exercise good judgment and discretion on the job with fiscal responsibility
• Demonstrated ability to create and tolerance test recipes and procedures for new applications and prototype development
• Good sensory/organoleptic abilities, experience with food photography a plus
• Experience with Product Vision and nutrition software preferred
• Safe food handling or ServSafe certification would be an advantage.

Degree from an accredited school in Culinary Arts/Culinary Science/Culinary Nutrition, Food Science or equivalent Minimum of 3 year of relevant professional industry experience Demonstrated basic understanding of food science, baking, etc. Must be flexible, with the ability to handle changing priorities and exercise good judgment and discretion on the job with fiscal responsibility Demonstrated ability to create and tolerance test recipes and procedures for new applications and prototype development Good sensory/organoleptic abilities, experience with food photography a plus Experience with Product Vision and nutrition software preferred Safe food handling or ServSafe certification would be an advantage.