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:
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Produce culinary delights for customers to sample & approve
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Develop fresh new ideas, that can be turned from conceptual ideas into new production runs, ready for customers shelves
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Create recipes that can be followed & produces on a high volume scale, ensuring the factory has the capability to deliver such quantities
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Producing specifications for the products developed in the NPD kitchen
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Maintaining a list of the core ingredients / measures for all new lines
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Ensure stock levels are kept in line with NPD requirements
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Ensure the development kitchen is audit ready at all times
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Attend production runs for new product launches
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Evaluate current food lines & look at ways to improve them (CI)
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Deliver effective / professional customer food presentations
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Communicate professionally with internal teams & clients
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Work closely with the Process Technologists / Technical teams
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Liaise effectively with Production operations & Commercial teams
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Turn conceptual ideas into reality
Attributes Desired:
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Experienced in a NPD Chef / Creative Chef role or very similar
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A passionate foodie, who is up to date with current food trends / tastes
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Used to producing food that can be volumised (mass produced)
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Food qualifications, plus time served within a professional kitchen
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Strong professional communicator at all levels
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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
