Product Development Chef - Mississauga, Canada - Scarlett House Food Group Inc.

Scarlett House Food Group Inc.

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Mississauga, Canada

1 week ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

Position Overview
As a Product Development Chef with Scarlett House Food Group, reporting into the Sr.

Product Development Chef, you will be key in creating new and exciting food products for a variety of market segments including airline catering, retail, and healthcare.

You will be required to continuously research new food trends, products in the marketplace, creating new recipe concepts including:

Conducting testing and sampling for new and current products.

Collaborating with our production teams to develop and engineer fresh / frozen / retherm recipe concepts.

Work closely with our food costing analysts and Q/A teams.

You will also work closely with our sales teams and collaborate on providing creative and unique recipe concepts for proposals as requested.

Duties and Responsibilities

Assist Sr. Product Development Chef with regular reformulation of products for improvement, enhancement and/or cost reduction.
Perform nutritional analysis for the product developed to ensure that it meets all the required specifications.
Aid in sourcing new product from various suppliers and evaluate the newly sourced product.
Coordinate and execute product tastings, recipe reevaluations, client sampling.
Monitor opportunities and competition to identify and enhance our competitive advantage
Organize and maintain proper condition of development department equipment kitchen, office and storage areas.
Innovates, develops and proposes new, trenddriven menu items.
Maintains detailed, accurate cost worksheets.
Researches and utilizes new and trending packaging products.
Works with the Purchasing Team to maintain detailed product specifications for all manufactured items.
Assists in developing and maintains label templates for all manufactured items.
Assists Sr. Product Development Chef in conducting shelf life testing in conjunction with FSQA Manager.
Assists Sr. Product Development Chef in site visits and compliance audits to evaluate products during manufacture and after delivery
Assists in the development of recipes, formulas, procedures, stepbystep assembly instructions and CCP requirements.
Continually research new products, methods and trends; attend industry events and trade shows.
Other duties as assigned.

Requirements:

3 years of product development and or culinary restaurant experience.
Post graduate certification from a culinary management school.
Well versed in regulatory requirements such as GMP, SQF, BRC, HACCP.
Demonstrated professional culinary presentation skills.
Exceptional customer service skills.
Computer knowledge; MS Office, Excel.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Problem solver and analytically minded.
Knowledge of industry trends, consumer insights, and competitive business strategy.
Requires adaptability to handle multiple projects simultaneously while addressing aggressive timetables for completion.
Some domestic and international travel will be required; access to a vehicle would be beneficial.

Working Condition/Physical Requirements