The Associate Culinary Development Chef will support the wider R&D team by providing culinary and flavour knowledge to the team and guiding recipe development for both wet/retorted and dry seasonings products as required. Products will be developed to meet business briefs and customer needs within cost guidelines, specification, and regulatory requirements.The Associate Culinary Development Chef will be responsible for Recipe creation. Preparation and gathering of samples. Culinary testing and tasting of recipes and products including competitor testing Documenting results from culinary testing. Sharing flavor trend knowledge and keeping up to date on domestic and international culinary trends. Support the promotion of McCormick’s culinary credentials and the sale of McCormick products, through culinary and product demonstrations to distributors, new and existing customers, culinary institutions, and internal technical and marketing teams.Required Qualifications Tertiary qualification in Culinary Science (Qualified Chef) or similar. 5+ years of chef experience preferably with prior experience in a food processing business e.g. FMCG, Ingredient Supplier etc. Thorough and in-depth understanding of a variety of cuisines, cooking techniques and cooking equipment is a must. Preferable if you understand industrial food ingredients, culinary trends, recipe creation, flavor application. Experience having worked internationally as well as across the India region would be favorable. Savoury culinary knowledge and experience preferred in both Wet and Dry Categories -RTE Meals, Condiments, Sauces, Herbs, Spices, Coating, Seasonings and Flavouring. Experience with Flavour science/technology also highly regarded. Familiar with industrial mass production methods, scaling-up capability, and limitations.
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Associate Culinary Development Chef