Company description

Stocked by Three Owls, a local NYC-based meal delivery start-up, is looking for someone with deep knowledge of recipe development and high volume food production to lead R&D for the business. The R&D Associate will work with the business owners to develop recipes that align with customers expectations and preferences, create production specs, and assist in training on dishes.

This is a part time role and will report to the CEO and work closely with the COO and Culinary Operations Manager. As R&D Associate at Stocked you will have the opportunity to be creative and collaborative in a fast paced and quickly growing business.

Job description

Culinary Research and Development Associate

Stocked by Three Owls, a local NYC-based meal delivery start-up, is looking for someone with deep knowledge of recipe development and high volume food production to lead R&D for the business. The R&D Associate will work with the business owners to develop recipes that align with customers expectations and preferences, create production specs, and assist in training on dishes.

This is a part time role and will report to the CEO and work closely with the COO and Culinary Operations Manager. As R&D Associate at Stocked you will have the opportunity to be creative and collaborative in a fast paced and quickly growing business.

Responsibilities

• Generate recipe pitches to share with team
  Meet weekly to review pitches and settle on concepts to test
• Draft recipes with customer and business needs in mind and submit for review
• Incorporate feedback into drafts
• Cook and test recipes considering
  • taste and presentation
  • Ability to hold in the fridge for 5 days
  • Cost
  • Kitchen execution
• Present dishes to leadership team
• Modify as needed
• Assist with training the team on recipes with the support of Culinary Production Manager

Skills

• 1-2 years working in recipe development
• Experience working in a production kitchen is a plus

Attributes

• Organized with strong ability to communicate culinary techniques through written recipes
• Ability to review customer information and tailor menus to their needs
• Collaborative and cooperative
• Receptive to feedback
• Excellent taste profile

Schedule and Compensation

• 3 days per week
• Compensation commensurate with experience

Compensation

this position is: hourly, $20/hr +

Application instructions

Deadline

no deadline