Head Baker / R&D Baker

About Us

Role Overview & Core Responsibilities

• This is an elite, product-focused position.
• Rather than maintaining existing recipes, you will solve complex culinary chemistry and engineering challenges, subsequently building a scalable manufacturing system around the finalized solutions.
• **Stage 1 (June–July 2026):** An intensive 2-month R&D project focused on final formula stabilization, parametric stress-testing, and creating production-ready SOPs.
• **Stage 2 (August 2026 onwards):** Direct transition into a full-time role managing commercial production, training, partner bakery alignment, and regional product scaling.

Key Deliverables

• **Recipe Finalization & R&D:** Finalize the formula for our proprietary hybrid bun
• **Parametric Testing:** Lead structured test bakes across multiple variables to ensure strict compliance with our technical specifications.
• **SOP Architecture:** Document step-by-step Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), detailing exact hydration, temperature, humidity, and proofing parameters to ensure 100% replication consistency across commercial batches.
• **Production Partner Representation:** Hand over the finalized formula to our primary strategic production partner. Act as our primary Quality Control (QC) representative, overseeing daily production routines and batch validation.
• **Advanced Product Line R&D:** Lead the development of our natural product color-coding system using clean, innovative raw ingredients .

Technical Specifications & Performance Criteria

Candidate Profile & Requirements

• **Experience:** 2+ years of professional experience specializing in enriched doughs, laminated doughs, or premium loaves (brioche, milk bread, Japanese-style pan breads).
• **Technical Knowledge:** Deep understanding of baking science, starch gelatinization/retrogradation, hydration percentages, cold-retard parameters, and flour protein performance.
• **Supply Chain Mindset:** Ability to analyze how a product behaves hours after leaving the oven and design systems around transport, storage, and finishing constraints.
• **Production Background:** Proven experience collaborating with external industrial production partners or commercial central bakeries is highly advantageous.
• **Operational Skills:** Strong capability in writing clear, professional technical cards and operational SOPs.

What We Offer

• **Stage 1 Compensation:** A fixed fee for the initial 2-month R&D contract
• **Stage 2 Compensation:** Direct transition into a competitive full-time executive contract upon successful product handover.
• **Legal Support:** Full UAE employment visa sponsorship and comprehensive medical insurance.
• **Professional Platform:** A rare opportunity to build a proprietary product from absolute zero, with a clear corporate path toward managing a standalone product line within a growing Food-Tech Holding.
• **To Apply:** Please submit your updated CV and professional portfolio/photos of your recent baking work to **contact@bespokefood.ae** with the subject line: **R&D Bakerist — [Your Name]**.
• Pay: AED10,000.00 - AED15,000.00 per month