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Product Development Chef

Sensient Technologies
Hoffman Estates, USA
Full-time
Mid
Onsite
Discovered 2 weeks ago

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What You’ll Do

  • Develop commercially viable culinary concepts that demonstrate the value of Sensient flavors and technologies across food and beverage applications.
  • Translate emerging culinary and savory food trends into consumer-relevant concepts and high-quality menu and recipe prototypes.
  • Lead the research kitchen, including inventory management, recipe development, food safety, sanitation, and day-to-day culinary practices.
  • Partner with commercial, marketing, application, innovation, flavor, sensory, and technical teams to deliver customer demonstrations, innovation sessions, and tailored solutions.
  • Collaborate directly with customer chefs, product developers, and research teams to understand needs and co-create innovative concepts.
  • Provide culinary guidance to flavor and application teams to help ensure authentic, trend-aligned flavor delivery in finished prototypes.
  • Represent Sensient at customer meetings, chef associations, industry events, and innovation forums while bringing culinary insights into product and commercial strategy.

What You’ll Bring

  • Formal education in culinary arts, food science, or a related field, with professional culinary certification considered a plus.
  • Significant experience in research culinary roles within food manufacturing, savory foods, restaurant menu development, or a related environment.
  • Hands-on expertise developing high-quality prototypes using commercial ingredients, flavors, and food technologies.
  • Experience within consumer packaged goods, business-to-business food manufacturing, quick-service restaurants, or contract manufacturing is preferred.
  • Experience with product applications, customer demonstrations, menu development, recipe development, and research kitchen operations.
  • Strong communication, collaboration, customer engagement, and commercial awareness skills.
  • Comfort working in both a hands-on culinary environment and a fast-paced research and development setting.
  • What You’ll Get
  • The opportunity to influence innovative food and beverage concepts and bring culinary ideas from development to customer application.
  • Close collaboration with culinary, technical, commercial, marketing, and research teams.
  • A fully onsite work environment that encourages hands-on collaboration with colleagues and access to the research kitchen.
  • Regular opportunities to engage directly with customers, including travel to food manufacturers and restaurant customers.
  • Opportunities to represent Sensient at industry events, innovation forums, and professional culinary organizations.
  • Competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits, and opportunities for professional development.
  • A thorough onboarding and training experience designed to support your success in the role.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Formal education in culinary arts, food science, or a related field, with professional culinary certification considered a plus.
  • Experience within consumer packaged goods, business-to-business food manufacturing, quick-service restaurants, or contract manufacturing is preferred.

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