Lead sauce innovation at Giraffe Foods as a Product Development Chef, combining culinary expertise with recipe creation and customer presentations. Support commercialization in a collaborative setting.

This Product Development Chef partners with R&D;, Sales, and Marketing on culinary-inspired presentations and gold standard recipes. The position develops sauces, dips, and dressings while overseeing the Culinary Innovation Center. You will manage complex projects, respond to customer feedback, and support approved products through commercialization and first production.

Key Responsibilities:

- Lead internal working sessions and customer culinary presentations
- Research emerging ingredients, flavor trends, and consumer preferences
- Build gold standard sauce libraries from marketing data




- Create prototype formulations and revise them after customer feedback
- Support commercialization, production, specifications, and food safety

Requirements:

- Culinary Arts or Food Science and Technology degree
- Three to five years commercial kitchen or food service experience
- Expertise in sauces, dips, and dressings
- Strong understanding of ingredients and formula portfolios
- Willingness to travel internationally approximately 20% to the United States

Bring culinary leadership, sauce expertise, and product development experience to Giraffe Foods’ customer-driven innovation work.

📌 Product Development Chef Sauces (Mississauga)
🏢 Symrise
📍 Mississauga