Development Chef

Zest is recruiting a Development Chef to join an NPD team, combining culinary expertise with commercial awareness to create and improve products that delight customers and support the business''s growth. You''ll take recipes from first concept right through to launch and beyond.THE OPPORTUNITYYou''ll create and develop recipes for new and existing products, working to agreed timescales and keeping documentation accurate throughout every NPD stage-gate. You''ll also continuously review what''s already on the range, looking for ways to improve quality and value, and you''ll stay close to production handing developed products over to the Process Technologist, supporting factory trials and monitoring those first production runs to make sure launches land well.Food safety and compliance run through everything you do, with development products regularly reviewed against HACCP plans and food safety requirements. You''ll be a regular voice in NPD meetings and project reviews, bringing market trends, consumer insights and industry innovation into the conversation, and thinking commercially about ingredient functionality, process efficiency and viability at every stage. Sustainability matters here too you''ll play your part in the business''s CSR commitments, from sustainable sourcing to reducing food waste and environmental impact.WHAT YOU''LL BRING- A genuine passion for food, with a knack for generating new ideas and spotting opportunities to improve products and processes- Bakery ..... full job details .....