- We are looking for a hands-on Chef - NPD & Production who combines culinary expertise with food technology knowledge to execute product development projects while supporting manufacturing excellence. Location: Hyderabad, Telangana

Role Overview

- Reporting to the Director - New Product Development, you will execute product development briefs from formulation through commercial production.
- You will work closely with the Co-Director to deliver customer-specific product requirements and, when required, support factory production to ensure quality, consistency, and operational efficiency.

Key Responsibilities

- Execute product development briefs for value-added frozen food products from formulation, trials, validation, standardization, and commercial production.
- Develop and improve Ready-to-Cook (RTC), Ready-to-Eat (RTE), marinated, coated, breaded, and processed meat products with a focus on taste, texture, shelf life, quality, consistency, and commercial viability.
- Conduct kitchen, pilot, and factory trials; perform sensory evaluations; prepare recipes, SOPs, BOMs, product specifications, and technical documentation.
- Collaborate with Production, QA, Procurement, Sales, and Operations to ensure successful product execution, manufacturing readiness, and product launches.
- Support and supervise day-to-day production operations whenever required, ensuring adherence to recipes, process parameters, quality standards, production targets, and continuous process improvement.
- Optimize product costing, yields, raw material utilization, alternate ingredients, shelf life, and manufacturing efficiency while ensuring compliance with FSSAI, HACCP/FSSC, GMP, and internal quality standards.
- Benchmark market trends and competitor products, support ingredient and vendor development, and contribute to customized solutions for B2B customers, QSR chains, hotels, caterers, and institutional clients.
- Demonstrate a proactive,



continuous learning mindset by staying abreast of industry trends, emerging technologies, ingredients, and consumer preferences to support ongoing product innovation.

Desired Profile

Education

- Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Food Technology, Meat Technology, Culinary Arts, or Hotel Management.
- FSSC, Food Safety, or FOSCOS certifications are an advantage.

Experience

- 8-15 years in Frozen Foods, Food Processing, FMCG, and/or Processed Meat manufacturing.
- Proven experience in value-added frozen non-vegetarian product development and commercial manufacturing.
- Exposure to B2B, QSR, hotels, or institutional food service is preferred.

Technical Expertise

- Product formulation
- Recipe standardization
- Meat processing
- Frozen food manufacturing
- RTC/RTE products
- Shelf-life enhancement
- Product costing
- Yield optimization
- Process improvement
- Sensory evaluation
- FSSAI
- HACCP/FSSC
- GMP

Key Competencies

- Hands-on culinary expertise
- Robust sensory palate (vegetarian & non-vegetarian)
- Commercial mindset
- Proactive and self-driven
- Continuous learner
- Problem-solving
- Cross-functional collaboration
- Attention to detail
- Organized, systematic, and execution-oriented

Why Join Snackerstreet?

- Join a small, high-impact core team where your contribution is visible and directly influences products, customers, and business growth.
- Enjoy greater ownership, faster execution, minimal bureaucracy, and close collaboration with the leadership team.
- Build products from concept execution to commercial production while gaining exposure across NPD, manufacturing, and customer-focused innovation in one of India's fast-growing B2B frozen foods companies.
- From a recruitment standpoint, I would consider this a well-balanced one-page JD. It is concise without being vague, accurately reflects the execution-oriented nature of the role, includes the production responsibility, and highlights the type of mindset you're seeking without overstating the role or introducing unnecessary detail.

📌 NPD/ R&D culinary chef (veg & Nonveg - frozen food) (Hyderabad)
🏢 Snackerstreet
📍 Hyderabad