About Curefoods & the Brand

Curefoods operates a portfolio of cloud kitchen and food-delivery brands across categories, including the pizza vertical under Olio. This role will work closely with brand, operations, and supply chain teams to keep the pizza menu innovative, cost-effective, and consistent across a multi-city kitchen network.

Role Summary

The R&D; Chef – Pizza owns end-to-end product development for the pizza category - from ideation and recipe development through costing, testing, standardization, and multi-city rollout. This is a hands-on culinary role paired with strong project management and cross-functional collaboration, suited to someone equally comfortable in a test kitchen and in a costing spreadsheet.

Key Responsibilities

Product Development

• Develop new pizza recipes bases, sauces, toppings, crusts - aligned with each category's positioning and target customer

• Create limited-time offers (LTOs), regional/seasonal specials, and category extensions (sides, dips, desserts) that complement the core pizza menu





• Prototype and refine recipes through multiple iterations based on taste panels, cost, and operational feasibility

• Explore emerging formats such as alternative/gluten-free crusts, plant-based toppings, and health-forward variants Standardization, Scale-Up & Training

• Convert winning recipes into detailed SOPs - exact portioning, prep sequence, cook times, and equipment settings

• Validate recipes across different oven types and kitchen formats to ensure consistency at scale

• Run pilot launches in select cities before full network rollout, incorporating field feedback into final SOPs • Train kitchen teams and city culinary leads during rollout to ensure adherence to standards

Costing & Margins

• Own recipe costing (COGS) for every new product, balancing food cost against target margins

• Partner with supply chain/vendors to source ingredients that hit quality and cost targets, including alternate sourcing during price volat

📌 Project Lead (Bangalore Metropolitan Area)
🏢 Curefoods
📍 Bangalore Metropolitan Area