Dil Brands is a company that creates and operates virtual brands focused on fulfilling daily meal requirements in India. Through its virtual brands, Dil Brands helps small and medium-sized restaurants increase their asset and resources utilization.

We are seeking an experienced and innovative Process-Driven hands-on Asst R&D; Chef, to join our culinary team.

The ideal candidate should have solid knowledge of multi-cuisine cooking, recipe development, production processes, food costing, yield management, and recipe standardization. The candidate will work closely with the R&D; and Production teams to ensure that every recipe is commercially viable, consistently executable, and meets the defined quality and cost parameters.
Key Responsibilities
Develop new recipes and products across multiple cuisines and food categories as per the guidelines shared by the Brand Curation team.
Conduct kitchen trials and improve recipes based on taste, texture, appearance, yield, and commercial feasibility.
Standardize recipes with precise ingredient specifications, quantities, UOM, cooking methods,



process steps, yields, and portion sizes.
Prepare detailed recipe cards and SOPs for finalized products.
Conduct trials to ensure consistency between small-batch and bulk production.
Convert R and D-tested recipes into bulk-production recipes.
Determine appropriate batch sizes and ingredient ratios for large-scale production.
Optimize recipes to ensure consistency, productivity, yield, and operational feasibility.
Identify potential production challenges during scale-up and develop practical solutions.
Calculate the complete food cost of every recipe using approved ingredient prices.
Maintain recipe costs within the defined cost bracket / target food-cost percentage.
Identify high-cost ingredients and develop suitable alternatives or process improvements without compromising product quality.
Monitor yield, wastage, portion size, and ingredient utilization to maintain cost control.
Conduct

📌 R & D Chef (Bengaluru)
🏢 Dil Foods
📍 Bengaluru