– Head Chef, FMCG Division

Designation: Head Chef – FMCG

Department: FMCG / Food Production

Location: Bengaluru

Experience: 8+ years, with prior experience as Head Chef / Production Chef

About the Business

Ristara Foods Pvt. Ltd., a Bengaluru-based food company, operates two brands: Babai Tiffins, a QSR brand offering authentic Andhra cuisine, and SUVVI, its FMCG brand focused on authentic Andhra street food, traditional savouries, pickles, podis, and other traditional packaged food products.

As part of SUVVI’s growth, the company is looking for an experienced Head Chef, FMCG to lead product development, recipe standardisation, production planning, and overall culinary operations.

Key Responsibilities

- Lead the development and standardisation of Andhra snacks, savouries, pickles, podis and other regional products.
- Convert traditional recipes into commercially scalable and consistent production recipes. Plan and oversee daily and weekly production based on forecasts, inventory and business requirements.
- Establish standard recipes, batch sizes, yields, cooking parameters and production SOPs.
- Ensure consistency in taste, texture, colour, aroma and overall product quality across batches.
- Manage end-to-end production from raw material preparation to finished product and packaging.
- Monitor food cost, production yield, wastage and ingredient utilisation.




- Coordinate with Procurement, Quality, Packaging and Warehouse teams for smooth production operations.
- Support shelf-life trials, product improvement and new product development.
- Ensure adherence to food safety, hygiene, FSSAI requirements and internal quality standards.
- Train, supervise and manage the production kitchen team.
- Identify process improvements and production efficiencies as volumes scale.

Candidate Profile

- Minimum 8 years of relevant culinary / food production experience.
- Prior experience as a Head Chef, Production Chef, Executive Chef or similar leadership role.
- Solid knowledge of authentic Andhra cuisine, particularly snacks, savouries, pickles and podis.
- Experience in FMCG, packaged foods, central kitchens or large-scale food production preferred.
- Strong understanding of recipe standardisation, commercial batch production and production planning.
- Good knowledge of costing, yield management and wastage control.
- Strong team-management and problem-solving skills.
- Working knowledge of food safety and hygiene standards.

Role Objective To build and manage a scalable, standardised and quality-driven FMCG production system while retaining the authenticity of traditional Andhra flavours and products. Pay: ₹40,000.00 - ₹50,000.00 per month

Work Location: In person

📌 Head Chef, FMCG Division (Bengaluru)
🏢 HSR HIGH STREET
📍 Bengaluru