HIRING !!! NPD CHEF – VEGETARIAN QSR

Location: Chennai

Experience: 3–4 years in relevant food product development

Salary: flexible for exceptional candidates

We are looking for a hands-on NPD Chef to develop innovative vegetarian food products for our QSR business.

Key responsibilities:

- Develop recent pizzas, sauces, toppings, snacks, side dishes and vegetarian menu concepts.
- Conduct recipe development, kitchen trials, taste tests and product evaluations.
- Calculate recipe costs, ingredient yields and food cost per serving.
- Standardise recipes, portion sizes and preparation procedures.
- Scale recipes for central kitchen production and multiple outlets.
- Coordinate with procurement, production and operations teams for product launches.

Candidate requirements:

- 3–4 years of relevant experience in culinary product development, food R&D;, QSR menu innovation or food manufacturing.
- Practical experience in recipe development and commercial food costing.
- Ability to prepare standard recipe cards and production SOPs.
- Exposure to vegetarian QSR, pizza, snacks, sauces, bakery or central kitchen operations is preferred.

📌 NPD CHEF - VEGETARIAN QSR (Chennai)
🏢 TRDFIN Support Services
📍 Chennai