Chef (Hot Kitchen experience ONLY)

Cafe Coffee Day · Bengaluru

  • Experience6–15 yrs
  • SalaryNot disclosed
  • Work modeonsite
  • Levelsenior
  • Posted17 Sept 2026
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About Cafe Coffee Day

Cafe Coffee Day is hiring in Bengaluru in hospitality travel. This role looks for around 6+ years of experience.

Skills

  • culinary innovation
  • food costing
  • recipe development
  • vendor management
  • process improvement
  • quality control
  • food safety
  • cooking science
  • frozen foods
  • hot kitchen
  • Continental cuisine
  • American cuisine
  • Oriental cuisine
  • Indian cuisine

The role

A culinary product development manager at a foodservice company creates new products through culinary innovation, food costing, and recipe development, and improves offerings with frozen foods and cooking science.

Full job description

Café Coffee Day's menu consists of different cuisines . The job responsibility of this role is to keep a track of global and local food trends, create new food products and implement best practises in the industry.

ResponsibilitiesNew Product Development: Create new food products based on global trendsCompetition Review: Competitor tracking for products, best practisesProduct library: Trials and recipe documentation of foodProduct Costing: Costing and margin analysis of new productsSOP and Training Content: Content creation for training of new productsTraining: Train the trainer programmes and staff training for new productsVendor Management: Work with external vendors and suppliers to source ingredients-breads, desserts, gravies, sauces , fillings , seasonings for new product developmentCost Management: Monitor and manage product costs. Continuous work on improving product costs through alternate ingredients and new vendorsProcess enhancement: Identify opportunities of process and equipment improvement and enhancement in the systemQuality Control: Work closely with the QA team for product related closures-Product Specifications, SOP's, Nutritional Information, AllergensOverall, the new product development manager/asst manager plays a crucial role in new product development, competitor review and tracking global trends, cost management, vendor management and process enhancement

Qualifications

Bachelor in Hotel Management6-15 years experience in Hotel / QSR innovationsStrong verbal or written communication skillsHot kitchen with well versed with cuisines of continental , American , Oriental , IndianTechnical knowledge of frozen foods, science of cookingOpen to travel PAN India