Sr. Chef - Culinary Innovation (Pizza, Pasta & Dough)

Nestle's Research & Development Center is our regional powerhouse driving innovation in food, beverage, and pharmaceutical science. Backed by our global Nestle R&D organization, we lead breakthrough discoveries that are both good for consumers and the planet. Our team of experts range from product developers to engineers, working across our portfolio of food, beverage, infant nutrition, and health science to create leading-edge products and services. As part of our organization, you will use your entrepreneurial spirit and commitment to excellence to unlock the power of food and provide premium value.

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This role drives pizza, pasta and dough culinary mastership at the Nestle Development Center (NDC Solon, OH), and is a key contributor to the Nestle Global Chef Network.

A successful team member demonstrates a high level of cooking and cuisine expertise specifically in pizza dough, fresh pasta and overall dough craftsmanship, and the ability to transform creative ideas into desirable, feasible and viable working concepts/prototypes.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Develop and drive culinary-inspired ideas, concepts and prototypes based on consumer and marketplace trends/needs and business opportunities.
• Develop and drive gold standard and reference targets for projects, from idea inception to commercialization/scale up.
• Develop, maintain and leverage external networks in the culinary community.
• Identify, own, and activate a Culinary Excellence/Culinary Education workstream within and across the broader Nestle Chef Network and the R&D community.
• Maintain and continue to develop culinary skills by initiating, planning and executing inspirational activities and events in the development center.
• Inspire and support opportunities with the Nestle Chef Network in creativity, problem-solving, information sharing, common challenges or internal/external events and publicity (weekly planning-meeting and calendar in common).
• Own best practice in kitchen and product safety and organization and work planning.

JOB QUALIFICATIONS (Education, Experience and Knowledge):

• 5+ years of professional kitchen experience including Michelin-rated (or equivalent award-winning) high-end fine dining restaurants.
• Demonstrated craftsmanship and expertise in pizza, pasta and dough recipe design and scaling for consistency, including ingredient selection, dough fermentation techniques and preparation methods.
• Demonstrated professional culinary technique (recipe planning, preparation, and presentation), as guided by global high-end fine dining gastronomy standards such as Michelin (or similar equivalent).
• Excellent communication skills (oral, written, and presentation). Must demonstrate clear and concise explanations of product culinary characteristics and marketplace trends (what, why, how).
• Excellent organizational and planning skills. Can independently and proactively prioritize and manage time and resource commitments across multiple projects.
• Strong self-directed curiosity, creativity, prototyping and "idea pitch" skill.
• Strong collaboration, networking & information gathering skills. Understands and can proactively leverage and promote relationship networks.
• English fluency required.
• Ability to Travel 10 - 15%.

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