Head Of Culinary Innovation & Kitchen Operations

Your key responsibilities will include culinary innovation and recipe development, where you will create and refine unique, gut-friendly recipes that balance taste and nutrition. You will experiment with superfoods, probiotics, and functional ingredients while standardizing meal production for efficiency and consistency. Staying ahead of food trends and health-conscious innovations will also be crucial in this role.

In addition, you will oversee kitchen operations and food quality management, ensuring end-to-end meal prep, packaging, and delivery standards are met. Implementing food safety and hygiene best practices, optimizing ingredient sourcing, cost control, and inventory management will be essential tasks. Developing efficient workflows to minimize waste and maximize output will also fall under your purview.

Team leadership and training are key aspects of this role, as you will train and mentor kitchen staff in culinary techniques and nutrition-based cooking. Establishing scalable cooking processes for high-volume production and collaborating with nutrition and product teams to refine meal offerings will be part of your responsibilities.

Analyzing customer preferences and feedback to enhance meal quality, participating in live cooking demos, workshops, and tasting events, and working with the marketing team to create engaging food content are also integral parts of the position.

We are looking for candidates with at least 10 years of experience in culinary operations, food R&D, or the restaurant industry. Expertise in food innovation, fusion cooking, nutrition-based meal development, scalable meal production, cost-efficient operations, ingredient sourcing, and kitchen management is required. A passion for healthy eating, food science, and culinary creativity is essential, and a willingness to be based in Bhubaneswar or relocate is preferred.

Joining HGK offers you the opportunity to lead the culinary direction of a fast-growing health-food startup, work on cutting-edge food innovation and wellness-focused cuisine, and be part of a mission-driven team transforming nutrition. This equity-based role comes with high growth potential and compensation post-funding.

If you are a skilled chef with experience in inventory management, culinary innovation, recipe development, food quality management, and team leadership, and if you are passionate about creating exceptional culinary experiences in a health-focused environment, we encourage you to apply for this exciting opportunity at Happy Gut Kitchen.,