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in Los Angeles, CA
Culinary R&D Chef
•30 days ago
Hours | Full-time, Part-time |
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Location | , LA Los Angeles, California |
About this job
The Culinary R&D Chef has four main responsibilities:
- Manage innovation processes, tests & implementation.
- Support Core and Seasonal Menu Development.
- Provide culinary support for the Training, Op Services, and Marketing teams in roll outs and events.
- Represent sweetgreen culinary brand both internally and externally.
- Create standards, recipes and systems to ensure the highest quality food and beverage operating practices.
- Start and manage ongoing tests of equipment, utensils, packaging, merchandising, recipes & standards.
- Validate and verify that all tools created and tested are complete, accurate and user friendly.
- Work from the Culver City SG location as a cross-functional leader to support operations.
- Continued improvement of existing menu flavors, execution, nutrition & functionality.
- Partner with supply chain, F&B analyst and farm liaison for seasonal menu development.
- Create and prepare food that is aligned with our brand’s core values.
- Conduct Research that will feed into our decision making processes for menu development.
- Be on the ground “travel” for high level training & core menu rollouts.
- Able to make decisions about food safety, nutrition and culinary operations.
- Troubleshoot in stores when necessary to optimize processes & standards.
- Support the creation of menus for events and functions, represent the department at these events.
- Conduct large group seminars & training sessions, present in a way that inspires.
- Represent and reflect the brand’s core values at all times.
- Comfortable in the public eye, confident in skills and abilities, able to verify and coach behaviors.
- Strong Organizational Skills
- Deep knowledge of food, nutrition and healthAble to think critically to resolve issues
- Able to use office and google based software, file sharing & spreadsheetsAble to influence and drive positive results
- 3+ years in corporate chef or culinary role
- Full service and/or fast casual restaurant management experience
- High volume, standards focused kitchen management
- Commissary or scratch cooking quick service company experience preferred
- Certified Food Safety Manager
- Nutrition knowledge and experience with diet restricted menus
- Training and coaching experience
- Business Travel experience
- Experience presenting to large groups