Application Chef (North Indian Cuisine)

About the Role

Aachi Masala Foods Pvt Ltd is looking for an experienced Application Chef North Indian Cuisine to join our R&D team. The role will focus on creating, testing and standardising recipes and food applications for Aachi's spices, seasonings, sauces, masalas and other food products.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop new North Indian recipes and food applications using Aachi products.
• Conduct recipe trials, product testing and tasting sessions.
• Standardise recipes with accurate ingredients, measurements, process and yield.
• Conduct sensory evaluation covering taste, aroma, texture, colour and overall acceptability.
• Experiment with different spices, seasonings, sauces and ingredients to develop new applications.
• Benchmark existing products and recipes and identify opportunities for improvement and innovation.
• Convert culinary concepts into consistent, scalable and commercially viable recipes.
• Prepare application samples for internal evaluations, customer trials and product demonstrations.
• Document trial results, recipes, formulations and sensory feedback.
• Work closely with R&D, Quality, Production, Marketing and other cross-functional teams.
• Support product demonstrations and application trials whenever required.

Candidate Profile

• Strong hands-on expertise in North Indian cuisine.
• Proven experience in recipe development and new recipe creation.
• Experience in sensory testing, tasting and food product trials.
• Strong palate with the ability to identify and balance flavours, spices and seasonings.
• Good understanding of North Indian gravies, curries, marinades, snacks, breads and other applications.
• Ability to standardise traditional recipes into repeatable commercial formulations.
• Creative, experimental and passionate about food innovation.
• Culinary qualification or professional chef experience preferred.

Preferred Background

Candidates from food companies, spice/seasoning companies, QSRs, hotels, central kitchens, foodservice or food R&D/application centres will be preferred.

Location: Chennai

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