Culinary Developer (m/f/d)

What you will do:

• You develop new recipes and products for our chicken brands (Loco Chicken, Koco Chicken, Moco Chicken, and future brands) – from initial concept to finished product.
• You continuously optimize existing recipes in terms of taste, quality, cost, and scalability.
• You develop and implement Kitchen SOPs (Standard Operating Procedures) to ensure consistent quality and efficiency across all our production locations.
• You work closely with the Procurement Team to source the best ingredients and optimize costs.
• You optimize products and packaging for maximum quality, shelf-life, and customer experience for delivery and in-store.
• You test new ingredients, preparation methods, and kitchen equipment to improve our product quality and efficiency.
• You work closely together with our training team to ensure the correct implementation of recipes and SOPs in our own stores as well as delivery stores.
• You work closely with Product, Marketing, and Operations to successfully execute new product launches.
• You monitor food trends and competitors to keep LANCH one step ahead.

• You have at least 3-5 years of experience in culinary product development, ideally in the QSR and/or virtual kitchen sector.
• You have a culinary training, ideally as a chef/cook or have comparable experience in the recipe development.
• You have experience in developing and implementing SOPs in professional kitchens or production environments.
• You understand how to develop recipes for scaling and standardization – from prototype to production.
• You have a strong understanding of food costing, portion sizes, and margin calculation.
• You are creative, yet pragmatic, and understand the operational reality of production and delivery.
• You have experience with packaging optimization and understand the requirements of food delivery.
• You have strong communication skills and can work with both chefs and operations and business teams.
• You speak fluent German and English.
• You have a passion for great food and are passionate about developing products that customers love.