Development Chef - #2187059

Development Chef | MicroLub

Leeds | Part-time / Contract / freelance opportunity | 1–2 days per week

Love experimenting with food? Help us show what a new generation of ingredients can do.

At MicroLub, we’re developing next-generation protein technologies and we’re looking for a creative Development Chef to turn that technology into food people want to taste.

Think delicious desserts, inventive bakery concepts, creamy dips and sauces. You’ll create recipes and prototypes that help customers experience the possibilities for themselves.

Your kitchen skills. Our technology. Plenty to explore.

Working alongside our Technical Sales and R&D teams, you’ll:

• Develop food concepts inspired by customer briefs, emerging trends and your own curiosity.
• Experiment with ingredients, textures and recipes to create compelling proof-of-concept products.
• Bring ideas to life through customer samples, demonstrations and tastings.
• Collaborate on kitchen and laboratory-scale trials, refining recipes as you learn.
• Document your methods and results so a great idea can be recreated and taken further.

Who are we looking for?

You’re a hands-on chef who enjoys asking, “What happens if we try this?” You understand ingredients and how they behave, care about the detail and enjoy sharing ideas with colleagues.

You’ll bring:

• A recognised culinary qualification or substantial professional kitchen experience.

• Experience in one or more of dairy, sweet bakery, chilled or ambient desserts, dips and sauces.

• The confidence to experiment, adapt recipes and learn from the results.

• Strong organisation and clear documentation skills.

• Food hygiene certification and HACCP awareness.

Experience in NPD, an innovation kitchen or an ingredients business would be a bonus.

Why MicroLub?

You’ll work closely with people bringing food science into real-world applications, with room to contribute ideas and see customers respond to what you create.

This part-time freelance opportunity could fit alongside an existing portfolio of work.

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