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• Protea Recruitment Ltd | Food | Drinks | FMCG Recruitment Partner

  

  Development Chef

  3 days ago

  High Wycombe

  Role Profile: Development Chef This role is designed for a highly creative culinary professional rather than a traditional food scientist. The ideal candidate approaches product development with a chef’s mindset—driven by flavour, ingredients, and imagination. Technical knowledge supports the work, but creativity, curiosity and a deep understanding of food are the true priorities. The successful candidate will have a natural grasp of: • Ingredient origins and functionality, • Flavour creation, pairing and balance, • Culinary techniques and processes, • Global cuisines and emerging food trends This is a role for someone who thinks like a chef first, innovator second, and scientist third. --- Innovation Focus This position sits at the very front end of the innovation pipeline. It is about imagining the future of food, not refining what already exists. Key responsibilities include: • Blue‑sky thinking, • Creating completely new concepts, • Translating consumer trends into product ideas, • Developing solutions for future consumer needs, • Crafting exciting product experiences before formal development begins This is not a recipe‑tweaking role—it is a concept‑generation role. --- Collaboration & Working Environment The Development Chef will work closely with: • Senior culinary leadership, • Flavour specialists, • Consumer insight teams, • Innovation leadership The role requires strong collaboration across multiple functions to transform culinary ideas into commercially viable products. --- Candidate Background The hiring manager is open‑minded about where candidates come from. Strong fits include: • Development Chef, • Innovation Chef, • Pastry Chef / Senior Pastry Chef, • Sous Chef, • Head Pastry Chef, • Executive Pastry Chef, • Foodservice chefs with strong creative development experience Candidates preferably from the FMCG sector is preferred are welcome, provided they bring exceptional creativity, culinary skill and the right mindset. --- Personality & Mindset The ideal candidate will be: • Naturally creative, • Passionate about food, • Curious about global cuisines and trends, • Comfortable experimenting and pushing boundaries, • Strong at communicating ideas, • Collaborative and open to cross‑functional teamwork --- Additional Details • Based in High Wycombe, • Some travel required, including potential international travel, • Global exposure across multiple markets and cultures, • Sponsorship cannot be offered for this role, • Salary flexibility available for outstanding candidates --- Relevant Experience The ideal background blends bakery/pastry expertise with exposure to chocolate and confectionery from food manufacturing Experience mix: • ~60% Bakery / Pastry, • ~40% Chocolate / Confectionery They do not expect equal mastery across both areas, but strong bakery/pastry foundations are essential. Relevant experience includes: • Bakery, • Patisserie, • Chocolate, • Premium desserts, • Sweet baked goods I suspect due to the role type and the number of applications we will not be able to contact all candidates for feedback , only those selected for the shortlist

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  Process Engineer

  13 hours ago

  High Wycombe

  Process Engineer Location: High Wycombe Industry: Food / FMCG Function: R&D / Innovation Job description An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Process Engineer to join the global R&D and Innovation function of a leading FMCG food manufacturer. This role sits at the intersection of process engineering, product development and manufacturing, supporting the development of innovative new products and processes from early-stage concepts through to manufacturing scale. You'll work closely with Product Development, Engineering and Manufacturing teams to identify new process opportunities, solve technical challenges and ensure products and processes are designed with scalability, quality and commercial viability in mind. Key Responsibilities • Support the development and implementation of new food manufacturing processes and technologies., • Identify opportunities to improve existing processes, product quality, robustness and manufacturing capability., • Assess process capability and use data and scientific principles to identify opportunities and recommend improvements., • Ensure manufacturing and scalability considerations are incorporated into product development from an early stage., • Support the development of products from bench scale through pilot plant and factory trials., • Design and execute structured trials and experiments to understand product and process performance., • Analyse and interpret process and product data to provide clear technical recommendations., • Apply process engineering and problem-solving methodologies to overcome technical challenges., • Work closely with Product Development, Engineering, Operations and other technical teams., • Evaluate ingredient functionality, formulation, handling and processing requirements., • Work with equipment, ingredient and technology suppliers to identify new solutions and processing opportunities., • Support process validation, scale-up and technology transfer into manufacturing., • Contribute to continuous improvement, productivity and sustainability initiatives., • Ensure appropriate technical documentation and project requirements are completed throughout development. About You We're looking for someone with a strong process engineering foundation combined with an understanding of food product development and manufacturing. You'll ideally have: • Degree in Chemical Engineering, Food Process Engineering or a closely related discipline., • Experience in applied process engineering within food, snacks or FMCG manufacturing., • Strong understanding of manufacturing processes and process capability., • Knowledge of food ingredients, functionality, formulation, handling and processing., • Experience using structured engineering and problem-solving methodologies., • Ability to analyse process data and translate findings into practical recommendations., • Experience with product and/or process scale-up., • Experience supporting pilot plant and factory trials., • Understanding of how product design and manufacturing processes interact., • Strong problem-solving and analytical capability., • Ability to work independently on technical projects and collaborate across multiple functions., • Strong communication and stakeholder management skills. Experience with Lean, Six Sigma, process capability, statistical process control, continuous improvement or similar methodologies would be particularly advantageous. Previous experience supporting the development and launch of new food products would also be highly beneficial.

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