Technical Application Chef

Main responsibilities:

• Execute bakery trials for bread, cakes, buns, and other baked products using premixes, bread improvers, and functional ingredients.
• Demonstrate ABM product range as per customer (Industrial) requirement, convert concepts into commercial product
• Collaborate with the R&D team in developing innovative recipes and bakery applications aligned with market trends and customer requirements.
• Assist in benchmarking activities against market products and competitor solutions.
• Stay updated with bakery trends, ingredients, and innovative baking technologies.
• Evaluate product performance parameters such as dough handling, machinability, volume, texture, crumb structure, softness, shelf life, and sensory attributes.
• Support formulation optimization through practical baking knowledge and troubleshooting during laboratory and pilot-scale trials.
• Standardize recipes, processing methods, and baking parameters for internal validation and customer demonstrations.
• Maintain accurate trial records, observations, and application reports for product development projects.
• Ensure proper maintenance, hygiene, and safe operation of bakery equipment and laboratory facilities.
• Experience in technical applications or as a demo chef in bakery ingredients industry
• Understand food costing and cost in use.
• Flexible and willing to travel