Overview In this role you will lead culinary mastery in pizza, pasta, and dough at the Nestlé Development Center, contributing to the Nestlé Global Chef Network. You will translate creative ideas into viable concepts and prototypes, drive standards from ideation to scale, and nurture external culinary networks. You'll own a Culinary Excellence education workstream and help spark creativity and knowledge sharing across the R&D community. The position blends hands-on craft with strategic collaboration to elevate Nestlé's culinary offerings.
Compensation / Benefits- performance-based incentives
- 401k with company match
- healthcare coverage
- broad range of benefits
- visa sponsorship
- competitive total rewards package
Responsibilities- Develop and drive culinary-inspired ideas and prototypes based on market trends and business opportunities
- Set gold standard targets for projects from concept to commercialization/scale
- Build and leverage external networks in the culinary community
- Own and activate a Culinary Excellence/Culinary Education workstream within the Nestlé Chef Network and R&D
- Maintain and grow culinary skills through inspirational activities and events in the development center
- Inspire and support Nestlé Chef Network initiatives in creativity, problem-solving, and information sharing
- Champion kitchen and product safety, organization, and work planning
Key requirements- 5+ years of professional kitchen experience, including Michelin-rated or equivalent high-end dining
- Craftsmanship in pizza, pasta, and dough recipe design and scaling
- Professional culinary techniques aligned with high-end gastronomy standards
- Excellent written and oral communication and presentation skills
- Strong organizational and planning abilities; ability to manage multiple projects
- Self-directed curiosity, creativity, prototyping, and idea pitching
- Strong collaboration, networking, and information-gathering skills
- English fluency
- Willingness to travel 10-15%
- strong collaboration
- excellent communication
- creativity and prototyping
- pizza dough expertise
- fresh pasta and dough fermentation techniques
- recipe planning, preparation, and presentation
