About the job
Join our dynamic in-house Culinary team as a Junior Recipe Developer! In this role, you will work closely with our Product Innovation, Menu Planning, and Product Insights teams to shape the future of our culinary offerings. Your primary focus will be on researching, developing, and testing innovative recipes while providing crucial insights on process enhancements and analyzing food trends, ingredients, and customer preferences. This position supports both HelloFresh and EveryPlate brands.
Your Responsibilities Include:
- Assess and cross-evaluate recipes to ensure top-notch execution, compatibility of ingredients, adherence to guidelines, and especially flavor. Suggest enhancements to elevate taste and ensure consistent outcomes that cater to home cooks of all skill levels.
- Research and create new recipes that meet budgetary, nutritional, and variety constraints, utilizing product insights, food trends, customer feedback, and our extensive recipe database to craft exciting and successful dishes. Analyze feedback on new recipes and refine processes to perfect them.
- Engage in culinary team tastings, sharing insights and collecting feedback on recipe flavor and composition. Recommend necessary adjustments to recipes, processes, or directions based on analysis.
- Explore and experiment with emerging food trends, ingredients, and dietary preferences.
- Participate in innovation workshops alongside the Product Innovation team to influence the future direction of our menu.
- Propose modifications to existing recipes and instructions to reinvigorate products and enhance score improvement while addressing operational challenges.
- Gain in-depth knowledge of HelloFresh and EveryPlate’s unique menu offerings. Become an expert in our customers' preferences and flavor profiles, applying this understanding when evaluating recipes and processes.
- Review recipes for editorial standards and guideline compliance prior to customer launch; recommend changes as necessary.
- Analyze customer feedback and maintain an accurate guidelines tracker, including updates for new methods or ingredients based on this feedback.
- Collaborate with various stakeholders across the business to provide culinary expertise on projects and new initiatives.

