Associate Culinary Developer

Job Description

Job Description

Location : Office in Boulder, CO (must reside within commuting distance of office)

Annual Salary : $65,000.00 – $75,000.00

About the Role

Are you inspired by all of the possibilities at the grocery store or new restaurant in town? Do you get excited when the brands you love offer new and exciting flavors and varieties? When you don’t find exactly what you’re looking for, do you dream it up or make it yourself? If so, you might just belong here at SRG.

Imagine doing all the above for some of the biggest and most exciting food and beverage brands in the world. And if that’s not inspiring enough, you’ll get to mix, stir, shake, bake, and more from our in-house development kitchen in the heart of the Foodiest Town in America — Boulder, Colorado.

Sterling-Rice Group is known for its culinary expertise and for disrupting the food world with the new and impossible — the grocery store IS our case study. We are looking for an Associate Culinary Developer to interact directly and intensively with SRG’s Managing Director, Culinary and Culinary Director playing a key role in delivering the highest-quality work in the Restaurant / Hospitality, Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG), and Retail sectors of the foodscape. This opportunity to work on a dynamic and growing team provides extensive visibility across a wide range of sector- and industry-leading clients on a variety of exciting projects.

The Impact You Will Have

• Participate in ideations and develop recipes for a variety of products and menu items on behalf of CPG and Foodservice clients
• Drive the recipe vetting process post-workshop, refining and standardizing menu item builds within the SRG format
• Own — with consultation from the Managing Director, Culinary and Culinary Director — primary responsibility for the operation of the Back of House of SRG’s Boulder, CO Culinary Center, including cleaning and maintenance, provisioning of supplies, and other daily operational details
• Provide support to SRG Culinary and Culinary Council members prior to and during ideations and workshops
• Participate as a culinary team member at trade shows, client meetings, and other culinary presentations from the planning phase through execution, preparing materials for shipment and acting as a representative of SRG Culinary during those engagements
• Assist the Culinary Director in the research for and development of SRG Culinary intellectual property that highlights trends and insights, emerging ingredients and techniques, and other strategic or tactical details

What You Bring to the Role

Responsibilities

Ideation

Recipe auditing, scaling, and formatting

Effectively and collegially communicate with vendors to ensure optimal relationships and accounts

Assist in logistics planning with event host and hotel chefs

Description of the Right Candidate :

Proven ability to contribute to client-ready project deliverables (including briefs, concepts, marketing plans, trend presentations)

Requirements :

At SRG, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome applicants from all backgrounds.