Chef II, Culinary

Chef II

Are you passionate about food, culinary trends, and bringing new concepts to life? Join Newly Weds Foods as a Chef II and play a key role in developing innovative products that delight customers and consumers. From ideation to commercialization, you'll transform culinary concepts into scalable solutions for some of the world's leading food brands.

As Chef II, you will independently executing product development activities and contributing to customer-focused culinary solutions. This role applies developing expertise to create concepts and begin translating them into scalable, manufacturable products.

This role is on-site based out of our Chicago campus location.

Responsibilities

Culinary Execution & Development

• Develop and execute culinary and commercialized concepts that are aligned with customer needs
• Modify and refine concepts based on feedback and technical requirements

Product Development

• Contribute to ideation and concept creation
• Begin translating culinary concepts into viable components for commercialization
• Maintain documentation and formula accuracy
• Stay current with relevant trends and consumer insights

Customer Support

• Participate/lead in customer meetings and product presentations
• Support preparation for various internal and external customer engagements / training

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Work closely with Sales, Marketing, and R&D teams in daily developments
• Support project execution and timelines

Operational Excellence

• Maintain food safety, sanitation, and organization standards at NWF and customer facilities
• Support kitchen operations and inventory

Qualifications

• Culinary degree or equivalent experience
• 35 years of culinary or food product development experience
• Understanding of ingredient functionality and recipe scaling
• Exposure to food manufacturing or commercialization processes preferred
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office; familiarity with formula documentation systems

Preferred:

• Experience in a B2B food manufacturing or R&D environment

Why Join Newly Weds Foods?

• Be part of a global leader in food innovation and flavor solutions.
• Transform culinary ideas into products enjoyed by consumers nationwide.
• Collaborate with talented chefs, food scientists, and industry-leading customers.
• Gain hands-on experience from concept development through commercialization.
• Grow your career in a culture that values creativity, collaboration, and continuous learning.

Benefits

At NWF, we prioritize the well-being of our employees. We understand and appreciate that each persons needs are unique and ensure our benefits & well-being programs reflect that. Employees are eligible for the following benefits:

• Physical - Medical, Prescription Drug, Dental, Vision
• Social - Paid Time Off, Company Holidays, Leave of Absence, Flexible Work Arrangements, Recognition, Training, Events
• Emotional Employee Assistance Program, Wellbeing Programs, Family Support Programs
• Financial 401k, Employee Incentive Plan, Life, Accidental Death & Dismemberment, Disability

Compensation: $70,000 -$93,000/annually