Do you want to be part of an international pioneer institution in the world of Gastronomy and its value chain? Do you like culinary innovation? From the BCC INNOVATION, the interdisciplinary research and innovation center of the Basque Culinary Center, we need to incorporate a Culinary Innovation Chef.
Our main lines of work are focused on:
- Identifying trends and avant-garde techniques in gastronomy at an international level.
- Generate knowledge around these techniques to be transferred to the sector and society in general.
- Generate knowledge of processes for the transformation of raw materials into food with high gastronomic value, by high gastronomic value, through avant-garde techniques such as: fermentations, use of specialized machinery, enzymes, etc.
- Formulate innovative products through the use of avant-garde techniques and new ingredients by applying culinary creativity ingredients by applying culinary creativity.
If you join our team, your day to day will be:
- Ideate, conceptualize, formulate and test culinary developments.
- Develop formulations for new products and innovative recipes.
- Interact with clients for the presentation of results/showcookings/workshops.
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- Support in large "multi-area" projects that are developed in parallel by different teams of the Center.
- Coordinate and manage projects and their documentation.
- Identify and capture potential clients.
- Contribute to the development of the Center's value proposition.
We are looking for people who...
- Have a degree in Gastronomy, Food Industries or similar.
- Have worked at least the last 5 years in research and/or consultancy projects at national and/or international level.
- Scientific-technical knowledge applied to the kitchen.
- Feel comfortable interacting in Spanish, English (C1) and Basque.
- Have knowledge of data analysis, statistical methods, database management, being used to use Excel for these functions.
- Be available to travel.
You will make a difference at BCC if:
- You have experience in managing high volume 4 and 5 star hotel kitchens and/or central kitchens.
- Ability to assume different roles: support tasks or leadership tasks in different projects.
- Versatility to execute projects of different nature.
- Accounts with capacity for continuous learning.
- Certificate of official disability equal to or greater than 33%.
We offer:
- Incorporation in a dynamic environment, highly connected with relevant organizations at international level.
- Work in a multidisciplinary and multicultural team.
- Flexible working hours and the possibility of telecommuting.
- Autonomy in the performance of the position.