Culinary Innovation Specialist Job at Cracker Barrel
Overview:
At Cracker Barrel, our mission is Pleasing People. This is evident from the moment you walk through our doors, with the first smile that greets you, from the items in our retail store to the food on the table, we welcome you home!
Our culinary team is growing and we have an exciting opportunity available to add a Culinary Innovation Specialist to the team!
This individual will be responsible for supporting core menu development, promotional products, and annual programs including recipe creation, raw material development, meal presentation, costing, training/promotional materials, and any other support functions needed for Culinary Innovation. Participates as an active team member during ideation and creation phases while providing tactical support to Culinary Management team. Owns logistics tied to product reviews such as: Creative Review, Cross-functional Review and MSC.
Responsibility:
Experience and Education
Knowledge and Skills
NOTE: Racism, either overt or perpetuated through unconscious bias, has no place at Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, and both our Mission and People Promise are firmly rooted in the principle of valuing what everyone brings to the table. Our employees work hard to ensure that our brand, which is grounded in genuine hospitality and nostalgia, represents only what is good about those things. While our décor and food may harken back to earlier times, our inclusive culture and beliefs about equality and diversity do not.
At Cracker Barrel, our mission is Pleasing People. This is evident from the moment you walk through our doors, with the first smile that greets you, from the items in our retail store to the food on the table, we welcome you home!
Our culinary team is growing and we have an exciting opportunity available to add a Culinary Innovation Specialist to the team!
This individual will be responsible for supporting core menu development, promotional products, and annual programs including recipe creation, raw material development, meal presentation, costing, training/promotional materials, and any other support functions needed for Culinary Innovation. Participates as an active team member during ideation and creation phases while providing tactical support to Culinary Management team. Owns logistics tied to product reviews such as: Creative Review, Cross-functional Review and MSC.
Responsibility:
- Support development of new menu items/recipes and promotional food items that perform equally in multiple cooking platforms (Core; New Operating Platform).
- Test recipes for Ops fit and shelf-life validation.
- Conduct yield studies and draft food cost estimates.
- Active Partnership with Menu Strategy, Culinary Ops, and Quality Assurance in the execution of all product reviews, ALT Source events and special events as needed.
- Maintains Recipe and Plate appearance database for Core and test platforms.
- Other duties as directed.
Experience and Education
- Bachelors or Culinary Arts degree and/or 3-5 years culinary experience with exposure to daily food service/restaurant operations or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Knowledge and Skills
- Extensive knowledge of proper food safety (handling and storage) and service techniques; general understanding of quality assurance
- Extensive knowledge of restaurant equipment and varied operational platforms.
- Knowledge/expertise in culinary arts/food technology category
- Knowledge/expertise of food service industry trends.
- Knowledge/expertise of Microsoft Office
- Strong oral and written communication skills.
- Strong problem-solving, analytical and math skills.
NOTE: Racism, either overt or perpetuated through unconscious bias, has no place at Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, and both our Mission and People Promise are firmly rooted in the principle of valuing what everyone brings to the table. Our employees work hard to ensure that our brand, which is grounded in genuine hospitality and nostalgia, represents only what is good about those things. While our décor and food may harken back to earlier times, our inclusive culture and beliefs about equality and diversity do not.
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