Sous Chef - Hospitality Chef, Food Development Team

It's a Perfect Day to change the world! At Perfect Day, we're doing just that.Perfect Day was founded in 2014 to create delicious, nutritious dairy products that everyone can love. We’re using fermentation (not animals) to make dairy proteins that are the foundation for foods like ice cream, cheese and yogurt – all with the distinctive taste and textures that consumers demand, but without lactose or environmental downsides. Through partnerships with respected brands, we’re working to launch a whole range of dairy products that will help shape a humane, sustainable food system for future generations. As one of the newest members of the Food team, you will contribute to the Food development in R&D or organized restaurant environment. The ideal candidate will be running the hospitality program at Perfect Day, ability to independently test recipes and record detailed data, cook and serve meals to visitors while working in a fast paced, collaborative start-up environment

YOUR CONTRIBUTION

• Oversee the hospitality program at Perfect Day HQ, including shopping and cooking meals for visiting guests, setting up beverages and snacks for meetings, keeping inventory of hospitality supplies.
• Responsible for cleanliness and oversees maintenance of the culinary kitchen, kitchen equipment and inventory management
• Asist with experiments and recipe testing as needed utilizing knowledge of food ingredients, food products & food manufacturing processes &cooking techniques to perform experiments, testing the effectiveness of functional properties of microflora-based proteins in above dairy & food product applications. Use bench top and pilot plant tools to conduct the experiment.
• Responsible for independent projects, culinary initiatives or as directed by the Research Chef

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS REQUIRED

• 2-4 years experience in a full-service restaurant, bakery or R&D kitchen or recent culinary graduate.
• Understanding of food ingredients, nutrition, and cooking tools.
• Candidate must possess experience with multiple styles of cooking and baking.
• Candidate must possess a high-level communication skills, organization, and collaborative skills, and demonstrated ability to innovate, troubleshoot, and thrive in a dynamic cross-functional team environment.
• Ability to think and adapt to a rapidly changing environment.
• Maintain a high degree of accuracy and meticulous attention to detail.
• Capable of managing independent projects while working in team setting.
• Ability to step up and perform kitchen duties as assigned including but not limited to – food purchasing,
• ingredient weighing, batching, recipe development and testing, food processing.
• Shipping samples to customers, managing incoming samples.
• Washing dishes as required.
• True love of hospitality, unphased by changing projects & priorities, humble, patient and unperturbed by chaos.
• Have a current Serve Safe certification or be willing to get certified within 30 days of hire.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

• Position requires the ability to stand or sit for prolonged periods, climb, kneel, bend, and consistently lift up to 50 lbs.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

• Position located in a mix of typical laboratory, workshop and kitchen environments, and requires a tolerance for high worker traffic, close quarters, noise, odors, dust, transiently wet and dirty floors, and varying room temperatures and lighting.

It's a Perfect Day to change the world. The day when delicious dairy goodness is something everyone can love. The day we say goodbye to the downsides of factory farming. The day we throw a big party with luscious, animal-free milk, cheese, yogurt, and ice cream, all made with Perfect Day! We hope you join us!