Corporate Chef

OHG Brands is a leading global franchising company that develops and grows fast casual, quick-service, and casual dining concepts around the world — a portfolio of 12 brands, including Round Table Pizza®, Fatburger, Marble Slab Creamery, Johnny Rockets, Fazoli’s, Great American Cookies, Buffalo’s Cafe & Express, Hurricane Grill & Wings, Native Grill & Wings, Pretzelmaker, and Ponderosa and Bonanza Steakhouses, spanning more than 1,700 units worldwide.

JOB SUMMARY AND SCOPE

The Corporate Chef manages internal and external culinary initiatives for OHG Brands, including product development and menu innovation. This role oversees the company’s test kitchen and collaborates closely with marketing, supply chain, quality assurance, operations, and training teams. To drive sales and improve profitability, the Corporate Chef partners with the Innovation team to develop culinary strategy, source ingredients, create and document recipes, engineer costs, and present new products.

In addition to new menu item development, the Corporate Chef will work as a resource to our operations team and field-level area supervisors when they need support in their culinary processes.

PRIMARY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Product Development 70%

• The Corporate Chef will manage all steps of the product development process including:
• Inspiration – Using industry trends, trade shows, primary and secondary research, and competitive analysis to determine which “big ideas” OHG Brands concepts should pursue for its menu.
• Ideation – Work with our partners, suppliers, franchisee stakeholders and internal teams to produce menu concepts to present to the teams.
• Validation – Utilize survey tools, focus groups, or other data collection methods to determine if menu items produced in previous step are appropriate for OHG Brands
• Formulation – Support the operational team in writing recipes for the menu items including quantities and procedures used. Food cost targets and operational constraints must be considered in this step.

Test Kitchen Management 15%

• The Corporate Chef takes ownership regarding all activities involved with the OHG Brands test kitchen, including but not limited to ordering product, cleaning & sanitation, inventory, and equipment maintenance.

Other Activities 15%

• Represent the brand on TV and other PR appearances as necessary.
• May be called to act as a food stylist for video/photo/social media shoots.
• Attend events and conferences related to the field.