| Location | Garland, TX |
| Salary | $20–$25 Per Hour |
About Us We are an innovative, Fish & Chips franchise brand built for scale. We are bringing premium, crave-able seafood to the market, and we need a culinary person to perfect our foundational menu for rolling out.
The Role We are seeking a creative, detail-oriented Culinary R&D Specialist to lead our menu development and flavor profiling. In this role, you will be the helping to build our signature items, focusing heavily on recipe experimentation, scaling, and quality control. You won't just be cooking; you will be helping to engineer the perfect crunch, developing proprietary flavor profiles, and writing the standardized procedures that will dictate operations across our franchise locations.
Key Responsibilities
Menu Experimentation & Innovation: Lead the R&D process for our core fish and chips offerings. You will aggressively experiment with different batters, flours, breadings, and frying techniques to achieve the perfect texture, flavor, and hold-time for quick-service and off-premise environments.
Proprietary Sauce Development: Craft, refine, and perfect our signature condiments, specifically focusing on creating an unforgettable, scalable house-made tartar sauce.
Recipe Standardization: Translate successful kitchen experiments into exact, scalable recipes (down to the gram) and create training materials for franchise operators utilizing our high-volume fryers.
Operational Optimization: Ensure all recipes are designed for speed and consistency, fitting perfectly within our high-efficiency kitchen layouts and automated inventory management software (Toast).
Quality Control & Sourcing: Establish the gold-standard specs for fish and potato sourcing, prep, cooking, and packaging to ensure the product maintains its integrity from the fryer to the customer.
Requirements
Proven experience in culinary operations, recipe development, or a dedicated Culinary R&D role (corporate restaurant group or franchise experience is a major plus).
Deep understanding of deep-frying techniques, batter formulation, and seafood handling.
A highly analytical approach to cooking you measure meticulously, document every tweak, and understand food costing.
Ability to create recipes that balance premium, chef-driven taste with high-margin, quick-service execution.
Self-starter mentality with the ability to work independently in a fast-paced, startup-style environment.
Compensation & Perks
Pay: $20.00 $25.00 per hour.
Impact: The rare opportunity to be on the ground floor, shaping the menu and culinary direction of a growing, multi-unit brand.
Growth: Potential for long-term corporate culinary roles as the franchise expands.
To Apply: Please submit your resume along with a brief cover letter or portfolio highlighting a specific recipe, menu item, or culinary project you successfully developed and scaled.