_{30th September, 2026}

Location: Huntington Beach, CA / Orange County
Salary: $90,000-$100,000 base.
Benefits: Medical, dental, vision, PTO.

High-Volume Multi-Unit Restaurant Group seeks a Culinary Development Manager to lead hands-on R&D and scalable menu innovation.
 
Qualifications:

• 4-5+ years of corporate culinary development, R&D, menu innovation, or product development experience.
• Demonstrated experience taking culinary briefs through research, recipe development, prototyping, presentation, and menu implementation support.
• Multi-unit restaurant experience with strong savory culinary skills, recipe standardization, food costing, and scalable execution.
• Strong career stability preferred, ideally 3+ years per role, with the ability to work independently approximately four days per week onsite.

Responsibilities:

• Develop new menu items, seasonal offerings, LTOs, and enhancements from initial brief through research, prototype, refinement, and presentation.
• Create and refine recipes within ingredient, equipment, food cost, labor, and operational parameters for high-volume restaurant execution.
• Partner with Marketing, Supply Chain, Operations, and culinary leadership throughout the development process.
• Research culinary trends, present and defend concepts to leadership, and support successful systemwide menu implementation.

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