About Us

Youtopia®: We're on a mission to optimize your health with precision nourishment.  Our initial product launch will provide a way to make this simple and achievable for all of us. Our tribe is built on the foundation of love, being a blessing to others and transforming the lives of millions. 

On our team, you will get to dedicate 70% of your working time doing what you do best: building amazing things with other amazing people in a fast-paced environment and having a blast doing it! 

A unique opportunity exists at Youtopia® Health for an Exponential Chef who is a self-starter with a growth mindset who wants to join a start-up where innovation is valued. As a Youtopian™ Exponential Chef, your role is centered on the development, implementation and execution of culinary innovation through a blend of culinary arts and food science as part of the Youtopia Health team. 

 As our Exponential Chef, you will:

• Combine  culinary skills and scientific knowledge to drive commercially viable product development for personalized meal delivery platform.
• Lead culinary aspects of recipe development with solutions to quality and flavor issues.
• Review customer experience data to determine necessary adjustments to recipes and product delivery to ensure high nutritional and high customer satisfaction.
• Document and explain techniques for others to re-create those recipes.
• Work closely with the Nutritional & Medical Scientists to design meal specific solutions that set out to help cure and prevent disease and regenerate health.
• Create standard operating procedures, best practices, and policies that ensure consistency and quality across a network of distributed resources. 
• Drive and maintain the highest standards in production amongst an ever-growing network of meal makers.
• Develop and operate programs that utilize current supply of inventory amongst "meal makers" in order to drive down waste to close to 0%, improve cost and efficiency.

What you bring to the table:

• A unique combination of chef, product developer and nutritional scientist. Ability to address complex challenges in creating healthy meals with simplicity and clarity.
• Proficient in advanced cooking techniques used to preserve nutrient value and quality of meals in ready-to-eat and cook-chill-retherm situations.
• Previous experience working with a nutritionist and as a chef in a commercial kitchen or food service company.
• Be a champion for the development of healthy great tasting recipes.
• A skill set of using common, easily sourced ingredients in order to create simple and straightforward, good tasting, healthy meals.
• A focus on consistency and high-quality results.
• Familiarity and comfort working with a wide variety of cuisines, across a range of food categories.
• Ability to effectively resource with a diverse team of foodservice professionals, as needed.
• Have an enormous passion for and demonstrates living optimally utilizing preventive health and nutrition. 
• Excellent team player with Exponential Organization mindset and approach. 
• Medical mindset and approach to outcomes is comprehensively holistic.
• Ability to interface with and maintain good rapport with medical scientists, nutritional scientists, medical practitioners, nutritionists and the entire food industry.
• Experience creating healthy meals that meet the Youtopia® Health criterion and fit within customer expectations.

Required experience and education:

• 7-10 years of experience innovating food products across various foodservice and manufacturing environments
• Food Science background preferred
• 3+ years experience in product development
• 3+ years professional kitchen experience
• Must have a passion for loving and serving others 
• Experience with sous vide, HPP, food preparation is a plus.
• Team player and strong skills in communicating, influencing, critical thinking and problem-solving.
• Meticulous attention to detail including strong analytical, writing, and communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously.
• Comfortable with changing tasks frequently and working in ambiguity.
• Ability to take charge, work independently, and  as well as part of a larger team.
• High motivation to learn, develop and perform in a fast-paced environment.

Preferred experience and education:

• ServSafe certified (preferred) or ability to complete the program within 30 days of hire.
• Nutritional Science and formal chef training
• Ability to wear many hats as needs change.

WHY YOU SHOULD WORK WITH US:

Unique opportunity to work with an early stage, well-funded, start-up on the path to help millions of people achieve vibrant health through the power of optimal individualized nutrition.  

Medical, dental, vision, short-term disability and life insurance