Freelance Recipe Tester LOLO - New York, NY Contract LOLO is seeking a recipe tester / developer who will help create the building blocks for the next massive brand in the frozen food space. LOLO is a startup that is moving fast across all dimensions - developing food products, building a strong brand, and driving customer awareness. We are looking for someone with a passion for food, nutrition, and vegetarian eating to test and refine the key recipes for LOLO. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to get into a startup at the ground level, work directly with the founder and CEO, and see immediate impact from your work. Key Responsibilities: * Test (and perhaps develop as well) vegetarian, nutritious, and delicious meals and side dishes that work well as reheated dishes from the freezer * Lead focus groups and tastings to receive and incorporate feedback on dishes * Calculate nutritional information of each SKU and develop recipe towards target nutritional content * Work to scale recipes for commercial kitchen production and eventually large scale manufacturing * Work with CEO to: * Develop coherent story that connect products * Develop target nutritional content * Provide descriptions for packaging, website, and marketing materials Requirements: * Culinary degree * Knowledge of nutrition and food science * Passion and experience with healthy, vegetarian cooking * Capacity to prioritize and multitask to meet various demands and tasks * Ability to work independently and with a team * Professionalism when interacting with internal and external contacts, vendors, consumers, and customers. * 2-4 years of experience working in a test kitchen * Excellent organizational and follow-up skills * Experience testing and working with frozen dishes, a plus * Experience with process management, a plus * Experience with multiple types of cuisine, a plus About LOLO: LoLo brings the farm to your freezer: we ship frozen, healthy meals directly to the modern, health-conscious, and time-crunched consumer. We are convenient, nutritious, and tasty. Job Type: Contract Experience: * food/culinary: 4 years Location: * New York, NY License: * culinary degree Language: * English 4 hours ago - save job