Senior Patisserie Chef - Innovation Center

About the role

Puratos, a global leader in bakery, patisserie and chocolate ingredients, is looking for a Senior Patisserie Chef to join its Innovation Center in Istanbul. The role plays a key part in developing cutting-edge patisserie concepts that inspire customers and shape market trends, in a collaborative, multicultural environment.

Key responsibilities

• Develop innovative patisserie products, applications and concepts aligned with market trends and customer needs
• Lead product development projects from ideation and formulation to final presentation and implementation
• Run customer demonstrations, workshops, masterclasses and technical presentations at the Innovation Center and customer sites
• Work closely with customers to understand their challenges and build tailored solutions
• Create finished products showcasing Puratos ingredients and technologies
• Keep up with global patisserie trends and turn them into commercially successful applications
• Support commercial teams with technical expertise during customer visits and business development, and prepare professional presentations for customers, distributors and internal stakeholders

Required profile

• Minimum of 8 years of experience as a Patisserie Chef, Executive Patisserie Chef or similar
• Strong expertise in patisserie production, dessert creation and product development
• Proven ability to develop innovative patisserie concepts and bring new ideas to market
• Experience with industrial, artisan or foodservice customers is highly valued
• Excellent presentation and communication skills, able to lead customer-facing projects independently
• Comfortable working in a dynamic environment with multiple projects and deadlines
• Good command of written and spoken English preferred
• Able to travel domestically and internationally without restriction

What we offer

• Company car
• Performance-based annual bonus
• Premium private health and life insurance
• Company-sponsored individual pension plan
• 20 days of annual leave
• Employee wellbeing and assistance program