Full Job Description
Opening Hook
A single-location cookie and ice cream shop in Huntington Beach, CA is replacing its purchased, finished cookies with three proprietary, production-ready formulas. This is commercial formulation work, not editorial recipe development, not content creation. Doughs must run reliably in a warm-display retail environment, be executed by untrained hourly staff, and scale cleanly to a floor mixer. This pilot covers three flavors; if successful, the shop expects to develop 3-5 additional formulas under future contract engagements.
Scope & Deliverables
You will develop three fully commercial cookie formulas that meet strict operational constraints:
- Formulas written in baker’s percentages, scalable to a commercial floor mixer
- Production SOPs: mix times, dough temperature targets, scaling weights, rest/hold parameters, bake curves
- Tolerance documentation: drift indicators, corrective actions, and acceptable ranges for dough temp, viscosity, spread, and bake color
- On-site supervised test bakes in Huntington Beach, CA, with iterative revisions until final sign-off
- All formulas must be executable by untrained hourly staff
- Contract pay: $750 per approved formula, $2,250 total for the pilot run
Required Qualifications
Every line below is a filter. If these don’t describe your background, this contract is not a fit.
- Direct experience in production bakeries, co-packers, or commercial food R&D
- Demonstrated ability to create scalable dough formulas for high-volume or multi-shift operations
- Experience writing SOPs for non‑technical staff (mixing, scaling, baking, holding)
- Experience conducting test bakes and adjusting formulas based on measurable drift
- Ability to work remotely with occasional on-site sessions in Huntington Beach, CA
- Comfortable delivering production-ready formulas within a tight per‑formula budget
- Not a fit for editorial recipe developers, food stylists, or content creators
Nice-to-Haves
- Experience with warm display case bakery items
- Familiarity with dough rheology and tolerance mapping
- Prior work with retail chains or small-format foodservice operations
- Experience designing formulas for floor mixers and non‑specialist labor
Contact: [email protected] for any questions.
Pay: $750.00 - $2,250.00 per month
Work Location: In person
