New Product Development Chef

From a bold idea to revolutionising dog food, More Years has grown into a fast-scaling business dedicated to helping dogs live longer, healthier lives.

In just three years, we've built a thriving start-up serving thousands of happy customers across the UK - and we're just getting started. Our mission is to give dog owners a better, fresher, and healthier way to feed their pets. We craft human-cut, personalised meals designed around each dog's unique needs, delivered straight to their door - no preservatives, no compromises, just real nutrition.

You can find our customers across the UK, with ambitions to scale internationally and continue transforming how people care for their dogs. 

This isn't dog food. This is ultra-premium culinary innovation in a whole new category.

Our Chef's Collection has redefined what premium pet nutrition looks like - Wagyu Steak Lasagne sold out within hours; King Prawn & Giant Squid Paella vanished in 72; Truffle & Venison Detroit Pizza sparked industry-wide buzz.

As our New Product Development Chef, you'll lead the creation of groundbreaking, award-winning dishes that push the boundaries of what's possible in pet food. Working alongside culinary innovators, nutritionists, and production specialists, you'll bring together haute cuisine and nutritional science to craft products that are as indulgent as they are functional - designed to delight dogs and their owners alike.

You'll collaborate closely with Operations, and Marketing, driving innovation from concept to launch. This role is hands-on, creative, and technically demanding - perfect for a chef who wants to make history in a completely new category.

Product Innovation

• Develop ultra-premium, limited-edition dishes using luxury ingredients.
• Create restaurant-quality products that meet strict nutritional and regulatory standards.
• Adapt fine-dining techniques to gentle steam-cooking processes that preserve ingredient integrity.
• Balance flavour, presentation, and functional nutrition to deliver truly exceptional products.

Technical Leadership

• Formulate recipes that deliver exceptional taste and optimal nutritional value.
• Manage sourcing and specification of premium and specialty ingredients.
• Oversee product trials, sensory testing, and production scale-up in the Nottingham kitchen.
• Collaborate with veterinary nutritionists, production teams, and marketing.

Drive Innovation

• Push the boundaries of what's possible between haute cuisine and pet nutrition science.
• Stay ahead of culinary and consumer trends to keep More Years at the forefront of innovation.
• Create products that generate industry excitement and sell-out demand.

• 4+ years' experience in professional kitchens (fine dining, Michelin-starred, or premium NPD).
• Proven track record of taking concepts from idea to market.
• Experience working with luxury ingredients and technical recipe development.
• Strong food science understanding and regulatory knowledge.
• Background in premium retail product development or food manufacturing.
• Passion for pushing creative boundaries.
• Obsessive attention to detail.
• Entrepreneurial mindset and love for building something new.
• Genuine curiosity about nutrition and the science behind food.

Why This Role Is Extraordinary

• Create products that make headlines - and sell out in hours.
• Work with luxury ingredients most chefs only dream of: wagyu, truffles, king prawns, and giant squid.
• Collaborate with like-minded innovators who do things differently.
• Define a new culinary category that blends gastronomy and science.
• Build a career legacy that sets new industry standards.

• Extensive health care cover including full cancer coverage and a choice of hospitals or consultants (AXA top package)
• Annual £250.00 Learning & Development budget for courses, books or other self-learn activities
• Annual £100.00 Wellbeing budget
• Up to 2 weeks working abroad per year (selected roles)
• Monthly recognition through our Yappa of The Month programme
• 1 Volunteer day per year – dog themed or not: it's your choice
• Subsidised employee groups – from five a side to padel there's loads to get involved in or the chance to start up your own group
• Quarterly subsidised team events from Axe throwing, crazy golf to cocktail making
• Exclusive discounts on Years and Years treats for yourself and friends/family
• Lunch & Learn programme – from dog first aid to financial savviness we've got sessions planned to cover all kinds of topics
• Casual dress
• Your birthday off or different day if it falls on a non-working day
• Ability to sell any unused holiday back to Years at the end of the Holiday Year (maximum 1 working week)