Food Specialist

About CookUnity:

Food has lost its soul to modern convenience. And with it, it has lost the power to nourish, inspire, and connect us. So in 2018, CookUnity was founded as the first-of-its-kind platform that connects the world with the source of truly great food: chefs. Today, CookUnity delivers 50 million meals a year from the industry’s best chefs to homes all over the country. Fresh. Ready-to-eat. And crafted with the passion that nourishes body and soul.

Unwilling to stop there, CookUnity is expanding beyond delivery to become an ever-innovating marketplace focused on our singular mission: empower Chefs to nourish the world.

If that mission has you hungry in more ways than one, you’ve found the right job posting.

About the Team:

We are a small, hardworking, dynamic, and purpose-driven team focused on improving the way CookUnity creates and produces food. Our work centers on reducing environmental impact through real, operational initiatives: lowering food waste across all markets, strengthening responsible sourcing, elevating ingredient quality and nutrient value in our meals, and advancing lower-impact packaging solutions.

We partner closely with Culinary Ops, Chef Success, Supply chain to turn these commitments into daily practice, building cleaner standards, improving processes, and scaling innovations that make our meals better for people and for the planet.

The role:

We are looking for a recent Food Engineering graduate (or equivalent degree in Food Science or Technology) to join our team. The ideal candidate is organized, respectful, collaborative, analytical, and critical-thinking, with the potential to take leadership in research-oriented projects. They should be eager to learn, capable of structured analysis, and able to translate research findings into practical applications within our operations.

This role does not require prior field experience but demands a methodical and team-oriented mindset, curiosity for continuous improvement, and the ability to contribute ideas while following structured workflows.

Responsibilities:

• Actively work on the Food Science Lab Project (Ingredients Integrity + Nutrients Optimization) by researching, studying and analyzing every step of CookUnity’s food production process, from ingredients till meals are consumed by customers.
• Understand and evaluate how meals are produced, identifying opportunities to improve nutritional value and overall ingredient performance.
• Participate in the Ingredients Integrity program by evaluating ingredient quality, formulations, storage practices, and kitchen usage, while collecting and organizing data to strengthen standards, improve sourcing decisions, and support nutrient-forward upgrades.