Sadler’s Smokehouse Director of Culinary Sales Chef Erich Chieca is an experienced chef who was invited to the research chef world through a friend at Gordon Food Service. As a research chef and sales manager, Chef has seen diverse product development teams. In this PeasOnMoss podcast preview. I ask Chef how he describes the differentiation that a research chef brings to a product development team and how we contribute uniquely from food scientists. As cross-functional partners, research chefs can enhance the capabilities and culinary intuition of a team. Next week, Chef Erich shares his origin story and how his friendships introduced him to the Research Chefs Association.

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