Job Specifications

Company: Manna & Co. — Kosher Wellness Meal Prep

Location: Toronto-based strongly preferred (hands-on kitchen work required)

Engagement: Contract / project-based (with opportunity to grow)

Compensation: Competitive, founder-stage (project-based)

About Manna & Co.

MANNA is building a kosher wellness meal prep brand focused on performance, balance, and consistency.

We are early-stage, moving quickly, and preparing for our first soft launch.

Our food philosophy prioritizes:

Meals that reheat well
Ingredient combinations that make sense
Production-friendly execution
Long-term scalability

The Role

We are looking for a food science–trained operator with prior experience in a meal prep or prepared-foods production kitchen to help develop our initial menu and work hands-on in the kitchen during our launch phase.

This role involves active cooking and testing of meals alongside our existing chef team, applying food science thinking to real production food.

The role starts with menu development and kitchen testing, with the opportunity to expand into:

Ongoing menu refinement
R&D support
Long-term collaboration as the business grows

What You'll Do

Collaborate with the founder and chef team to develop 10–14 launch-ready meals

Apply food science thinking to:

Ingredient pairing
Texture stability
Reheat performance

Work hands-on in the kitchen, including:

Cooking meals in batch format
Tasting and evaluating food over time
Adjusting dishes in real time for meal prep performance

Flag ingredients or techniques that don’t work well in meal prep environments

Help ensure the first menu is reliable, cohesive, and production-friendly

Who Were Looking For

Background in Food Science, Food Technology, or Culinary Nutrition
Required: prior experience working in a meal prep, prepared-foods, catering, or commissary kitchen
Comfortable cooking and testing meals hands-on as part of an existing chef team
Practical, collaborative, and systems-minded
Enjoys early-stage startups and is comfortable working in fast-moving, build-from-scratch environments

Kosher experience is a plus, but not required.

What This is (and Isn't)

This is:

A build-phase role
Hands-on and collaborative
Focused on real food behavior, not theory

This is not:

A solo chef position
A restaurant or fine-dining role
An advisory-only or long-term consulting engagement from day one

Growth Potential

As MANNA grows, this role can evolve into:

Ongoing menu development
R&D collaboration
A recurring or long-term engagement

We are starting lean and intentional, with the goal of building something lasting.

This role is ideal for someone who enjoys being part of an early-stage startup and wants to help shape something from the ground up.

How to Apply

Please send:

A short intro describing your food science background
Your hands-on experience in meal prep or prepared-foods kitchens
One example of a meal or ingredient combination you helped develop for meal prep and why it worked

Please send all Information to eitan@mannaandcompany.com

Founder Note

If you’re energized by startups, small teams, and building something before it’s polished — you’ll enjoy this role.

We care about how food behaves after it’s cooked — not just how it looks on day one.

If you enjoy building food that people actually eat every week, we’d love to connect.

About the Company

MANNA & Co. is a kosher wellness food company rethinking what kosher food can enable in everyday life. We believe kosher should be supportive, not restrictive — food that fits seamlessly into how people live, work, train, gather, and grow, without compromise. Our meals are chef-crafted and production-ready, designed to reheat well, taste great beyond day one, and meet high standards of consistency and quality. At the core of MANNA is a simple philosophy: • Clean food is a form of respect Respect for the body Respect for time... Know more