Jr. Culinary Curator

Job Title: Jr. Culinary Curator

Experience: 1 to 3 years

Location: Khar Road, Mumbai

Employment Type: Full Time

Mode of work: Work from Office 

Requirements: Immediate Joiner

About A Travel Duet:

A Travel Duet is India's premier luxury travel brand, specializing in custom-designed experiential travel for honeymooners, couples, families, groups, and YPOs. We create meticulously handcrafted, personalized itineraries that cater to individual personalities and interests, ensuring a lifetime of unforgettable experiences.

Your Experience at ATD:

What we do transcends beyond travel - we're in the business of inspiring. We nurture inspirers, by investing in their personal and professional growth. Our decentralized organization structure, coupled with the access to best in industry resources empowers and grooms future decision makers and authoritarians, with the ideal platform to independently drive projects. While inclusivity and compassion are at our core, hustlers with an inherent entrepreneurial spirit would find themselves at home at ATD.

About the role:

The Products team is responsible for upholding our status as an authority on all things travel and luxe- gastronomical and epicurean experiences are an integral part of that Our ideal candidate should:

Product and Innovation:

• Track unique food events across the globe, and source off-beat gastronomical experiences which are authentic, immersive, local, culture-centric to elevate the food aspect of our bespoke itineraries .
• Research and track upcoming global consumer food trends and patterns and implement those to put together restaurant recommendations and/or exotic and unique epicurean experiences .
• Be on top of all new restaurants (be it Michelin Stars or hidden gems) across destinations, and use them to create map links and restaurant recommendations.
• Understand the client brief, dietary preferences and itineraries designed by the team and marry all these elements when making recommendations
• Identify and source local teams across destinations, (such as authorities on food/ celebrity chefs/ local gourmet experts/ influencers and bloggers etc. ) to share their recommendations, partner with us and & liaise with us to implement these ideas at the destination.

Client Servicing:

• Coordinate with restaurants to ensure all the briefs and dietary preferences are adhered to , including writing to them/ calling them, reading their menus and knowing available options beforehand.
• Check for restaurant availability, proceed with reservations and even go that extra mile to find a way to open doors, if required.
• Be great at foreseeing logistical issues and addressing them beforehand, having back-up plans and ensuring adequate alternatives are available, so that clients are never disappointed.
• Achieve cost and logistical efficiencies using MS excel and chart out plans clearly for the benefit of internal teams, external suppliers as well as clients.
• Create, maintain and update the database of city guides and restaurant lists, which can be used as ready reference as the organization grows and scales.

Qualifications & Skills:

• Having a demonstrable passion for food and travel.
• You should be relationship driven to make sure we get exclusive access for our clients where needed
• In ad dition to identifying and filtering, you should have the ability to ensure the food experiences are practical and able to implement
• Need to be a ninja (or willing to become one) with MS Excel and PPT.
• You must be organized, meticulous and adhere to briefs to the T.
• You should be able to work in a team and manage internal and external stakeholders.

Other good to haves:

• A good personal network in the food space
• Good relationships with gastronomy influencers (good to have)
• Having travelled internationally, ideally to off-beat destinations where you enjoyed some unique food related experiences

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