Head Pastry Chef
Job Type : Permanent, Contract, Full Time
Salary : £40000/annum Included in job spec
Head Pastry Chef
Up to £40,000 per annum, (Up to £38,000 + £2,000 per annum guaranteed service charge payment paid quarterly)
The Benefits
An additional end of financial year service charge bonus
45 hrs over 5 days
4 weeks holiday rising to 5 weeks with service
8 Bank holidays
Free car parking
Employee uniform
In addition you will receive a range of company benefits including:
Discounted hotel accommodation for yourself and your family at all hotels
Discounted hair treatments at our Spas
Discount off all food & beverage at all hotels
Discount of individual treatments booked in our Spas
Discount on retail products in our Spas
Refer a friend staff recruitment scheme In additional you will enjoy a range of other benefits when you celebrate your 1 yr, 3 yr and 5 yr anniversary including; your birthday off paid, complimentary overnight stays, complimentary lunch/afternoon tea and service related holiday
The Role
Head Pastry Chef will be leading the pastry section with the support of 2 Chef de Parties and 2 Commis Chefs in this 3 Rosette kitchen. The kitchen brigade is made up of 22 chefs and 5 kitchen porters so there is a great team to support you.
You and your team will create all dishes fresh in-house from bread to ice-cream and celebration cakes, desserts for our restaurants and banqueting events together with pastries, cakes, scones for our afternoon tea guests. Great variety and freedom to delight our guests.
The Head Pastry Chef is responsible for;
• Ordering and stock control
• Designing with the Executive Chef menu items for afternoon tea, restaurant as well as banqueting menus
• Produce plated desserts for all menus to 2 & 3 Rosette standard.
• Supervision of pastry team to achieve consistent standards.
The business is varied offering catering for Spa Guests, Leisure clients, Local guests as well as corporate, conference and banqueting function guests. The Client is a popular wedding venue with weddings taking place.
Requirements – Head Pastry Chef
The ideal candidate would be someone who has worked in a quality environment and is now seeking a head pastry chef role with responsibility for the Pastry section.
• Demonstrate during a trial shift the practical ability to be able to produce plated desserts to 3 Rosette standard.
• Demonstrate flair and creativity to build on the successful afternoon tea menu.
• Hold the experience to manage the multi menu requirements and banqueting operation.
• Ability to control stocks efficiently and to produce quality menu items achieving GP%
• Quality experience in a fresh food environment
• The passion and drive to contribute to the future success of the kitchen brigade who continue to develop award winning dishes.
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More Information
- Address East Grinstead, West Sussex
