Chef De Partie - Pastry Kitchen
Job description
Responsibilities
Here’s what you’ll do during a typical day:
• Prepare high-quality pastry products: Prepare, bake, and finish a variety of pastries, desserts, cakes, and other sweet items according to standard recipes, ensuring consistency in taste, texture, and presentation
• Supervise the pastry team: Oversee and support Commis Chefs and other team members within the assigned pastry section, providing guidance and ensuring smooth and efficient operations in the absence of senior chefs
• Maintain pastry kitchen cleanliness: Keep all pastry work areas, equipment, and utensils clean, organised, and free from cross-contamination, following food safety and hygiene standards
• Ensure product quality and storage compliance: Monitor the quality and freshness of ingredients and finished products, ensuring proper storage, labelling, and stock rotation
• Assist with cost management: Contribute to controlling food costs by minimising waste, following portion standards, and using ingredients efficiently to support departmental financial targets
• Uphold regulatory standards: Maintain compliance with health, safety, sanitation, and food hygiene regulations, ensuring the highest standards of guest and team member wellbeing
Qualifications
- Diploma or Bachelor in Pastry Arts
- Previously work in high volume Pastry Kitchen
- Computer skills
- Communication skills