Restaurant Pastry Chef at Alternate Doors

Our client a high end restaurant is currently looking to hire a Pastry Chef.

Responsibilities

• Directs and oversees the pastry and baking functions of the kitchen
• Menu planning and development
• Ensure excellent quality throughout the dessert offerings.
• Create new and exciting desserts and reviewing the current dessert menu
• Decorate pastries and desserts using different types of icings toppings etc. and ensure the food presentation will be beautiful and exciting.
• Supervise and coordinate all pastry and dessert preparation and presentation.
• Assists in determining how food should be presented and creates decorative food displays
• Prepare a wide variety of goods such as cakes, cookies, pies, bread etc. following traditional and modern recipes
• Manages all day-to-day operations of the pastry and bakery section of the kitchen.
• Able to develop, design, or creates new ideas and items for Pastry Kitchen.

Qualifications

• College Diploma from a Culinary Institution
• Minimum of 3 years’ experience in an active pastry and bakery department
• Leadership skills
• Multi -Tasker
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to identify and delegate tasks effectively.
• Excellent organizational and time management skills.
• Knowledgeable of food safety regulations.