Pastry Chef

KAYA Creative; Sharjah; On-site; AED 67,000 - 112,000; Full time

Job summary

KAYA Creative in Sharjah, UAE, seeks a skilled Pastry Chef with hands-on café experience to craft diverse desserts like cheesecake, tiramisu, and cinnamon rolls. You will create new recipes and ensure consistent taste, texture, and presentation in a fast-paced café setting.

This role requires independence, strong hygiene practices, and the ability to manage daily pastry production while coordinating with the café team to meet demand.

Qualifications

• Previous professional experience as a Pastry Chef (not a baker).
• Strong knowledge of desserts including tiramisu and cinnamon rolls.
• Understanding baking techniques, temperatures and ingredient handling.
• Creative with ability to develop new recipes and ideas.
• Attention to detail and presentation.
• Ability to work independently in a fast-paced café/kitchen.
• Knowledge of food hygiene and kitchen safety.

Responsibilities

• Prepare a variety of desserts for the café menu.
• Create and develop new dessert and pastry recipes.
• Prepare creams, sauces, fillings, glazes, and toppings.
• Ensure consistency in taste, texture, portion size and presentation.
• Develop seasonal and trending desserts and introduce menu ideas.
• Manage daily pastry production to meet required quantities.
• Maintain storage, labeling, stock rotation, and ingredient handling.
• Monitor ingredient usage and minimize food waste.
• Maintain kitchen hygiene and food-safety standards.
• Ensure pastry equipment and workstations are cleaned and maintained.
• Coordinate with kitchen and café team for daily production requirements.
• Assist with ingredient ordering and maintaining stock levels.

Job description

We are looking for a skilled and creative Pastry Chef with strong experience in preparing a wide variety of desserts such as cheese cake, tiramisu, cinnamon rolls etc. We dont want a bakery chef with knowledge of breads only. The ideal candidate should be hands-on, consistent, creative, and capable of developing products suitable for a café environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Prepare a variety of desserts.
• Create and develop new dessert and pastry recipes for the café menu
• Prepare different creams, sauces, fillings, glazes, and toppings.
• Ensure consistency in taste, texture, portion size, and presentation.
• Develop seasonal and trending desserts and introduce new menu ideas.
• Manage daily pastry production according to required quantities.
• Maintain proper storage, labeling, stock rotation, and ingredient handling.
• Monitor ingredient usage and minimize food waste.
• Maintain excellent kitchen hygiene and food-safety standards.
• Ensure pastry equipment and workstations are properly cleaned and maintained.
• Coordinate with the kitchen and café team for daily production requirements.
• Assist with ingredient ordering and maintaining appropriate stock levels.

Requirements

• Previous professional experience as a Pastry Chef not a BAKER
• Strong knowledge of dessert, cinnamon rolls, and tiremisu.
• Good understanding of baking techniques, temperatures, measurements, and ingredient handling.
• Creative and able to contribute new recipes and product ideas.
• Strong attention to detail and presentation.
• Able to work independently and manage daily pastry production.
• Ability to work efficiently in a fast-paced café or kitchen environment.
• Knowledge of food hygiene and kitchen safety standards.