Pastry Chef De Partie

Celebrity Cruises; United Arab Emirates; On-site; AED 257,000 - 331,000; Full time

Job summary

Celebrity Cruises in the United Arab Emirates seeks an experienced Pastry Chef to lead the pastry galley and daily production, ensuring quality and presentation across menus. You will coach the team, forecast production, and manage waste to protect food costs.

Ideal candidates have at least two years as a CDP Pastry in upscale settings, with strong management, communication, and guest service skills, and a solid grasp of USPH rules and shipboard operations.

Qualifications

• Minimum two years' experience as CDP Pastry in upscale settings; shipboard preferred.
• Strong management skills in a multicultural environment.
• Excellent communication, problem solving, and interpersonal skills.
• Superior customer service, teambuilding and conflict resolution abilities.
• Knowledge of service principles, guest satisfaction evaluation, and quality standards.

Responsibilities

• Operate pastry galley and production daily per company policies.
• Direct and coach pastry team; supervise and evaluate staff.
• Ensure production, quality and presentation of pastries and desserts.
• Prepare forecasts and minimize leftovers to control costs.
• Oversee pastry and dessert displays on buffets.
• Maintain USPH compliance and shipboard sanitation standards.
• Ensure readiness for USPH inspections and pantry readiness.
• Coordinate requisition and transport of items from stores.
• Ensure recipes and yields meet company standards.
• Assist with daily pastry consumption recap and reporting.

Skills

CDP Pastry

Management skills

Communication

Customer service

Teambuilding

Conflict resolution

Accounting basics

Computer skills

Reporting

Job description

• Ensures the smooth and efficient operation and control of the pastry galley and production daily according to company policies.
• Directs, coaches, supports, supervises, and evaluates (with the Assistant Pastry Chef) the performance of all direct reports.
• Responsible for the production, quality and presentation of the pastry and dessert assortment to be used in the daily menus.
• Prepares production forecasts and records leftovers to avoid unnecessary wastage and keep food costs within the budget.
• Supervise the set-up of the Pastry and dessert display in the various buffets.
• Must have a complete knowledge of the United States Public Health rules and regulations and ensure that they are followed daily.
• Ensures that the Pastry Shop’s cleaning schedule established by the Executive Sous Chef Pastry & Bakery is followed by all team members on duty after each service and exercises proper methods to minimize equipment damages.
• Ensures that the pantry shops are ready for any announced or unannounced USPH inspections done either by the ship’s management or USPH inspectors.
• Responsible for the requisition and transportation of the necessary items from the main stores to the pastry galley.
• Ensures recipes/master list and yields are in accordance with the company’s standards.
• Assists the Assistant Pastry Chef with completing the daily pastry consumption re-cap as requested by the Executive Chef.
• Ensures that Pastry team members come to work on time, and are in proper, well-maintained uniforms, with special attention to those working in public areas. Personal appearance and hygiene must be according to company policy.
• Has a thorough understanding of Time and Attendance procedures and is familiar with the contracts and work schedule hours/week and supporting documentation.
• Is aware of and/or acquires the necessary knowledge to comply with the ship’s standard operation, to assist guests and crew members with inquiries.
• Attends meetings, training activities, courses and all other work-related activities as required.
• Accountable for daily production recap.
• Accountable to coach and train the Pastry Cooks.
• Performs related duties as required. This position description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the shipboard employee occupying this position.
• Shipboard employees will be required to perform any other job-related duties assigned by their supervisor or management.

QUALIFICATION

• A minimum of two years' experience as a CDP Pastry in an upscale hotel, resort, cruise ship or convention banqueting service (shipboard experience preferred).
• Very strong management skills in a multicultural and dynamic environment.
• Very strong communication, problem solving, decision making, and interpersonal skills.
• Superior customer service, teambuilding, and conflict resolution skills.
• Knowledge of the principles and processes for providing personalized services including needs assessment techniques, quality service standards, alternative delivery systems, and guest satisfaction evaluation techniques.
• Strong planning, coaching, organizing, staffing, controlling, and evaluating skills.
• Intermediate computer software skills required.
• Possess a good understanding of basic accounting principles such as numbering flow, “Debits/Credits”, adjusting entries and corrections.
• Ability to write reports and business correspondence and to establish a good rapport with the ship’s Senior Officers and the corporate office.