Pastry Commis II - Craft Elegant Desserts & Learn

The First Group Hospitality; Dubai Emirate; On-site; AED 100,000 - 145,000; Full time

Job summary

The First Group Hospitality, based in Dubai, seeks an experienced pastry/bakery professional to join its culinary team. You will prepare and oversee production, train junior staff, and ensure recipes and safety standards are followed for consistent guest experiences.

With a focus on quality, HACCP compliance, and efficient station management, you will collaborate with chefs and supervisors to maintain high service levels in a dynamic hospitality setting.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2+ years experience in pastry/bakery essential.
• Demonstrates initiative at all times.
• Strong desire to improve skills and knowledge.
• Ability to prepare and serve hot and cold items.
• Capable of delivering work before deadlines.
• Basic knowledge of kitchen tools and utensils.
• Knowledge of basic food hygiene is preferred.
• Develop and maintain positive working relationships with others.
• Maintain high personal appearance and hygiene and hotel grooming standards.
• Provide friendly, courteous, professional service.

Responsibilities

• Review daily production sheets with demi or chef de partie or junior sous chef.
• Prepare, and when required, delegate the production of the necessary food items in accordance with standards in a timely & efficient fashion to ensure that there is no interruption to guests service.
• Actively participates in training of culinary skill to junior talent and apprentices.
• Adhere to standardized recipes and specifications in order to maintain consistency and ensure all standards are met.
• Keeps work station clean and organized including, but not limited to fridges, freezers, counter tops and stove tops.
• Ensures that station opening and closing procedures are carried out to standard.
• Keep over-production and food waste to a minimum, ensures proper rotation, labelling and storing of food in order to reduce food cost expenses.
• Ensure Stock Rotation (FIFO) is practiced.
• Operate all kitchen equipment and conduct them with safety in mind at all times.
• Ensures that all the food products are handled, stored, prepared and labelled properly and served safely in accordance with hotel and government food safety guidelines.
• Report any and all deficiencies in kitchen equipment functionality and quality of food products to chef de partie or sous chef in a timely fashion.
• Compliance with all safety regulations of assigned tasks, and ensure a clean and safe working environment with active participation in the hotel health and safety program.
• Adhere to all environment policies and programs as required.
• Other reasonable duties as required.
• Briefing with talent on new happenings and follow up.
• Monitor delivery and delegate to arrange accordingly.
• Ensure cleaning schedule is followed.
• Always do the line check
• Kitchen log book to be filled out.
• Run the section with great confidence and sense of urgency.
• Ensure full liaison with other members of the section and the kitchen team.
• Strong communication with the chef de partie of the section.
• Key relationship with the executive chef and sous chefs.
• Daily data collection and reporting of issues as they arise.
• Dried goods and other food related items to be stored properly.
• Understand and apply the principal of HACCP program.

Skills

Pastry & Bakery

Initiative

Self-motivated

Time management

Kitchen tools

Food hygiene

Teamwork

Professional appearance

Customer service

Job description

The First Group Hospitality, based in Dubai, seeks an experienced pastry/bakery professional to join its culinary team. You will prepare and oversee production, train junior staff, and ensure recipes and safety standards are followed for consistent guest experiences.

With a focus on quality, HACCP compliance, and efficient station management, you will collaborate with chefs and supervisors to maintain high service levels in a dynamic hospitality setting.