Production Pastry Chef

"BD SELECT"; Dubai; On-site; AED 167,400 - 256,680; Full time

Job summary

BD SELECT in Dubai is seeking a senior pastry production lead to manage daily high-volume central kitchen operations supplying multiple outlets.

You will scale recipes, supervise the pastry team, control costs, and ensure HACCP and Dubai Municipality food safety compliance while driving product quality and consistency. The role requires 5+ years of central kitchen experience, a culinary qualification, and the ability to work in a fast-paced, temperature-controlled environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in pastry with central kitchen/high-volume experience (essential).
• Proficient in batch production and standardized recipes.
• Culinary/pastry qualification and food-safety certification.

Responsibilities

• Lead daily high-volume pastry production across outlets.
• Ensure quality, portioning, and shelf-life compliance.
• Train and supervise pastry team; manage schedules.
• Develop new products for central production.

Skills

Batch production

Central kitchen

Team leadership

Cost control

Education

Culinary/pastry qualification

Tools

Ovens

Mixers

Blast chillers

Job description

Job Purpose

Lead the daily high-volume pastry and bakery production of a central kitchen supplying multiple outlets (restaurants, cafés, hotels, retail, catering). Deliver consistent quality at scale, on schedule, within cost and full compliance with UAE / Dubai Municipality food safety standards.

Key Responsibilities

Production & planning

• Plan and execute daily/weekly production schedules based on outlet orders and forecasts.
• Produce the full pastry range at volume: viennoiserie, laminated dough, entremets, cakes, desserts, breads, plated components, frozen/chilled semi‑finished products.
• Scale recipes accurately for batch production; maintain standardized recipes, gram‑weight specs and yields.
• Operate and manage central‑kitchen equipment: deck/rack/convection ovens, sheeters/laminators, planetary mixers, blast chillers/freezers, tempering machines, depositors.

Quality & consistency

• Guarantee identical product quality across every batch and every outlet.
• Enforce portioning, weight, finishing and packaging standards.
• Manage shelf life, blast‑chilling, freezing, labelling and cold‑chain integrity for distribution.

Food safety & compliance

• Apply and maintain HACCP‑based food safety management; act as/support the Person In Charge (PIC) per Dubai Municipality Foodwatch requirements.
• Ensure temperature logs, traceability, allergen control, FIFO, hygiene and sanitation standards are fully respected.

Cost & inventory

• Control food cost, portion cost and waste; monitor yields and variance.
• Manage stock, ordering, supplier goods receiving and inventory rotation.

Team

• Supervise, train and schedule the pastry production team (chefs de partie, commis, helpers).
• Assign stations, monitor productivity and maintain discipline and morale.

R&D

• Develop and standardize new products for central production and roll‑out to outlets.

Requirements

• 5+ years in pastry, with proven central kitchen / high‑volume central production experience (essential).
• Strong background in batch production, recipe scaling and standardized‑recipe systems.
• Culinary/pastry qualification.
• Valid Dubai Municipality PIC / food safety certification (or ability to obtain); HACCP knowledge essential.
• Solid understanding of cost control, yields and cold‑chain / distribution logistics.
• Able to work in a fast‑paced, high‑output, temperature‑controlled environment; physically fit; flexible on early/shift hours.
• UAE experience preferred.