Senior Pastry Chef: Plated Desserts & Menu Development

The Food and Beverage Group; Dubai; On-site; AED 167,000 - 257,000; Full time

Job summary

The Food and Beverage Group is seeking a technically strong Pastry Sous Chef / Senior Pastry Sous Chef – Desserts to join our Central Production Unit in Emirates Hills. This role focuses on plated desserts, dessert development, and maintaining high-quality pastry standards across a premium casual to fine-dining portfolio.

Responsibilities include leading dessert development, standardising recipes, and managing pass service with the Head Chef and front-of-house.

Qualifications

• Restaurant-pastry role focused on plated desserts and dessert development across premium casual to fine-dining environments.
• Must understand restaurant service: mise en place, speed, timing, consistency, pass communication.

Responsibilities

• Prepare, plate, and finish restaurant desserts to agreed recipes and standards across restaurant concepts.
• Contribute to creation and testing of modern plated desserts for permanent menus and seasonal updates.
• (Senior) Lead dessert development—design menus reflecting brand concept, cuisine, guest profile, service style, price point, and operation.
• (Senior) Own recipe packs, method sheets, component lists, plating guides, allergen information, costings, and yields.
• Support trials, tastings, and product reviews before recipes are approved for launch.
• Ensure desserts are practical for service, consistently executed, and margins protected.

Job description

The Food and Beverage Group is seeking a technically strong Pastry Sous Chef / Senior Pastry Sous Chef – Desserts to join our Central Production Unit in Emirates Hills. This role focuses on plated desserts, dessert development, and maintaining high-quality pastry standards across a premium casual to fine-dining portfolio.

Responsibilities include leading dessert development, standardising recipes, and managing pass service with the Head Chef and front-of-house.