Senior Pastry Sous Chef – Cakes & Sweet Bakery Lead

The-Food-; United Arab Emirates; On-site; AED 300,000 - 420,000; Full time

Job summary

The-Food- is actively seeking a commercially astute Senior Pastry Sous Chef (Cake & Sweet Bakery) to lead development, scale production, and ensure quality across multiple sites. You will manage end-to-end cake production, from sponge to finishing, while driving cost, shelf-life, and display standards.

You will supervise a team, standardise recipes, and develop seasonal ranges for premium cafés, cake shops, and CPU operations within the UAE market.

Qualifications

• 6-9+ years’ pastry experience within premium cafés, bakeries, patisseries, cake shops, hotels, restaurant groups, or high-volume pastry production environments.
• 2–3 years’ senior pastry leadership role, such as Senior CDP, Pastry Sous Chef, Senior Pastry Chef, or equivalent.
• Strong end-to-end expertise in premium cake production and related sweet bakery items.

Responsibilities

• Lead development, production, assembly, decoration, finishing, and quality control of premium cakes.
• Supervise layer cakes, loaf cakes, cheesecakes, cupcakes, traybakes, retail cakes, and seasonal ranges.
• Create recipes, costings, and standardised processes for scalable CPU and multi-site production.
• Train and coach pastry team to maintain high quality, hygiene, and portion control.
• Ensure premium display, packaging, and shelf-life standards for retail and cafe environments.

Skills

Pastry leadership

High-volume production

Cake development

Recipe costing

Food safety/HACCP

Team training

GCC/UAE experience

Premium cakes

Job description

The-Food- is actively seeking a commercially astute Senior Pastry Sous Chef (Cake & Sweet Bakery) to lead development, scale production, and ensure quality across multiple sites. You will manage end-to-end cake production, from sponge to finishing, while driving cost, shelf-life, and display standards.

You will supervise a team, standardise recipes, and develop seasonal ranges for premium cafés, cake shops, and CPU operations within the UAE market.