Pastry Chef

dnata catering; Gold Coast City; On-site; AUD 79,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free onsite parking

Meals provided

Uniforms

5 weeks annual leave

Job summary

dnata catering is seeking a Pastry Chef for our national bakery at Coolangatta Airport to join a busy, safety‑conscious kitchen that produces high quality international pastries for customer airlines.

The successful candidate will oversee creation and production of pastry items, supervise kitchen staff, and ensure hygiene and food safety standards are met in a fast-paced environment. A strong background in commercial kitchens is essential.

Qualifications

• Experience in producing high quality culinary items.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, open plan kitchen.
• Experience in large, multi-function venues or food manufacturing is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Maintain a kitchen environment with flair, creativity and consistent quality.
• Lead teams across food production and assembly.
• Ensure stock rotation to minimise waste and meet deadlines.
• Prioritise workloads to meet cold soak requirements and pickup times.
• Prepare complex, exotic dishes to specification.
• Provide feedback to improve production processes for better service.
• Supervise and train kitchen staff as required.
• Work to passenger load requirements and airline specs.
• Support menu development and presentation for customers.
• Comply with hygiene, safety, quality and performance standards.
• Adhere to dnata Food Safety, GMP, and HACCP requirements.

Skills

Food production

Team leadership

Culinary skills

Quality control

Education

Certificate III Commercial Cookery or higher qualifications

Job description

Elevate your career to a Higher Altitude!

Come join our national bakery team at Coolangatta Airport as a fulltime Pastry Chef.

At dnata catering & retail the sky's truly the limit!

AVIATION SUPPORT BUSINESS OF THE YEAR 2024

AUSTRALASIA'S AIRLINE CATERER OF THE YEAR 2025

We are looking for a motivated and enthusiastic Pastry Chef to join our busy national bakery. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in either food manufacturing and production, or large multi-function high end venues. We are looking for experience in producing consistent, high quality culinary items.

What does a typical day look like?

As one our Pastry Chef you will be working in a busy, open plan kitchen preparing & cooking various international hot & cold meals, for our customer airlines. This will also involve supervising other kitchen staff including Catering Attendants and Casual labour hire team members.

The successful candidate will be responsible for:

• Maintaining a kitchen environment that promises flair, creativity, and consistency in the quality of menu items with consistent taste and appearance.
• Being multi-skilled and leads teams in all areas of food production and assembly.
• Ensuring correct stock rotation is adhered to, ensuring minimal/no product wastage.
• Prioritizing and manages workload to meet cold soak requirements and pickup times.
• The preparation of complex, and exotic dishes to specification.
• Providing feedback regarding shortfalls in production process to improve process and exceed customer service expectations.
• Supervising and trains kitchen staff as required.
• Performing activities working to passenger load requirements and Airline specification.
• Participating in customer menu development and presentation.
• Complying with hygiene, safety, quality, customer service, right first time and performance standards.
• Complying with all dnata Food Safety requirements including Personal Hygiene, Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP), Food Handling and Storage Requirements.
• Complying with Customer and Legislative HACCP requirements.

What do you need to be successful in securing this role?

• Certificate III Commercial Cookery or higher qualifications is preferred or equivalent level of experience
• Passion & drive to deliver high quality food to our customers.
• Ability to work a 7-day rotating roster
• Strong attention to detail.
• Good organizational & time management skills.
• Must be motivated, hardworking & have a good attitude.
• Ability to work under pressure in a busy kitchen.
• Previous experience in a commercial kitchen environment preferred but not essential.
• Preparing, cooking and baking various dishes, pastries and desserts to required specifications.
• Applying varied and complex knife skills.
• As you will be working in the Aviation Services industry, you will be required to obtain a clear National Police Check.
• Availability to work 38 hours/week, as this role is a full-time permanent position.

What’s in it for you?

• Be part of a close knit & dedicated team that is committed to safety.
• Competitive pay rates and penalties.
• Free onsite parking, meals, and uniforms.
• 5 weeks Annual Leave.
• Tailored Novated Car Lease option available.
• Discounts at hundreds of retailers, discounted health insurance and wellbeing resources including online exercise classes.
• Guaranteed annual earnings of $79,499 to $85,000. + superannuation

About Us:

We are Australia’s largest and most admired inflight catering and retail partner. Specialising in inflight catering and retail and food manufacturing, our group of diverse brands enables us to deliver extensive service capabilities.

Chosen by many of the world’s top airlines, we operate 16 facilities across 12 cities and employ over 4,000 people who help us to produce over 64 million meals, and service more than 250,000 flights, each year.

Parent company dnata – part of the Emirates Group – is one of the world’s largest air services providers. Offering ground handling, cargo, travel, and inflight catering and retail services, dnata ensures the aviation industry operates smoothly and efficiently.

Want to know more about dnata catering and our global businesses? Visit our Australian careers websitehttps://dnatacateringcareers.com.au/ and watch a short video here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xqf4mvwm3E0

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