Executive Pastry Chef

21c Museum Hotels; Municipality of Jasper; On-site; CAD 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A luxury adventure hotel in Jasper, Alberta is seeking a Pastry Chef to lead the pastry kitchen and ensure service excellence. This role involves managing the operations, collaborating with culinary teams, and maintaining high food safety standards. The ideal candidate should have strong leadership skills, a passion for food, and relevant certifications. This position offers an exciting environment to thrive while working with local products and culinary trends.

Benefits

Subsidized staff accommodation assistance

Complimentary meal per shift

Employee travel program with discounts

Access to Mountain Explorer Travel Program

Comprehensive wellness platform

Discounts on food & beverage outlets

Colleague Lifestyle Program

Opportunity to grow within the company

Qualifications

• Experience managing in a unionized environment is considered an asset.
• Practical understanding of productivity and labor cost.
• Ability to physically perform the duties of the Pastry Chef.

Responsibilities

• Lead the day to day operations of the pastry kitchen.
• Oversee the entirety of the Pastry department.
• Manage the departmental budget through purchasing and inventory.
• Develop and implement menu design and strategies.
• Maintain food safety and sanitation protocols.

Skills

Passion for cuisine

Organizational skills

Communication skills

Ability to work in a fast-paced environment

Interpersonal skills

Problem-solving abilities

Self-motivated and detail-oriented

Education

Interprovincial Red Seal or equivalent certification

Food Safe level 1 or VIHA recognized equivalent certification

Tools

Microsoft Office applications

Job description

Company Description

Experience luxury, adventure, and the great outdoors at Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge—where the stunning Canadian Rockies are your backyard. Take your career to new heights while surrounded by breathtaking landscapes, world-class hospitality, and endless opportunities to explore. This is more than just a job—it’s a chance to live, work, and thrive in a place like no other. Join us and make every day an unforgettable adventure!

Job Description

What you will be doing:

• Lead the day to day operations of the pastry kitchen, through an active presence on the floor, leading your teams to deliver service excellence
• In collaboration with the other culinary leaders; oversee the entirety of the Pastry department. Banqueting, Outlets, Staff Cafeteria
• Effectively participate in managing the departmental budget through purchasing, inventory management, pricing, and labor cost
• Drive revenue and profit through the development and implementation of menu design, strategies, practices and promotions.
• Maintain food safety and sanitation of the pastry kitchen, through industry leading food safety protocols.
• Highly involved in sourcing products and building relationships with local vendors
• Represent the JPL at external events
• Collaborate with other departments to ensure effective operation of the hotel, and exceptional guest experiences
• Train and lead the pastry team, ensuring they have the skills, training and tools to deliver world class culinary experiences
• Take an active role with FOH leaders to ensure service colleagues are knowledgeable about the dessert menu and can speak with guests comfortably about menu items, ingredients, and techniques.
• Personally engage with clients and guests, ensuring exceptional culinary experiences
• Take initiative to ensure guest satisfaction metrics are met or exceeded, responding personally to guest feedback for pastry related items
• Participate in the recruitment and onboarding of new colleagues
• Promote the growth and development of internal talent
• Pro-actively participate in colleague engagement initiatives
• Adhere to all Company policies, procedures and values
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

Your skills and qualifications include:

• Demonstrated passion for cuisine, guest experience and colleague engagement
• Retail experience will be a strong asset
• Garde Manger experience recommended
• A strong understanding of local food products and current culinary & pastry trends
• Experience managing in a unionized environment is considered an asset
• Food Safe level 1 or VIHA recognized equivalent certification
• Interprovincial Red Seal or equivalent certification
• Proven organizational skills; managing multiple outlet environment
• Self-motivated, detail oriented, excellent work ethic with a high degree of responsibility
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Computer literate; well versed in Microsoft Office applications
• Proven ability to work in a fast-paced, customer service driven environment
• A team player with the ability to train, coach, build relationships and motivate employees.
• Practical understanding of productivity and labor cost
• Versed on calculation of food cost; Experience with conducting food inventories and understanding of inventory turn-over
• Understanding of safe work practices and initiatives to reduce or eliminate accidents
• Proven ability to drive revenues and profit, without sacrificing colleague and customer experiences
• Strong interpersonal and problem solving abilities
• Ability to taste all food products
• Ability to physically perform the duties of the Pastry Chef

Additional Information

Visa Requirements: Must be legally eligible to work in Canada. The hotel is unable to assist candidates in obtaining Canadian work authorization.

Job Perks & Benefits:

• Subsidized staff accommodation assistance provided
• One complimentary meal per shift in our staff cafeteria
• Employee travel program with discounts on room rates as well as on food & beverage at Fairmont & Accor properties world-wide
• Access to the Mountain Explorer Travel Program – exclusive room rates for colleagues, which includes 50% off all food & beverage when staying at Fairmont Resorts in Banff, Lake Louise & Whistler (subject to availability)
• Comprehensive wellness platform for employee mental health and wellbeing support
• Discounts while using our resort’s Food & Beverage Outlets, Fitness Centre, and Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge Golf Course
• Automatically added to our resort’s Colleague Lifestyle Program which includes access to staff activities and events
• Opportunity to develop your talent and grow within Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge and over 5,000 properties with Accor

We encourage you to let us know if you require any accommodations through the application or recruitment process, and we will work with you to meet your needs. Persons who anticipate needing accommodations for any part of the application or interview process may contact, in confidence: [e-mail]

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