Executive Pastry Lead — Shipboard Bakery Mastery

Silversea; France; Sur place; EUR 60 000 - 85 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Silversea is seeking a Pastry Chef to lead shipboard pastry and bakery operations across all meals, events, and crew mess, ensuring high quality and cost-efficiency.

You will supervise, train, and develop a small pastry team, maintain sanitation and health standards, and coordinate with Executive Chef while complying with STCW95 and international hospitality norms.

This role requires 4+ years in a pastry leadership position in international five-star settings.

Qualifications

• Extensive knowledge of international pastry and bakery practices.
• Ability to plan and execute high-quality showpieces and themed pastry displays.
• Strong focus on guest satisfaction and dietary accommodation.
• Proven leadership and team development in a busy pastry environment.

Responsabilités

• Manage and oversee pastry and bakery production across meals and events.
• Prepare showpieces for buffets and demonstrations; coordinate pastry displays.
• Accommodate dietary requirements and allergies with advanced baking skills.
• Assist with menu planning, maintain recipe manuals, and monitor production quality.
• Anticipate food counts, manage requisitions and inventory to minimize waste.
• Supervise and train pastry staff to build skills and hospitality focus.
• Enforce sanitation, health inspections readiness, and temperature logging.
• Monitor staff hours to control overtime per regulations.
• Communicate operational matters to Executive Chef and Sous Chef.

Connaissances

International cuisine expertise

Advanced pastry & baking fundamentals

Attention to detail

Awareness of culinary trends

Formation

STCW95 certification

Description du poste

Silversea is seeking a Pastry Chef to lead shipboard pastry and bakery operations across all meals, events, and crew mess, ensuring high quality and cost-efficiency.

You will supervise, train, and develop a small pastry team, maintain sanitation and health standards, and coordinate with Executive Chef while complying with STCW95 and international hospitality norms.

This role requires 4+ years in a pastry leadership position in international five-star settings.