Head Pastry Chef

Hospitality & Catering Solutions; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 64,000; Full time

Job summary

A luxury hotel in Central London is seeking a talented Head Pastry Chef to oversee the pastry operation across its high-end outlets. This role involves the full responsibility for creating desserts, sweets, and celebration cakes from a dedicated pastry lab. The ideal candidate will have experience from luxury hotels or high-end restaurants, possess strong leadership qualities, and be committed to maintaining high quality and consistency across all menus.

Benefits

Competitive salary package of £64,000

State of the art kitchens

Team of 6 in pastry

100% cooking from scratch

Qualifications

• Experienced Head Pastry Chef from luxury hotels or high-end restaurants.
• Strong leadership qualities to manage and inspire a small team.
• Excellent knowledge of modern and classical pastry techniques.

Responsibilities

• Full responsibility for pastry production across all outlets within the property.
• Creation and execution of desserts, sweets, amenities and celebration cakes.
• Daily management of the pastry lab, ensuring efficiency and high standards.

Skills

Leadership

Pastry techniques

Quality control

Innovation

Job description

Job Title: Head Pastry Chef

Our client is an exclusive luxury five-star luxury hotel in the heart of Central London. We are actively shortlisting for a talented Head Pastry Chef to oversee the pastry operation across multiple high-end outlets within a flagship London property. This role carries full responsibility for the creation and production of desserts, sweets, amenities and cakes, delivered from a dedicated pastry lab.

Head Pastry Chef benefits:

• Completive salary package of £64,000 per annum – basic/tronc included.
• State of the art kitchens!
• Team of 6 in pastry.
• modern British/European (refined)
• 100% cooking from scratch – no corners cut.
• EGO free kitchen – zero tolerance to any abusive or anti-social behaviour.

Head Pastry Responsibility:

• Full responsibility for pastry production across all outlets within the property.
• Creation and execution of desserts, sweets, amenities and celebration cakes.
• Daily management of the pastry lab, ensuring efficiency, organisation and immaculate standards.
• Training, mentoring and developing the pastry team.
• Maintaining consistency, quality and brand standards across all menus.
• Driving innovation, seasonality and menu development in collaboration with senior culinary leadership.

Ideal Candidate Profile:

• Experienced Head Pastry Chef from luxury hotels or high-end restaurants.
• Strong leadership qualities with the ability to manage and inspire a small team.
• Excellent knowledge of modern and classical pastry techniques.
• Proven ability to deliver high-volume, high-quality production.
• Creative, calm under pressure and committed to excellence.