Head Pastry Chef

The Stafford London; London; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a distinguished five-star hotel as the Head Pastry Chef. Located in the heart of London, this role offers a dynamic culinary environment under the guidance of a Michelin-starred chef. You'll lead the pastry team to uphold excellence and creativity, while also enjoying comprehensive benefits.

Benefits

28 days holiday which increases with length of service

Choice of rewards and lifestyle benefits

Employee recognition programme

Referral Scheme: £1000 for referring a Chef

Interest free season ticket loan

50% Food and Beverage discount

Qualifications

• Experience in training and developing staff.
• Calm temperament under pressure.
• Self-motivated and flexible attitude.

Responsibilities

• Oversee quality and profitability of all pastry production.
• Ensure high standards in food production and service.
• Lead and motivate the pastry team.

Skills

Supervisory skills

Communication skills

Creativity

Education

Michelin Star background

Tools

MS Office

Job description

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The Stafford London, a distinguished five-star hotel in the
heart of St James’s, is seeking a creative, passionate and talented Head Pastry
Chef to join our Executive Head Chef and our exceptional culinary team.
Under the strategic guidance of two Michelin-starred chef Michael Caines MBE,
our kitchens reflect a refined approach to British and European cuisine,
blending tradition with innovation.

Located just moments from Green Park, Buckingham Palace, and
the vibrant West End, The Stafford offers an inspiring setting at the very
heart of London’s cultural and culinary scene.

This is a unique opportunity to be part of a dynamic,
forward-thinking culinary environment where excellence, creativity, and guest
experience are at the heart of everything we do. If you’re looking to elevate
your career in one of London’s most iconic luxury hotels—working alongside a
team inspired by one of the UK’s most celebrated chefs—we’d love to hear from
you.

About The Stafford London

Situated just off Piccadilly, in the heart of historic St
James’s, Mayfair, The Stafford London is one of the finest luxury5-star hotels
in the Capital. Alive with English character, it holds 5 AA Red Stars for its
excellence.

The Stafford London is ideally located for West End
theatres, dining, and shopping at Bond Street, Jermyn Street and Regent Street.
Green Park underground & Victoria Station are within walking distance.
Surrounded by art galleries and museums, the property is next to the royal
palaces and parks.

About the role, what will I be doing?

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To be totally responsible for the quality and
profitability of all pastry production within the Food & Beverage Operations.

·
To ensure that standards of both food production
and service are consistently high and that the agreed standards are maintained
and regularly tested and reviewed.

·
To ensure quality levels are consistently
maintained to the agreed levels, based on the guest feedback, both internally
and externally.

·
To maximise productivity and minimise poor
labour time.

·
To minimise waste of man hours through effective
Rostering.

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To ensure the Kitchen is always organised to
meet business demands, with particular attention being given to Food Costings
and payroll

·
To ensure that departmental targets are
communicated effectively to all other team members

·
To execute any weekly/monthly/seasonal changing
menus as required for the Restaurant.

·
To encourage the ethos of driving for results
ensuring quality is not compromised with the team

·
To be responsible for all food related stock
items and to order all food items in accordance with business levels and to
ensure that only agreed suppliers are utilised

·
To produce, in good time, all dishes to the
agreed specifications and profitability

·
To motivate the pastry team by being confident,
through your personality being dynamic and positive at all times, leading from
the front.

·
Promote a positive attitude and display the
ability to ‘make things happen’ to achieve or exceed anticipated results and
encourage the same in the team.

·
To develop recipe manuals/SOPs as new dishes and
menus are introduced.

·
To organise and execute regular taste panels
with Kitchen and Restaurant Team to underpin their existing Food and Beverage
knowledge

·
To carry out training with your own team to
continually improve the skill base of the kitchen brigade.

·
To recruit and select the pastry team as
required.

·
To implement and review the effectiveness of all
Food Hygiene Practises and procedures.

·
Be responsible for daily inspection of the
physical aspects of all kitchen areas, cold rooms and equipment and report any
defects immediately for Maintenance.

·
To be compliant within the Kitchen with Legal,
Government and Company Policies relating to, Fire, Health and Safety procedures

·
To be responsible for ensuring all
administrative work is completed in a timely manner

·
To carry out any reasonable tasks requested by
the Senior Management.

Who are we looking for?

·
Strong people supervisory and communication
skills

·
Creative, Innovative, with Flair for Pastry

·
Michelin Star background preferred

·
Knowledge of MS office to a good level

·
Knowledge and working experience with menu
development and writing

·
Flexible in working hours and shifts

·
Discreet and able to work with confidential
issues

·
Calm temperament whilst working under pressure

·
Excellent leadership, interpersonal and
communication skills

·
High level of verbal and written English

·
Experience in training and developing staff

·
Self-motivated and flexible attitude

·
Can manage time and deadlines

Our Benefits includes:

• 28
  days holiday which increases with length of service to a maximum of 33
  days
• A
  choice of rewards and lifestyle benefits
• Employee
  recognition programme
• Referral
  Scheme: £1000 for referring a Chef, £500 for other permanent
  position(terms and conditions applies)
• Interest
  free season ticket loan
• 50%
  Food and Beverage discount in our venues

If the role sounds like something you would enjoy doing and
you are excited about our hotel and the team than we would love to get to know
you!

Please apply now, we are looking forward to receiving your
application.

The successful candidate must already have eligibility to work in the UK.