Pastry Chef

Absolute Taste; Bicester; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company located in Bicester seeks a passionate Pastry Chef de Partie for its kitchen team. The role involves maintaining high food quality, ensuring cleanliness, managing stock, and the opportunity to participate in various catering events. Ideal candidates will have experience in pastry and possess a strong attention to detail in a busy kitchen environment.

Benefits

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Contributory Pension Scheme

24/7 health & well-being support

Qualifications

• Experience working as a Pastry chef in a fresh food background for at least a year.
• Experience in a restaurant environment.
• Enthusiastic and willing to contribute ideas to menus.

Responsibilities

• Work with the Head Pastry Chef to follow recipe specifications.
• Ensure food quality and cleanliness in the kitchen.
• Manage stock and equipment usage.

Skills

Attention to detail

Ability to work under pressure

Passion for food

Education

Pastry qualification

Job description

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We are looking for a passionate and dedicated Pastry Chefde Partie to become part of our Kitchen team at our state-of-the-art headquarters at Bicester, Oxfordshire.

Our ambition of keeping great food and attentive service at the heart of all we do is something we have always kept as a core value of Absolute Taste, this will never change. Working with the best seasonal ingredients to deliver the best quality is at the heart of everything we do.

Role Responsibilities:

· Working with the Head Pastry Chef and kitchen team following recipe specs.

· To clearly label and rotate stock including allergen information.

· To ensure that the food is of the highest possible standard.

· Working in an organised manner, and cleaning as you go. All areas should be clean and hygienic at all times.

· To ensure that all food is prepared, produced and packed on time.

· Learn to use and look after kitchen equipment such as the ice cream pasteuriser and machine.

· To help with stock management, cleaning fridges, rotating stock and stock counting.

· To always be dressed in the correct PPE for the working environment.

· To have a flexible attitude towards work. We cover production, weddings and outside catering events so the work is varied as well as the hours sometimes.

· Be prepared to work away on events occasionally. It can be a great opportunity to see a new part of the world. We cater for several international events.

· We would like someone who has a real interest in food and learning. Someone who is enthusiastic and willing to contribute ideas to menus.

· Our mission statement is ‘to be the best at what we do.’ Ultimately this is what we expect of all of our employees.

· To be a part of the team in a professional, proactive and motivational manner.

· To love what we do and enthusiastically contribute new and refreshing ideas to keep us at the forefront of creativity.

You must be:

· Passionate about great food with exceptional attention to detail.

· Able to work under pressure within a busy kitchen environment

· Experience working in Pastry in a restaurant or pastry qualification

· Experience working as a Pastry chef in a fresh food background for at least year

Working Hours - 07:30 to 17:00. Some weekends and evenings during event season.

· 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays) per annum

· Contributory Pension Scheme*

· 24/7 telephone health & well-being support & counselling service*

*T&Cs apply to all of the above

The above list is not exhaustive of all duties and responsibilities.