Pastry Chef

Champneys; Buxton; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 33,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health & Wellness incentives

Digital fitness programmes

Complimentary Spa Day on probation

Discounted stays for you and family

50% discount on Champneys products

Free parking

Job summary

Champneys in Buxton is seeking a talented Pastry Chef to produce high-quality pastries and desserts. You will work closely with the Head Chef to deliver a premium, guest-focused offering across services.

You should bring creativity, pastry passion and a commitment to presentation and hygiene, contributing ideas and maintaining the brigade's standards. A luxury wellness environment awaits with excellent staff benefits.

Qualifications

• Proven pastry experience in a professional kitchen.
• Passion for pastry, desserts and presentation.
• Creative and detail-oriented with a keen eye for quality.

Responsibilities

• Create exceptional desserts and pastry items using seasonal ingredients.
• Manage your section to maintain high standards and efficiency.
• Contribute new menu ideas focused on indulgence and wellbeing.
• Ensure luxury, guest-ready presentation at all times.
• Maintain food hygiene and safety practices.
• Assist with stock control, ordering and waste reduction.
• Collaborate with kitchen and front-of-house teams.
• Keep the kitchen clean, organized and safe.

Skills

Pastry expertise

Chef de Partie pastry focus

Creativity & presentation

Job description

Buxton Crescent

Contract: Full Time

Salary: £30,000 per annum plus tips

This is a fantastic opportunity for a talented Pastry Chef who loves combining creativity with precision. You’ll be responsible for producing high-quality pastry and dessert dishes, ensuring everything served is both visually stunning and perfectly balanced.

Working closely with the Head Chef and kitchen team, you’ll contribute ideas, maintain high standards, and help deliver a consistent, premium offering across all services.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Creating exceptional desserts and pastry items using fresh, seasonal ingredients
• Managing your section of the kitchen efficiently and to a consistently high standard
• Contributing new ideas for menus, with a focus on both indulgence and wellbeing
• Ensuring presentation is always to a luxury, guest-ready standard
• Maintaining excellent food hygiene and safety practices at all times
• Supporting stock control, ordering and minimising waste
• Working collaboratively with the wider kitchen and front-of-house teams
• Playing an active role in maintaining a clean, organised and safe kitchen environment

What We’re Looking For

• Experience as a Pastry Chef or strong Chef de Partie with a pastry focus
• A genuine passion for pastry, desserts and presentation
• Creativity and attention to detail

  What Makes This Role Special

  • A unique opportunity to work within a luxury wellness brand
  • A focus on quality, creativity and guest experience – not volume production
  • The chance to develop your skills in a supportive and professional brigade
  • An environment where your ideas and input are valued

  Being the iconic wellbeing brand that we are you should expect benefits that match our simple vision; to make you feel happier and healthier inside and out.

  Not only will you work in great company you will also have access to the following:

  • Health, Wellness and Wellbeing incentives
  • Digital fitness programmes
  • Nutrition guides and recipes
  • Self-Guided meditation
  • Wellbeing podcasts
  • Champneys experiences (such an overnight stay or an ultimate spa day experience)
  • App for all schedules, timesheets, annual leave and all the important things you need at your fingertips.
  • In house social media connecting our Champneys Family
  • Employee Assistance Programme, offering counselling sessions and legal advice if required, other perks such as shopping discounts and financial support to list a few benefits.
  • Motivating, rewarding and engaging colleague events.
  • Discounted stays for you, your friends and family at any of our properties.
  • Complimentary Spa Day on completion of your probationary period.
  • 50% discount on all Champneys products.
  • Great discounts on our partner products Elemis and Clarins.
  • Discounted membership to our exceptional health clubs.
  • Merlin Entertainments Attraction.
  • Introduce a friend incentive.
  • Long Service celebrations.
  • Free parking [Eastwell Manor, Forest Mere, Henlow, Mottram Hall, Springs, Tring and the College only].
  • Professional Uniform.