Pastry Chef

L'Eto Group; Greater London; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

L’ETO Group in the United Kingdom is hiring a Pastry Chef to join our growing café and restaurant network. You will produce pastries and desserts, following our recipes to ensure consistency and quality across stores and direct-to-customer orders.

The ideal candidate has at least 2 years in a pastry kitchen, experience with high-volume production and luxury food products, and a passion for creative cake decoration.

Qualifications

• At least 2 years experience in a pastry kitchen or bakery.
• Experience in a high-volume food production environment.
• Experience with luxury food products.
• Food Hygiene certification is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Follow recipes to create pastries, cookies and other baked goods.
• Prepare a wide variety of desserts, pastries, and sweet goods.
• Responsible for producing high volumes of products.
• Decorate cakes professionally and creatively.
• Assist in developing new cake designs for our website.
• Take onboard instructions from bakery leadership, providing decorating/size/packaging recommendations.
• Maintain cleanliness and organize the kitchen according to food safety regulations.

Skills

Pastry production

Dessert decoration

Quality control

High-volume production

Food safety

Education

Food Hygiene certificate

Job description

Job title: Pastry Chef

Salary: £32,000 - £34,000

Hours: 40 per week

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The Opportunity

We have an exciting opportunity available for a new Pastry Chef to join our business!

Here at L’ETO Group, we take great pride in our internal development. Most of our leaders have developed into their roles with us. This is a key part of what we are about.

Due to business growth, we have an exciting opportunity for you to join our business and help us achieve greatness.

Who are L’ETO Group I hear you ask?

L’ETO Group is a renowned brand known for delivering exceptional culinary experiences through our chain of cafes and restaurants. We pride ourselves on offering high-quality products and creating memorable experiences for our customers. Our commitment to excellence and innovation has positioned us as a leader in the food and beverage industry. Starting as a bright café in Soho, London, L’ETO has transformed into an all-day dining restaurant with 40 branches in 7 countries including the UK, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Kuwait, Qatar and Jordan.

We have 6 essential focuses to our business that we live and breathe every day:

• Unique Product - We believe in our product. It is unique and ideal for our customer base. We pride ourselves in having unique teams too, where everyone is welcome and given opportunity to grow with us
• Open Communication - We believe in being open and honest when we communicate. We avoid politics where possible and are always open to feedback from our teams
• Continuous Learning - Every day is a school day! We believe in continuously learning from each other and from our experiences
• Opportunities to Grow - We are a growing business! This gives our teams a great opportunity to grow their career with us
• Multinational Enthusiastic Team - We hire people from all backgrounds and have a very healthy, diverse mixture of people from many different backgrounds. We truly believe this supports better performance and growth as a business
• Financial Wealth - We perform well as a business and we like to invest our profits into our business growth and our teams. There are ample opportunities to earn bonus and TRONC for all roles

Now let’s talk about your role…

Are you a hands‑on baker or pastry chef waiting for your opportunity to really flex your creativity and skills set?

Our Pastry Chefs are tasked with ensuring our products are supplied to our stores and direct to our customers at the highest quality – We’re famous for our cake quality here!

• Following recipes to create pastries, cookies and other baked goods.
• Preparing a wide variety of delicious desserts, pastries, and sweet goods.
• Responsible for producing high volumes of products.
• Decorating cakes professionally and creatively.
• Ensuring Quality standards and support to develop new design of cakes for our website.
• Taking onboard instructions from our bakery leadership team, providing recommendations on cake decorations, sizes and packaging.
• Maintaining the cleanliness and organise the kitchen according to food safety regulations.

Essential Experience:

• At least 2-years experience working in a Pastry Kitchen or Bakery as a baker or pastry chef
• You’ve worked in a high volume food production environment
• You have worked with luxury food products

It would be even better (but not essential) if:

• You have up to date Food Hygiene certification