Pastry Chef - Bath

THE PIG Hotels (Home Grown Hotels); Bath; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited staff stays

35% food & beverage discount

Meals on duty

Chef whites provided

Annual leave up to 33 days

Take-home goods (cost price)

Help@Hand GP access

Private health

Critical illness cover

Death in service

Learning & development courses

Job summary

The Pig Pastry Chef role at THE PIG Hotels (Home Grown Hotels) offers a unique opportunity to work with ingredients sourced from our onsite kitchen garden and trusted local suppliers, crafting menus that change daily with the seasons.

You will lead the pastry section in a fast-paced, energetic kitchen and mentor junior staff and apprentices, engaging with gardeners, dairies and farmers to plan modern British desserts. Enthusiasm and passion are essential.

Qualifications

• Experience leading a pastry section.
• Proven ability to mentor junior staff and apprentices.

Responsibilities

• Manage the pastry section on a busy kitchen.
• Lead and develop junior pastry staff.
• Mentor apprentices and inspire the team.
• Collaborate with gardeners and local suppliers to source seasonal ingredients.

Skills

People management

Team leadership

Job description

A Pastry Chef role at THE PIG is like no other. We use local suppliers within a 25-mile radius, source majority of our own produce from our onsite kitchen garden in order to to create our menus, which change daily. Our Chefs are passionate and above all driven to provide our guests with an unforgettable dining experience, creativity is what we do best. Our pastry chefs are chatty people, having constant conversations with the gardeners, local dairies, and farmers about what is available and what is in season. Our kitchens are fast paced and energetic, which is what we look for in an individual. Come with enthusiasm, your knives and a bucketful of passion and we can help you develop the rest. As a PIG Pastry Chef, you will work within a small team and manage the pastry section. You will be responsible for the junior staff on the section, so good people management skills are needed. We want our Pastry Chefs to be as passionate and enthusiastic about modern British food and classic desserts as we are.

We run an award-winning apprenticeship programme, as a Pastry Sous Chef you will take an active role in leading, teaching and inspiring the apprentices. We're seeking a Pastry Chef with confidence and ability to support a dynamic team. Our Chefs can experience what we offer at more than one of our properties. We are dedicated to making THE PIGs an inspiring, exciting, and fun place to work and in return for your commitment to us you can expect something a little different:

• Work with a reputable people led business where PIG values sit at the forefront of what we do
• Unlimited staff stays - free B&B across all our properties
• 35% discount on food, beverages & treatments.
• Meals on duty.
• Fresh chef whites, daily
• Annual holiday increase (up to 33 days)
• Take home goods - cost price.
• Free access for you and your family to an on-demand GP, Physiotherapy, and counselling services through Help@Hand.
• Private Health
• Critical Illness cover
• Death in service cover
• A range of learning & development courses.
• Trips and incentives
• Anniversary vouchers - dinner with wine for 2.
• We're growing, so plenty of opportunity to progress