Pastry Chef de Partie

The Alexander Hotel Collection; East Grinstead; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 33,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

4 weeks holiday rising to 5 weeks with

8 Bank holidays

Free car parking

Employee uniform

Discounted hotel stays

Spa discounts

Discount on food & beverage

Refer a friend staff scheme

Job summary

The Alexander House Hotel & Utopia Spa, Turners Hill near East Grinstead, is seeking a Pastry Chef de Partie to join a 3 Rosette kitchen in a busy brigade. You will work with 3 full-time and 2 part-time pastry chefs to craft house-made breads, desserts, pastries for our restaurants and banqueting events.

Based at Alexander House in Turners Hill, the role offers £30,000 per annum, 45-hour weeks with paid overtime, monthly service charge, and 4 weeks holiday rising with service, plus a range of

Qualifications

• Experience in a quality pastry environment required.
• Ability to work under pressure in a busy kitchen.
• Creative flair for desserts and afternoon tea items.
• Experience in banqueting and wedding cake production.
• Stock control and ordering experience.
• Excellent team player with leadership potential.

Responsibilities

• Produce plated desserts to Rosette standards with consistency.
• Assist in designing and updating pastry menus for restaurant and banqueting.
• Oversee pastry station and supervise junior staff.
• Assist with stock control and ordering.
• Help deliver high-quality pastries for weddings and events.

Job description

Pastry Chef de Partie

Alexander House Hotel & Utopia Spa, East Street, Turners Hill, East Grinstead, Turners Hill, East Grinstead, West Sussex, RH10 4QD

£30,000 per annum + monthly service charge payment + 45 hrs per week with paid overtime

• 4 weeks holiday rising to 5 weeks with service


• 8 Bank holidays


• Free car parking


• Employee uniform

In addition you will benefit from a range of company benefits including:

• Discounted hotel accommodation for yourself and your family at all hotels


• Discounted hair treatments at our two Utopia Spas


• Discount off all food & beverage at all hotels


• Discount of individual treatments booked in our two Utopia Spas


• Discount on retail products in our two Utopia Spas


• Refer a friend staff recruitment scheme


• In additional you will enjoy a range of other benefits when you celebrate your 1 yr, 3 yr and 5 yr anniversary including; your birthday off paid, complimentary overnight stays, complimentary lunch/afternoon tea and service related holiday

The Place

Alexander House Hotel & Utopia Spa, part of Alexander Hotels a private group of quality hotels of distinction just outside London.

5 Red Star, Award winning Utopia Spa, 58 bedrooms including the new luxury Cedar Lodge development and a 2-bedroom self-contained Gatehouse are available for guests.

2 Award winning restaurants, Reflections Restaurant (2 Rosettes x 60 covers), AG's Restaurant (3 Rosettes x 38 covers) together with a range of conference and banqueting and private dining rooms catering for 8 to 95 guests.

Please see our website for a full list of facilities and also to see sample menus for our restaurants and lounge operations.

The Role

Join our Head Pastry Chef working in a team of 3 full time and 2 part time Chefs in this 3 Rosette kitchen. The kitchen brigade is made up of 22 chefs and 5 kitchen porters so there is a great team to support you.

You will be part of a team creating all dishes fresh in-house from bread to ice-cream and celebration cakes, desserts for our restaurants and banqueting events together with pastries, cakes, scones for our afternoon tea guests. Great variety and freedom to delight our guests.

You will support the Head Pastry Chef with;

• Ordering and stock control


• Designing menu items for afternoon tea, restaurant as well as banqueting menus


• Producing plated desserts for all menus to 2 & 3 Rosette standard.


• Supervision of pastry team to achieve consistent standards.

The business is varied offering catering for Spa Guests, Leisure clients, Local guests as well as corporate, conference and banqueting function guests. Alexander House is a popular wedding venue with weddings taking place in the Shelley Suite as well as in the private Wedding Garden.

Requirements – Chef De Partie Pastry

The ideal candidate would be someone who has worked in a quality environment and is now seeking a CDP pastry role capable of sharing responsibility for the Pastry section.

• Demonstrate during a trial shift the practical ability to be able to produce plated desserts to 3 Rosette standard.


• Demonstrate flair and creativity to build on the successful afternoon tea menu.


• Hold the experience to manage the multi menu requirements and banqueting operation.


• Ability to control stocks efficiently and to produce quality menu items achieving GP%


• Quality experience in a fresh food environment


• The passion and drive to contribute to the future success of the kitchen brigade who continue to develop award winning dishes.

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