Pastry Chef de Partie

DDH Recruitment Ltd; Sidmouth; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Accommodation provided

Job summary

DDH Recruitment Ltd is seeking a Pastry Chef for a luxury hotel in Sidmouth, Devon. You will lead all bakery duties in the hotel kitchen, design the dessert menu with the head chef, and create unique desserts for the restaurant.

You will manage stock, train new chefs, and support other departments as needed, while maintaining strict cleanliness and safety standards and ensuring staff dress code is observed. Experience in a hotel to a high standard and 1 Rosette experience are essential.

Qualifications

• Experience in a hotel kitchen to a very high standard using fresh ingredients.
• 1 Rosette experience is essential.

Responsibilities

• You will be in charge of all baking duties in the kitchen.
• Design the restaurant's dessert menu with the head chef.
• Maintain stock levels and inform management when running low.
• Train new chefs and assist other departments when needed.
• Ensure cleanliness, safety and dress standards are observed in your area.
• Create unique desserts exclusive to the restaurant.

Skills

Dessert design

Dessert menu development

Inventory management

Staff training

Food safety

Job description

Workplace description: This hotel is one of the leading luxury hotels in Devon and the West Country. Standing in five acres of beautifully landscaped grounds it overlooks Sidmouth bay, and it's just a short stroll from the centre of this elegant resort town. The hotel offers you first-class cuisine. Each day our chefs select the freshest ingredients sourced wherever possible from trusted Devon suppliers to create delicious table d'hôte and a la carte menus that will surprise and delight you.

The luxurious en-suite bedrooms are beautifully furnished, and most have private balconies facing south with exceptional sea views of the beautiful Sidmouth seafront.

Main duties and responsibilities: You will be in charge of all the baking duties in the kitchen of the restaurant

Will have to design the dessert menu of the restaurant along with the head chef and should be able to make all the desserts on it

Will provide variety to the customers regarding the desserts and change the menu after a while

Will have to look after the inventory of your department and inform the manager if you are running out

Will have to train any other new chefs that are hired by the management

You will also have to help out in other departments if they are short on man power

You will be responsible to look after the cleanliness and the safety of your station

Will have to maintain all the cleanliness standards required and make sure your subordinates are also dressed accordingly

Inventing new desserts of your own that are unique to the restaurant

Essential criteria: You will have experience of working in a hotel to a very high standard using only fresh ingredients. 1 Rosette experience is also essential.

• Accommodation provided: Yes
• Charge for accommodation: 49 GBP per week

I would like to thank you for your interest shown in this position. Please note that we take your application very seriously, but must stress that applications will only be answered in person if they match the criteria of the position advertised.

4. All workers will be subject to UK taxation.