Pastry Chef - Temporary (9 months) - Ferndown Restaurant

Client Careers Site; Ferndown; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Contributory pension scheme

Generous Staff Discount Scheme

Job summary

Haskins is recruiting a Pastry Chef (CDP) for a full-time temporary role at Ferndown Restaurant. 38 hours per week with alternate weekends; 9-month contract; pay scale from £27,000 DOE.

Join a family-owned, award-winning business with a strong hospitality focus and a supportive team. The role emphasises quality patisserie, health and safety, and delivering excellent customer service.

Qualifications

• Previous catering, patisserie and high-volume production experience is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Produce, display & sell a high-quality patisserie offer from an agreed menu.
• Maintain health and safety and food hygiene standards to ensure customer satisfaction, maximise sales and minimise losses.

Skills

Patisserie

Catering experience

High-volume production

Job description

Pastry Chef - Temporary (9 months) - Ferndown Restaurant

Job Description

Posted Friday, 28 August 2026 at 00:00

Pastry Chef (CDP)

We are recruiting a Pastry Chef (CDP) on a full-time, temporary basis, working 38 hours per week including alternate weekends.

This will be a temporary position for 9 months.

Pay scale from £27,000 DOE.

Haskins is a family owned, award winning business with 5 destination garden centres across the South of England, each with a large restaurant.

We constantly strive to improve the service and experience we offer our customers, that’s why the recruitment of our people is so important to us. If you are passionate about delivering excellent customer service, have a sense of humour and an eagerness to learn, we want you to join our friendly, happy team.

The role of Pastry Chef

To produce, display & sell a high-quality patisserie offer from an agreed menu, whilst maintaining health and safety and food hygiene standards, ensuring high levels of customer satisfaction are achieved, sales are maximised and losses are controlled.

This role benefits from Sociable hours with no split-shifts as well as alternate weekends off plus a day off in the week.

About You

This role is well suited to a self-motivated, enthusiastic and hardworking individual with excellent customer service skills. The successful candidate will be proactive and energetic and be able to work in a busy fast paced environment. Previous catering, Patisserie and high-volume production experience is preferred.

Our employee benefits package includes:

• An Employee Assistance Program (EAP) providing free and confidential counselling and advice to all employees and their immediate family.
• Contributory pension scheme for eligible employees
• Generous Staff Discount Scheme after completion of probationary period