Pastry Chef – West Midlands – Michelin Star Restaurant – Excellent Opportunity

Taste Hospitality Recruitment Limited; West Midlands; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Excellent salary

Michelin-starred kitchen

Talented team

Career progression

Creative environment

Outstanding reputation

Job summary

Taste Hospitality Recruitment Limited is recruiting a Pastry Chef for a Michelin-starred restaurant in Birmingham. The role offers the chance to work within an ambitious, creative kitchen that prioritises precision and presentation.

You will lead pastry production, ensuring desserts meet exacting standards while collaborating with senior chefs on menu development and innovation. Excellent salary is offered, dependent on experience, with strong career progression opportunities.

Qualifications

• Experience in pastry and desserts in a quality restaurant or hotel kitchen.
• Rosette or Michelin-standard environment experience is advantageous.
• Right to work in the UK without visa sponsorship.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and deliver desserts and pastry dishes to an exceptional standard.
• Maintain consistency, quality and presentation across the pastry section.
• Work closely with the senior kitchen team on menu development and new ideas.
• Ensure excellent preparation and organisation ahead of service.
• Take responsibility for stock control, ordering and minimising waste.
• Maintain the highest standards of food hygiene and kitchen cleanliness.
• Work effectively as part of a close-knit brigade.
• Support junior team members as required.

Skills

Pastry

Desserts

Quality kitchen experience

Job description

We are recruiting a Pastry Chef to join the team at an exceptional Michelin-starred restaurant in Birmingham, offering a fantastic opportunity to work within an ambitious kitchen where creativity, precision and attention to detail are at the heart of everything they do.

Please note: We are unable to offer sponsorship for this role and candidates must have the right to work in the UK without visa sponsorship. If you require Sponsorship please do not apply, thank you.

This is a chance to join one of the city's leading dining destinations, working alongside a talented kitchen team producing an exciting and distinctive style of food. The restaurant has built a reputation for delivering an outstanding dining experience, with every element of the menu carefully considered, from the first course through to the final dessert.

The pastry offering is an important part of that experience, so we're looking for someone with real enthusiasm for their craft, a creative approach and the technical ability to produce desserts to an exceptionally high standard.

• Excellent salary, dependent on experience
• Opportunity to work within a Michelin-starred kitchen
• Join a talented and ambitious team
• Develop your skills in a high-quality, creative environment
• Excellent opportunity for career progression
• Be part of a restaurant with an outstanding reputation

As Pastry Chef, you will take responsibility for the preparation and delivery of the pastry offering, ensuring every dessert is produced with precision, consistency and an eye for presentation.

You'll have the opportunity to contribute ideas, develop your skills and work with high-quality ingredients, helping to create the kind of memorable finishing touches that guests expect from a Michelin-starred restaurant.

As Pastry Chef you will:

• Prepare and deliver desserts and pastry dishes to an exceptional standard
• Maintain consistency, quality and presentation across the pastry section
• Work closely with the senior kitchen team on menu development and new ideas
• Ensure excellent preparation and organisation ahead of service
• Take responsibility for stock control, ordering and minimising waste
• Maintain the highest standards of food hygiene and kitchen cleanliness
• Work effectively as part of a close-knit and professional brigade
• Help develop and support junior members of the team where required

The ideal candidate will have previous experience in a quality restaurant or hotel kitchen, with a strong background in pastry and desserts. Experience within a Rosette or Michelin-standard environment would be a real advantage.

You'll be passionate about pastry, take pride in the finer details and enjoy working in an environment where creativity and high standards go hand in hand.

This is a great opportunity for a talented Pastry Chef looking to develop their career within one of Birmingham's most exciting restaurant kitchens.

Due to the number of applicants received, unfortunately we are unable to reply individually to each. Should your application be suitable for the role, then you'll hear from us within 48 hours, thank you.

Company Registration Number: 06694061
VAT Number: 939 6931 67

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