Pastry Commis Chef

St Ermin’s Hotel Group; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 19,000 - 27,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Service charge

Great salary

Staff canteen

Medicash health plan

Mental health support

Discounts

Marriott discounts

Memories that last

Job summary

St Ermin’s Hotel is seeking a Pastry Commis Chef to join our busy kitchen in central London. You will assist in pastry preparation, follow recipes, and support senior chefs with desserts, pastries, breads and plated desserts for hotel guests.

We offer a London living wage, service charge, and a range of benefits including staff canteen, health care, mental health support, and exclusive discounts across Marriott brands.

Qualifications

• Have basic knowledge of all the following basic cooking techniques.
• Assist in managing the preparation and cooking of pastry items, desserts, breads and other baked goods within the Pastry Kitchen.

Responsibilities

• Assist in pastry preparation and cooking according to agreed recipes and processes.
• Support kitchen team with planning, cooking and presentation of pastry items.
• Ensure portion control and plating standards are followed.
• Keep pastry section clean and tidy, including fridges and work tops.
• Maintain equipment and liaise with Maintenance as needed.
• Label prepared items with date and name clearly.
• Complete basic food hygiene training within one month of starting.

Skills

Basic cooking techniques

Pastry kitchen

Job description

Description

We are looking for a creativePastry CommisChef to join the team here at St Ermin’s Hotel.

If you want to work for one of the best places inhospitality, multiply the fun, love and energy we have at our workplace, wewould love to hear from you.

Looking after our people is all that we care about. We are aLondon living wage, Workplace Mental health-chartered Employer and consistentlyvoted as one of the Best Places to Work in Hospitality.

When you join us, you will become a vital member of ourteam. You will not only support us in delivering breath-taking hospitality toour guests but also to create a workplace that becomes a role model to others.

What do you get in Return?

• Great salary and service charge – The more we make, the more you make!
  
• Fun, Love & Energy – Not just a slogan, it’s just who we are.
  
• The best staff canteen in London! – Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner.
  
• Range of benefits including Medicash Health Care Cash Plan(24/7 GP available for you and your household), financial advice, mental health support via MyStrenght, exclusive retail and restaurant discounts, and more.
  
• Worldwide discounts for you, friends, and family in all the Marriott hotel brands.
  
• An opportunity to experience and collect great memories that will last with you forever.
  

As a Pastry Commis Chef you willensure that the preparation and cooking of all food cooked on their section inaccordance with agreed recipes and processes. ThePastry Commis Chef will be supporting the kitchen team for the planning,cooking, and presentation of all required food items from the pastry kitchen.

What will you be doing?

• Have basic knowledge ofall the following basic cooking techniques.
• To assist in managing the preparation and cooking of food in particularly pastrie s , desserts , breads and other baked goods within the Pastry Kitchen for consumption throughout the hotel.
• To be familiar with allrecipes that need to be prepared in your section.
• Follow instructions fromsenior chefs.
• Ensure correct portioncontrol and plating standards are adhered to.
• Ensure your section isalways clean and tidy including fridges and work tops with all containers cleanand appropriately covered.
• Ensure that allequipment / utensils in the section are correctly handled and maintainedliaising with the Maintenance department where necessary.
• Report anything that isneeded to the kitchen porters to clean or sort out (spillages, empty the bins,top up the blue paper and soap in the hand sinks, remove any boxes for thekitchen).
• Ensure that all labelsare clearly written with a suitable date, on each prepared food item.
• Complete your basic foodhygiene within one month of starting with us, we will provide the training.
• Always adhere to theHotel’s Health and Safety and Food Hygiene policies.

Note: This description is not intended to establish a totaldefinition of the job, but an outline of the duties

You will have to be eligible to work in the UK to beconsider for the role.