Pastry Junior Sous

The Twenty Two London Hotel; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Benefits package

Job summary

The Twenty Two London Hotel in Mayfair seeks a Junior Pastry Sous Chef to join its acclaimed pastry section. You will work under the senior pastry team, take ownership of your section, and help craft desserts for the restaurant, afternoon tea, room service and private events.

This role offers a path to sharpen your craft in a luxury hotel, with mentorship, opportunities to contribute to menu development, and a supportive team culture that values quality and growth.

Qualifications

• Solid pastry kitchen experience, ideally in a luxury hotel, fine dining or high-end restaurant.
• Real passion for pastry, strong technical skills and an eye for detail that does not switch off.
• Calm and consistent under pressure in a busy, high standard kitchen.
• Positive, generous attitude and a genuine appetite to learn and grow.
• Good grasp of food safety and allergen management.
• Flexibility across shifts, including evenings, weekends and holidays.
• Right to work in the United Kingdom.

Responsibilities

• Preparing and serving pastry across the restaurant, afternoon tea, room service, and private events, always to an exceptional standard.
• Bringing your own ideas to menu development and seasonal changes alongside the senior pastry team.
• Owning your section, from mise en place and ordering through to stock rotation and minimising waste.
• Supporting, training, and inspiring the commis and junior chefs around you.
• Keeping food safety, allergen, and hygiene standards faultless, with the paperwork to match.
• Stepping up to lead the section during service when the senior chefs are away.

Skills

Pastry kitchen experience

Attention to detail

Food safety & allergen management

Flexibility to work evenings weekends

Calm under pressure

Learn and grow

Right to work in the United Kingdom

Job description

If you live for the moment adessert lands on the pass looking exactly as you imagined it, we would love tomeet you.

The Twenty Two is a luxuryboutique hotel and private members club set within a restored townhouse onGrosvenor Square, in the very heart of Mayfair. Behind the doors is one ofLondon's most talked about pastry sections, turning out restaurant desserts and showpieces for privateevents. Every plate is an occasion, and pastry is where a lot of the magichappens.

We are looking for a JuniorPastry Sous Chef with real ambition to join the London brigade. This is achance to sharpen your craft alongside an experienced team, take ownership ofyour section, and build your career within a celebrated London property thattakes pastry seriously.

A day in the section

Reporting to the senior pastryteam, you will help drive the daily running of the section. One service youmight be finishing delicate petit fours for a member event, the next you aredialling in a new plated dessert or guiding a commis through their first batchof laminated dough. You will deputise for the senior chefs when needed and takegenuine pride in keeping every detail beautiful and consistent.

What you will be doing

• Preparing and serving pastry across the restaurant,afternoon tea, room service, and private events, always to an exceptionalstandard.
• Bringing your own ideas to menu development andseasonal changes alongside the senior pastry team.
• Owning your section, from mise en place and orderingthrough to stock rotation and minimising waste.
• Supporting, training, and inspiring the commis andjunior chefs around you.
• Keeping food safety, allergen, and hygiene standardsfaultless, with the paperwork to match.
• Stepping up to lead the section during service when thesenior chefs are away.

What you will bring

• Solid experience in a pastry kitchen, ideally within aluxury hotel, fine dining, or high end restaurant.
• A real passion for pastry, strong technical skills, andan eye for detail that does not switch off.
• The calm and consistency to deliver under pressure in abusy, high standard kitchen.
• A positive, generous attitude and a genuine appetite tolearn and grow.
• A good grasp of food safety and allergen management.
• Flexibility across a range of shifts, includingevenings, weekends, and holidays.
• The right to work in the United Kingdom.

Why The Twenty Two

• A creative, supportive kitchen inside one of London'smost distinctive addresses.
• Real investment in your development, with clearopportunities to progress.
• A competitive salary and benefits package.
• The chance to be part of a close team that genuinelycares about getting it right.

The Twenty Two is an equal opportunities employer. We celebratediversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all teammembers.

Compensation: Competitive salary