Pastry Chef

Novotel Hotels; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 400,000 - 700,000; Full time

Job summary

Accor is seeking a skilled kitchen professional in Hyderabad to manage and supervise culinary operations, ensuring high standards, training, and cost control. You will work closely with the Head Chef and Restaurant Manager to deliver excellent guest experiences.

Ideal candidates bring 3-4 years in similar roles, a passion for fusion cuisine, strong leadership, and meticulous attention to safety and quality in a fast-paced setting.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3-4 years’ experience in a similar capacity.
• Strong passion for authentic, modern fusion cuisine.
• Ability to work under pressure and meet standards.
• Proven leadership and supervisory skills.
• Fast-paced environment adaptability with quality focus.
• Good communication and customer contact skills.
• Knowledge of food safety standards

Responsibilities

• Ensure consistency in preparation of all items for alacarte per recipes and standards.
• Ensure kitchen staff are aware of standards and expectations.
• Adhere to payroll costs and productivity within budgeted guidelines.
• Provide hands-on training for new and transferred colleagues.
• Maintain cleanliness and maintenance of work areas, utensils and equipment.
• Follow kitchen policies, procedures and service standards.
• Follow safety and sanitation policies for food and beverage handling.
• Liaise with Head Chef and Restaurant Manager for guest feedback communication.
• Strive to improve food preparation and presentation continually.
• Rotate products properly to minimize wastage/spoilage.
• Know all menu items, daily features and promotions.
• Collaborate with team on menu creation and guest experience.
• Maintain a safe work environment and complete weekly maintenance checklist.
• Support training opportunities and address with culinary team.
• Assume supervisory responsibilities during Head Chef’s absence.
• Perform other duties as assigned

Skills

Leadership

Food safety

Communication

Quality control

Pressure handling

Team collaboration

Cuisine fusion

Job description

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Why work for Accor?

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Job Description

• Ensure the consistency in the preparation of all food items for a la carte according to hotel recipes and standards
• Ensure all kitchen Colleagues are aware of standards and expectations
• Adhere to payroll costs and productivity within budgeted guidelines
• Provide extensive hands on training for all new and transferred colleagues
• Ensure the Cleanliness and maintenance of all work areas, utensils & equipment
• Follow kitchen policies, procedures and service standards
• Follow all safety and Sanitation policies when handling food and beverage
• Liaise daily with Head Chef and Restaurant Manager to keep open lines of communication regarding guest feedback
• Continually strive to improve food preparation and presentations
• Maintain proper rotation of product in all chillers to minimize wastage/spoilage
• Have full knowledge of all menu items, daily features and promotions
• Works closely with other team members and Cooks in menu creation and overall guest experience improvement efforts
• Maintain a safe work environment and is responsible to complete the Weekly Preventative Maintenance Checklist
• Train and develop kitchen employees and ensuring that ongoing training opportunities are communicated to the other Culinary Team Members and leadership and addressed with the colleague
• Assume supervisory responsibilities during the absence of the Head Chef
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications / Requirements

• Minimum 3-4 years’ experience in a similar capacity
• Strong passion for creating authentic, modern, fusion cuisine.
• Able to work under pressure.
• Possess good leadership and supervisory skills.
• Able to work in a fast-paced environment, with a keen eye for quality control.
• Good communication and customer contact skills.
• Knowledge of food and health safety standards.