Lead Pastry Chef — Showpieces, Menus & Shipboard Ops

Silversea; Salerno; In loco; EUR 70.000 - 90.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Silversea is seeking a Pastry Chef to lead the shipboard pastry and bakery operations, ensuring high-quality production for all meals, functions, and crew meals. You will create showpieces, coordinate demonstrations, and accommodate guests with special dietary needs.

The role requires extensive pastry expertise, strong sanitation, and the ability to train the team while maintaining cost efficiency and guest satisfaction aboard luxury cruise ships.

Competenze

• Minimum 4 years of pastry leadership experience in an international 5-star hospitality establishment.
• Strong knowledge of international cuisine and pastry/baking fundamentals.
• Excellent attention to detail and awareness of current culinary trends.
• Valid STCW95 certification.

Mansioni

• Manage and oversee pastry and bakery production for breakfast, lunch, teatime, dinner, special functions, and crew mess operations.
• Prepare high-quality showpieces for buffets, show plates, and coordinate pastry demonstrations.
• Accommodate special guest orders, dietary requirements, food allergies, and ingredient limitations with advanced baking skills.
• Assist with menu planning, maintain standard recipe manuals, follow the corporate menu cycle, and analyze production for quality improvements.
• Anticipate food counts, prepare and cross-check requisitions, and manage inventory to minimize breakage and waste.
• Supervise, train, and assist with the induction of pastry team members to develop technical skills and hospitality focus.

Conoscenze

International cuisine knowledge

Advanced pastry & baking

Attention to detail

Culinary trends awareness

Descrizione del lavoro

Silversea is seeking a Pastry Chef to lead the shipboard pastry and bakery operations, ensuring high-quality production for all meals, functions, and crew meals. You will create showpieces, coordinate demonstrations, and accommodate guests with special dietary needs.

The role requires extensive pastry expertise, strong sanitation, and the ability to train the team while maintaining cost efficiency and guest satisfaction aboard luxury cruise ships.