Head Pastry Chef - Showpieces & Shipboard Dining

Silversea; Portugal; Presencial; EUR 69 000 - 87 000; Tempo integral

Resumo da oferta

Silversea is seeking a skilled Pastry Chef to lead shipboard pastry and bakery production, ensuring the highest quality for all meals and events. You will manage showpieces for buffets and coordinate demonstrations while accommodating dietary restrictions with advanced baking skills.

You will oversee menu planning, maintain recipe manuals, and optimize production to reduce waste, while supervising and mentoring pastry staff and ensuring strict health and safety compliance across the galley.

Qualificações

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

Responsabilidades

• 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, strict 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 constantly 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 new and existing pastry team members to develop their technical skills and hospitality focus.
• Monitor working/rest hours and manage manpower to control overtime in strict compliance with ILO and MLC regulations.
• Enforce company uniform, grooming, and professional conduct standards within the team.
• Maintain continuous readiness for internal and external Public Health inspections by executing strict sanitation practices.
• Log daily refrigerator and freezer temperatures in assigned areas according to company procedures.
• Practice preventative maintenance, safely operate shipboard equipment, and report any malfunctions immediately.
• Participate in and enforce mandatory passenger and crew safety drills, pollution-prevention regulations, and correct PPE usage.
• Proactively monitor customer satisfaction, anticipate guest needs, and take prompt action to resolve any service difficulties or complaints.
• Keep the Executive Chef and Executive Sous Chef fully informed of significant operational matters, challenges, or accomplishments.

Conhecimentos

Pastry leadership

Attention to detail

Culinary trends awareness

International cuisine knowledge

Sanitation procedures

Formação académica

STCW95 certification

Descrição da oferta de emprego

Silversea is seeking a skilled Pastry Chef to lead shipboard pastry and bakery production, ensuring the highest quality for all meals and events. You will manage showpieces for buffets and coordinate demonstrations while accommodating dietary restrictions with advanced baking skills.

You will oversee menu planning, maintain recipe manuals, and optimize production to reduce waste, while supervising and mentoring pastry staff and ensuring strict health and safety compliance across the galley.