Pastry Chef

Leylaty Group; Jeddah; On-site; SAR 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading dessert company in Jeddah is seeking an experienced Pastry Chef to prepare a wide variety of cakes, cookies, and unique desserts. The ideal candidate will have a background in culinary arts, a passion for creating beautiful pastries, and the ability to guide a team effectively. Responsibilities include monitoring stocks, checking equipment quality, and maintaining high health and safety standards. Join us to enhance customer satisfaction with your exceptional culinary skills.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as Pastry Chef, baker or relevant role.
• Great attention to detail and creativity.
• Organizing and leadership skills.

Responsibilities

• Prepare cakes, cookies, pies, and bread following recipes.
• Create new desserts to engage customer interest.
• Decorate pastries to ensure beautiful presentations.
• Monitor stocks for ingredients and make orders.
• Check quality of materials and equipment.
• Guide and motivate pastry assistants and bakers.
• Identify staffing needs and help train personnel.
• Maintain an orderly cooking station adhering to safety standards.

Skills

Attention to detail

Creativity

Organizational skills

Leadership skills

Knowledge of sanitation principles

Baking techniques

Education

Certificate in culinary arts, pastry-making, baking or relevant field

Job description

Job brief

We are seeking an experienced and passionate Pastry Chef to join our team. Your expertise in preparing a variety of mouthwatering desserts and pastries, combined with your creative flair in developing unique tastes and recipes, will be essential in delighting our customers. As an ideal candidate, you should have a strong background in culinary arts and a genuine passion for creating sweet and delectable treats. Your commitment to upholding health and safety standards is crucial to ensuring the highest quality of service to our clients. By delivering exceptional culinary experiences, we aim to enhance customer satisfaction and foster the growth of our clientele.

Responsibilities

• Prepare a wide variety of goods such as cakes, cookies, pies, bread etc. following traditional and modern recipes
• Create new and exciting desserts to renew our menus and engage the interest of customers
• Decorate pastries using different icings, toppings etc. to ensure the presentation will be beautiful and exciting
• Monitor stocks for baking ingredients such as flour, sugar etc. and make appropriate orders within budget
• Check quality of material and condition of equipment and devices used for cooking
• Guide and motivate pastry assistants and bakers to work more efficiently
• Identify staffing needs and help recruit and train personnel
• Maintain a lean and orderly cooking station and adhere to health and safety standards

Requirements and skills

• Proven experience as Pastry Chef, baker or relevant role
• Great attention to detail and creativity
• Organizing and leadership skills
• Willingness to replenish professional knowledge
• In depth knowledge of sanitation principles, food preparation and baking techniques and nutrition
• Working knowledge of baking with ingredient limitations (pastries that are gluten free, sugarless etc.)
• Certificate in culinary arts, pastry-making, baking or relevant field