Lead Pastry Cook

Hawksmoor Group; New York (NY); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Hawksmoor NYC, part of Hawksmoor Group, is seeking a Lead Pastry Line Cook to support the Executive Chef in delivering world‑class desserts and pastries. The role is based in New York City and requires strong pastry skills and leadership in a fast-paced, high-volume environment.

Responsibilities include ensuring quality, efficiency, and adherence to health and safety standards while maintaining equipment and setting a positive example for the pastry team. EVerify is used for U.S.

Qualifications

• Pastry production experience required.
• Experience making brioches, dough, ice cream, sorbets, and chocolate.
• Liaising with Pastry Sous Chef is expected.

Responsibilities

• Food quality and consistency.
• Efficiency of services/kitchen.
• Product and service standards.
• Health & Safety.
• Maintenance of kitchen equipment.
• Set an example to staff when working on a section.

Skills

Pastry production

High volume kitchen

Leadership

Communication skills

Job description

Lead Pastry Line Cook:

Hawksmoor NYC is a beautiful National Historic Landmark built as The United Charities Building in 1893. The location is just off Park Avenue South and north of the prestigious Gramercy Park and Union Square. The restaurant seats 170 with 2 Private Dining Rooms, and a 50-cover bar. We are now excited to commence the search for a Lead Pastry Line Cook to support our Executive Chef in ensuring prep and service are providing world class desserts and pastries.

Work somewhere awesome:

Careers with Hawksmoor Group are among the best – generous pay and benefits, award-winning restaurants, unrivalled career opportunities and some of the happiest people in the business (as voted by the people who work here). The Sunday Times has recognised us in their Best Companies awards, for seven years in a row, as one of the top 100 companies to work for in the UK and we endeavour to do the same in the US. We become a certified B in 2022, were voted “best steakhouse in the world” and hold the highest rating with the green restaurant association.

Key responsibilities of the role include:

• Food quality and consistency
• Efficiency of services/kitchen
• Product and service standards
• Health & Safety
• Maintenance of kitchen equipment
• Set an example to staff when working on a section.

A good understanding of:

• Pastry Production
• Experience making brioches, dough, ice cream, & sorbets, and chocolate
• Liaising with Pastry Sous Chef

To be considered for the role you will have:

• Experience working in professional kitchens in New York.
• Comfortable and experienced with high volume businesses in terms of both covers and revenue.
• Professionalism and good communication skills.

We use eVerify to confirm U.S. Employment eligibility.