Pastry Chef de Partie

Pastry Chef de Partie; United States; On-site; USD 41,000 - 58,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare plan

401(k) retirement savings

Paid time off

Paid holidays

Parental leave

Free room nights

Employee meals

Free onsite parking

Job summary

Rosewood Calistoga is seeking a Pastry Chef de Partie to lead an assigned pastry station, delivering desserts and bakery items for resort outlets and events. You will report to the Pastry Sous Chef and organize daily production while guiding junior staff.

With 2–3 years of pastry experience in luxury hospitality, you will ensure flavor, freshness, and refined presentation, collaborating across Culinary, F&B, Banquets, and Events to create memorable guest experiences.

Qualifications

• Two to three years of pastry experience in a luxury hotel, resort, or fine‑dining setting.
• Lead or supervisory experience in a pastry environment.
• Strong knowledge of scaling, mixing, fermentation, baking, creams, custards, chocolate, frozen desserts, cake assembly, and finishing.
• Ability to follow recipes, convert weights and measures, operate commercial pastry equipment safely.
• Organised, dependable, detail‑oriented, and able to balance multiple production and service deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Lead an assigned pastry station, overseeing mise en place, production planning, and service readiness.
• Prepare, bake, finish, and present desserts, breads, pastries for outlets and events.
• Guide junior staff, apprentices, and trainees in techniques and standards.
• Ensure flavor, freshness, appearance, and craftsmanship meet Rosewood Calistoga standards.
• Communicate shortages, production risks, allergens, guest requests, and quality concerns promptly.
• Support restaurants, in-room dining, banquets, and resort events.

Skills

Pastry experience

Leadership

Baking

Scaling

Finishing

Food safety HACCP

Education

Culinary or baking qualification preferred

Tools

Commercial pastry equipment

Job description

OUR PURPOSE AND CULTURE

We are driven to create a future where people and place enrich one another. We are wholly committed to rooting ourselves more deeply in every place we are in while setting new benchmarks for positive impact.

THE TEAM

The Pastry team creates exceptional dining experiences across Rosewood Calistoga through refined desserts, artisan breads and viennoiserie, bespoke celebration cakes, amenities, and banquet production. Working closely with Culinary, Food & Beverage, Banquets, Events, and Stewarding, the team delivers consistent craftsmanship and thoughtful luxury hospitality throughout the resort.

YOUR ROLE

As Pastry Chef de Partie, you’ll lead an assigned pastry station while preparing, finishing, and presenting exceptional pastry and bakery items for resort outlets and events. Reporting to the Pastry Sous Chef, you’ll organize daily production, guide junior associates, and ensure every product meets Rosewood Calistoga standards for flavor, freshness, appearance, and craftsmanship.

Through advanced pastry skills, clear communication, and hands‑on leadership, you’ll help create memorable guest experiences rooted in the character of Calistoga.

HOW YOU’LL MAKE THE PLACE

• Prepare, bake, assemble, finish, and present desserts, breads, viennoiserie, breakfast pastries, confections, amenities, and celebration cakes.
• Take ownership of an assigned station, including mise en place, production planning, service readiness, equipment care, and shift handovers.
• Follow approved recipes, specifications, photographs, portion standards, and production schedules.
• Maintain accurate scaling, recipe integrity, freshness, consistency, and refined presentation.
• Support restaurants, in-room dining, banquets, special events, and resort experiences, adjusting priorities as business needs change.
• Inspect ingredients and finished products for quality and follow FIFO procedures for labeling, dating, rotation, and storage.
• Assist with inventory, requisitions, receiving, waste reduction, and responsible ingredient use.
• Guide Commis, apprentices, and trainees in techniques, recipes, station standards, sanitation, and safe working practices.
• Communicate shortages, production risks, allergens, guest requests, and quality concerns promptly.
• Follow food‑safety, HACCP, sanitation, allergen‑control, and workplace‑safety requirements.
• Collaborate with Culinary, Food & Beverage, Stewarding, Banquets, and Events to support seamless service.
• Contribute ideas for seasonal offerings and operational improvements.

COULD THIS BE YOU?

• You bring two to three years of pastry experience in a luxury hotel, resort, fine‑dining restaurant, or comparable culinary environment, including some lead or supervisory responsibility.
• You have strong knowledge of scaling, mixing, fermentation, baking, creams, custards, chocolate, frozen desserts, cake assembly, and refined finishing.
• You can follow recipes, convert weights and measures, operate commercial pastry equipment safely, and deliver consistent results.
• You are organized, dependable, detail‑oriented, and able to balance multiple production and service deadlines.
• You communicate clearly, collaborate respectfully, and respond positively to direction and feedback.
• You understand food safety, HACCP, sanitation, allergen awareness, proper storage, and workplace safety.
• You can guide junior associates while remaining accountable for your own production.
• A culinary or baking and pastry qualification is preferred; equivalent professional experience will be considered.
• You can work early mornings, evenings, weekends, holidays, and other schedules required by resort operations.
• You can perform the physical responsibilities of a professional pastry kitchen.

OUR BENEFITS

• Zero‑cost healthcare plan options
• 401(k) retirement savings program
• 15 days of paid time off and 7 paid holidays
• 16 weeks of fully paid maternity and paternity leave for eligible associates
• 12 complimentary room nights annually plus 50% off food and beverage experiences
• Complimentary employee meals and free onsite parking.

In addition, we provide ongoing learning and development opportunities and access to global career pathways across Rosewood Hotels & Resorts, helping you build a rewarding and meaningful career.

OUR COMMITMENT TO YOU

At Rosewood Hotel Group, your voice is heard and valued. We’re a community that encourages associates to be themselves, not fit into a fixed culture, and this philosophy shines through in our commitments to reflect and honor the history, culture and geography of our destinations.

We’re not only committed to building and nurturing genuine, long‑lasting relationships but to transforming them - and our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) strategy helps put these principles into practice.

PAY TRANSPARENCY

The hourly pay rate for this position is $36.00 per hour. This is the pay that the company expects to pay for this position. This position may also be eligible for bonuses. Decisions regarding individual salaries will be based on several factors, such as experience, type of experience, location, and education.