Demi Chef (Pastry) | La Residence

The Royal Portfolio; Franschhoek; On-site; ZAR 200 000 - 300 000; Full time

Job summary

A luxury hospitality brand in Franschhoek is seeking a Demi Chef (Pastry) to join their pastry team. The role involves preparing a variety of baked goods and desserts while ensuring high quality and standards. Candidates should have at least 2 years of experience in a 5-star hotel or full-service restaurant and a culinary arts qualification. This position requires creativity, teamwork, and attention to detail, with South African citizenship being advantageous.

Qualifications

• At least 2 years’ experience in a 5* Hotel or established full-service restaurant environment.
• At least 1 year’s experience in a Pastry Kitchen.
• Proven job reliability, diligence, and dedication.

Responsibilities

• Assist in the preparation of breads, pastries, cakes, and desserts.
• Ensure food quality standards are met at all times.
• Continually develop new pastry dishes and menu items.

Skills

Creative cooking and baking skills

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Multitasking and time-management

Attention to detail

Education

Tertiary qualification in Culinary Arts

Job description

The Demi Chef (Pastry) at La Residence works in the Pastry team to assist in the preparation of breads, pastries, cakes and desserts - a very important element in our offering that helps us ensure we are living up to our purpose, which is "to give out guests a complete experience and a perfect stay".

Main Duties:

• Takes care of daily food preparation and duties assigned by the superiors to meet the standard and the quality set by the hotel's kitchen and restaurants.
• Ensure that the production, preparation and presentation of food are of the highest quality at all times.
• Checking the quality of raw and cooked food products to ensure that standards are met.
• Monitoring portion and waste control.
• Continually develop new pastry dishes and menu items.
• Undergo both formal and on-the-job training to develop cooking and kitchen organisational skills.
• Aid all stock taking within the Pastry Kitchen
• Able to recite, live and breath our Purpose and Values.

Requirements & Qualifications

• Must have at least 2 years’ experience in a 5* Hotel or established full-service restaurant environment
• Must have at least 1 year’s experience in a Pastry Kitchen
• Tertiary qualification in Culinary Arts with minimum 3 years certification.
• Creative cooking and baking skills
• Demonstrated excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to multitask with excellent time-management
• Proven job reliability, diligence, dedication and attention to detail.
• Must have experience of work cycles, we work 6 weeks on/ 2 weeks off

It is important that the candidate is able to work as part of a team and is a good cultural fit for The Royal Portfolio.
South African citizenship is advantageous. A valid work permit is essential if you are not in possession of a South African ID document.
Please note it is a condition of employment, that all staff undergo a pre-employment polygraph test.