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Pastry Chef de Partie - London

Employer
Hotel Café Royal
Location
Soho, London
Salary
£24,000 + circa £4K Service Charge
Closing date
19 Mar 2018

Pastry Chef de Partie - Soho, Central London

A London luxury address like no other

Hotel Café Royal offers to takes guests on a sumptuous culinary journey across a multitude of restaurants, bars, cafés and private dining areas.

Working under the direction and guidance of our Executive Pastry Chef – Sarah Barber, our talented Pastry team showcase both flair and creativity in combining quality British ingredients with a cosmopolitan mix of International, Italian and French influences to create an elegant, yet contemporary themes in keeping with the Café Royal’s history and hallmarks of exceptional quality and style.

Our culinary team work within one of London’s newest and most state of the art Pastry kitchens featuring all of the latest specialist culinary equipment. We also have our own bakery and chocolate room; a must for any talented pastry chef. All of our bread and pastry is made fresh onsite every day from our decedent afternoon teas to our range of freshly baked croissants, cakes and handmade chocolates on sale within our ever-popular Café fronting London’s vibrant Regent Street.

We are proud to be the winner of the annual Afternoon Tea Awards 2017 in the category Best Traditional Afternoon Tea in the UK! The awards recognise the finest in afternoon tea service and creativity. But don't just take our word for it, come try it for yourself! We look forward to welcoming you.

Your Role

Working as part of a senior pastry team you will demonstrate a flexible and adaptive hands-on approach in order to lead and guide a brigade of 16 talented patisserie professionals.

With overall responsibility for one of our pastry sections you’ll showcase knowledge, skill and creativity for combining and working with quality British and international ingredients across a range of disciplines including bakery, chocolate & sugar work, desserts and classical patisserie. With an in depth and expansive knowledge of your trade you will be responsible for the continual development of new dishes for our menus and retail products for sale within our various outlets.

As a Pastry Chef De Partie you will also be an exceptional teacher, mentor and coach in order to develop your sections pastry skills so that they reach their full potential; not only in the art of pastry but also over a range of kitchen skills including the daily sourcing of ingredients, development or menus and dishes, control of products, stock control and food cost; and of course ensuring that food hygiene is maintained to the highest level and HACCP controls are implemented.

Your Profile

You will have a natural flair and elegance for service and a passion and enthusiasm for providing an exceptional guest experience and a level of service that is both confident and calm. As a true hospitality professional you will be well versed in kitchen operations and have the finesse to execute the correct order of service with both personality and style.

  • Proven experience ideally in the art of Patisserie as a Pastry Chef De Partie within a luxury hotel or high quality destination restaurant
  • Professionally trained as a chef with minimum NVQ Level 2 or 3 qualification or equivalent 
  • You will be passionate about delivering excellence in service standards enabling you to develop and coach more junior members of the pastry brigade.
  • Flexibility to work evening and weekend shifts

Your Benefits

  • Competitive Salary £24k + circa £4K Service Charge
  • 20 Days holiday + Bank Holidays, rising to 25 days holiday + Bank holidays with 5 years’ service
  • Group Life Insurance & access to financial services
  • Pension Scheme
  • On Duty Meal
  • Dry cleaning for work clothing
  • Fantastic training & development opportunities
  • Annual Recognition rewards schemes, employee referral scheme, colleague football team
  • Annual allocation of Free Nights, Discounted room rates and F&B, as well as other lifestyle discounts including Spa & Gym Memberships
  • Be part of an exciting, up and coming brand in the industry – already a member of ‘Leading Hotels of the World’

Ready to join the team?

Please apply by the 'Apply Now' link below. Please ensure to send a cover letter (outlining your suitability for the vacancy) and a CV that is fully up to date and correct.

In line with the requirements of the Asylum & Immigration Act 1996, all applicants must be eligible to live and work in the UK. Documented evidence of eligibility will be required from candidates.

Unfortunately due to the volume of applications, we are unable to contact unsuccessful candidates.

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