The Role
Join our Head Pastry Chef working in a team of 3 full time and 2 part time Chefs in this 3 Rosette kitchen. The kitchen brigade is made up of 22 chefs and 5 kitchen porters so there is a great team to support you.
You will be part of a team creating all dishes fresh in-house from bread to ice-cream and celebration cakes, desserts for our restaurants and banqueting events together with pastries, cakes, scones for our afternoon tea guests. Great variety and freedom to delight our guests.
You will support the Head Pastry Chef with;
1. Ordering and stock control
2. Designing menu items for afternoon tea, restaurant as well as banqueting menus
3. Producing plated desserts for all menus to 2 & 3 Rosette standard.
4. Supervision of pastry team to achieve consistent standards.
The business is varied offering catering for Spa Guests, Leisure clients, Local guests as well as corporate, conference and banqueting function guests. Alexander House is a popular wedding venue with weddings taking place in the Shelley Suite as well as in the private Wedding Garden.
Requirements Che de Partie Pastry
The ideal candidate would be someone who has worked in a quality environment and is now seeking a CDP pastry role capable of sharing responsibility for the Pastry section.
5. Demonstrate during a trial shift the practical ability to be able to produce plated desserts to 3 Rosette standard.
6. Demonstrate flair and creativity to build on the successful afternoon tea menu.
7. Hold the experience to manage the multi menu requirements and banqueting operation.
8. Ability to control stocks efficiently and to produce quality menu items achieving GP%
9. Quality experience in a fresh food environment
10. The passion and drive to contribute to the future success of the kitchen brigade who continue to develop award winning dishes.
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