Pastry Chef
Join our client's kitchen team as a Pastry Chef at a leading events venue nestled in the beautiful Essex countryside near Kelvedon. Our client offers versatile event spaces for weddings, private hire, corporate events, and has an onsite restaurant, all committed to delivering top-notch services to customers.
As they continue to expand, they seek a talented and experienced Chef to contribute to the production of the highest possible food quality in the pastry section. They will also be responsible for coordinating their section to ensure it runs smoothly, and is in constant communication with other sections to ensure faultless timings and a good level of collaboration at all times.
Responsibilities:
- Prepare and correctly garnish all food orders as they are received in accordance with menu specifications
- Prepares dessert dishes; controls the positioning and rotation of foods and ensures proper plate presentation.
- Follows proper safety, hygiene, and sanitation practices.
- Adheres to standards of food quality, preparation, recipes, presentation and sets up "mise-en-place" for service.
- Works with the Chefs in the kitchen to ensure seasoning, portions, and appearance of food.
- To ensure that your food cooked in the restaurant kitchen is the standard that the head chef has set.
- Set up for service by ensuring proper amounts are in place for forecasted covers, special functions and all reservations.
- Maintains an exact record of preparation, cooking and presentation specifications of all dishes produced in the section in a file which is kept at the section at all times for reference.
- Recommends better preparation procedures to Head Chef
- Maintains own working area, materials and company property clean, tidy and in good shape; reports defective materials and equipment to the Head Chef.
- Attend any meeting or training session as required by kitchen seniors and Management.
- To carry out any other duties as directed by your senior chef and the exec chef.
Requirements:
- Minimum 2 years' experience in pastry chef position.
- Knows how to follow applicable laws regarding food safety and sanitation.
- Flexibility to work when needed and assist in workload of others
- Excellent command of English language (Written and spoken)
- COSSH Training (our client can provide it as well)
- Basic knowledge of HACCP
- Ability to communicate with customers and peers with a friendly and positive attitude.
- Flexible and committed.
- Lively, enthusiastic and confident.
- Ability to handle difficult situations successfully.
- Good organisational skills
Benefits:
- Our client offers a competitive remuneration package, based on previous experience and qualifications, offering a salary of £26,000-£28,000 per annum.
- Full time employed position, 40 hours per week on a flexi-rota, due to events.
- Company events
- Company pension
- Free onsite parking
- Beautiful work location
If you are a motivated individual with a passion for events/weddings and food, this would be a perfect position for you.
Please apply to this advert with a CV, outlining your kitchen experience as well as your contact details so that you can be easily contacted if you are shortlisted.
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