Pastry Chef de Partie

Recruiter
Anonymous
Location
Southampton
Salary
23000.00 - 24000.00 GBP Annual + Tronc + bens
Posted
26 Mar 2019
Closes
23 Apr 2019
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
A stunning luxury hotel situated on the coastline of Southampton but only a 15 minute walk from city centre, it boosts a design that keeps to the theme of a maritime city and with great transport links it is certainly a popular destination. They are currently seeking a Full Time Pastry Chef de Partie to join their kitchen brigade.

The hotel offers multi food outlets with the opportunity of fine dining restaurant that opens for lunch and dinner service or the bar / brassiere that serves food from breakfast to dinner giving fantastic views whilst the guest enjoy their drinks and food.

The Company are committed to providing exceptional hospitality. With a growing portfolio of stunning properties, they have opportunities for internal promotion and a chance to grow and flourish within their brand. With a strong focus on training and development, this is a fantastic opportunity for an accomplished Pastry Chef de Partie to further enhance individual skills and knowledge and to be part of a team of leading professionals within a growing hospitality brand.

You will need to be capable of running a section within the Kitchen and working to safe hygiene practices. As a Pastry Chef de Partie you will be expected to coach the junior members of the brigade.

You will need to have patience and creative skills that no other chefs in the kitchen have. Pastry is like painting a picture and creating a stunning visual food product that when consumed will only please the recipient.

Key Features of the Role:

* The creation of all desserts shown on both the bar and restaurant menu as well as functions and afternoon cream teas.

* Managing, training and coaching any Chefs working with you making sure that they are competent, confident and organised to produce food to the Executive Chef's standard.

* You will normally be working alone in a separate kitchen to the main kitchen so you will need to take responsibility for food cost and wastage, cleanliness, hygiene, stock control and its organisation.

* All food is prepared inhouse using fresh ingredients and local suppliers wherever possible as well creating and developing and setting the highest standards of food quality and consistency.

Knowledge and Skills Required:

* Be an accomplished Pastry Chef de Partie

* Ideally have previous 4 or 5 star hotel experience within a large pastry operation

* Experience of pastry in top end dining as well as volume banqueting.

* Experience in designing menus when required that embraces food culture.

* Be able to manage the kitchen structure and have it prepared ready for others to work in on your days off.

* Have the confidence to be able to recruit and train new team members of the kitchen and strive to be the best at what they do

What's on Offer?

* Fantastic salary offering of up to GBP24,000 per annuum, dependent upon your experience

* Tronc

* Free Car Parking

* 28 days holiday a year

* Chef Whites provided

* Meals included whilst on duty

* Work pension provided

* Discounts across the Group

* Excellent progression opportunities within an ever-growing group

* Unique on the job training and development

* Exciting Online Benefits Platform

* Employee Assistance Program

The Company is looking for talented, ambitious and creative chefs who want to be part of this unique property. This is truly an excellent opportunity for a Pastry Chef de Partie.

Applicants Please Note:

Do not apply for this vacancy unless you are an experienced Pastry Chef de Partie.

For UK based roles, in line with the requirements of the UK Asylum and Immigration Act 1996, all applicants must either be eligible to live and work in the UK or must obtain permits to work in the UK prior to making an application. Documented evidence of eligibility will be required from candidates as part of the recruitment process.

By applying for this vacancy, you are giving your consent for us to hold your details on our database. We are committed to protecting the privacy and security of both Client and Candidate information. Full details are available in our Data Protection Policy and Privacy Policy both of which can be viewed under the "Policies" section of our website.

rpc catering & hospitality recruitment is a leading catering and hospitality recruitment specialist supplying Chefs of all grades and Hospitality General / Deputy / Assistant / Restaurant / Bar Managers / Sommeliers and Mixologists and hotel staff of all levels throughout the UK and Internationally.

We frequently manage confidential appointments on behalf of our clients, some of which are not advertised.

If you are interested in working in the catering and hospitality and hotels sector and seeking to develop your career, please do not hesitate to contact us for a confidential discussion and access to our complete portfolio of current opportunities.

We highly recommend you "Like" or "Follow" our social media pages (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram etc) as we post all our vacancies through notifications and you may find an alternative vacancy that is suitable