Pastry Chef
Posted Today by Brigit's Bakery
£32,000 Per year
Outside
Onsite
SE16, South East London, Greater London
Summary: The role of Pastry Chef at Brigit’s Bakery involves preparing high-quality pastries and desserts for their renowned Afternoon Tea experiences in London. The ideal candidate will possess strong baking skills, creativity in recipe development, and a commitment to health and safety standards. This position aims to enhance customer satisfaction and contribute to the growth of the business. The role requires collaboration with a team and oversight of pastry assistants to ensure efficient operations.
Key Responsibilities:
- Assist with Afternoon Tea preparation
- Prepare a wide variety of goods such as cakes, pastries, sweets, etc. following traditional and modern recipes
- Create new and exciting desserts to renew menus and engage customer interest
- Decorate pastries using different icings, toppings etc. to ensure beautiful presentation
- Monitor stocks for baking ingredients and make appropriate orders within budget
- Check quality of material and condition of cooking equipment
- Guide and motivate pastry assistants and bakers
- Identify staffing needs and help recruit and train personnel
- Maintain a lean and orderly cooking station and adhere to health and safety standards
Key Skills:
- Proven experience as Pastry Chef, baker or relevant role
- Great attention to detail and creativity
- Organizing and leadership skills
- Willingness to replenish professional knowledge
- In-depth knowledge of sanitation principles, food preparation and baking techniques
- Working knowledge of baking with ingredient limitations
- Certificate in culinary arts, pastry-making, baking or relevant field
- Level 3 Food and Safety Certificate
Salary (Rate): £32,000/year
City: South East London
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: on-site
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: Mid-Level
Industry: Other
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A fantastic role has become available with an exciting hospitality business based in London. The company is now looking to add to their team by taking on a Pastry Chef.
Overview
Brigit’s Bakery is a London based award-winning specialist provider of Afternoon Tea Experiences.
Founded in 2010, the company has quickly established itself as one of London’s best handmade afternoon tea providers.
Brigit’s is extremely proud of the service standards and quality of baking provided in its cozy Tea Salon in the heart of Covent Garden, on-board the hugely popular traditional red double decker Routemaster Afternoon Tea Bus Tours, the now famous Peppa Pig Afternoon Tea Bus Tours and on board our Thames River Cruise.
We are looking for an experienced Pastry Chef to assist with Afternoon Tea preparation. Your skill in baking high quality treats should be matched by your creativity to develop new amazing tastes and recipes.
The ideal candidate will be well-versed in culinary arts with a passion for sweet and delicious creations. They must adhere to health and safety standards to provide clients with the best possible serving.
The goal is to enhance customer satisfaction so that we can maintain and expand our clientele.
Responsibilities
- Assist with Afternoon Tea preparation
- Prepare a wide variety of goods such as cakes, pastries, sweets, etc. following traditional and modern recipes
- Create new and exciting desserts to renew our menus and engage the interest of customers
- Decorate pastries using different icings, toppings etc. to ensure the presentation will be beautiful and exciting
- Monitor stocks for baking ingredients such as flour, sugar etc. and make appropriate orders within budget
- Check quality of material and condition of equipment and devices used for cooking
- Guide and motivate pastry assistants and bakers to work more efficiently
- Identify staffing needs and help recruit and train personnel
- Maintain a lean and orderly cooking station and adhere to health and safety standards
Requirements and skills
- Proven experience as Pastry Chef, baker or relevant role
- Great attention to detail and creativity
- Organizing and leadership skills
- Willingness to replenish professional knowledge
- In depth knowledge of sanitation principles, food preparation and baking techniques and nutrition
- Working knowledge of baking with ingredient limitations (pastries that are gluten free, sugarless etc.)
- Certificate in culinary arts, pastry-making, baking or relevant field
- Level 3 Food and Safety Certificate
Schedule:
- Early morning shift
- Day shift
- Weekend availability
Job Types: Full-time, Fixed term contract, Temp to perm
Experience:
- baking: 3 years (required)
Work Location: In person