Job Details
The Company and the Role:
The Company is possibly the most talked-about group of Hotels to emerge in recent years.
The Company`s Hotels all having a touch of superior elegance inside and outside have fabulous grounds are more like a restaurant with rooms and kitchen garden. The concept was created in 2011 and has been recognised with many accolades and industry awards.
The Company is still expanding with new openings in the pipeline. Their ethos is to give their staff a great place to work that is exceptional, vibrant, competitive, successful, professional and just a little bit ground breaking, with bags of opportunity.
They pride themselves in their ability to bring the best out of their fantastic Chefs with constant learning provided, and freedom to experiment with new flavours, by sourcing fresh ingredients every day from their own gardens and greenhouses, to create new menus and keep the passion to deliver amazing dishes every day.It can be challenging for the Pastry Chef de Partie at times but very rewarding.
The Company is currently looking for a passionate and pioneering Pastry Chef de Partie to join their kitchen team at one of the most vibrant and award-winning Hotel restaurants in the heart of the New Forest, Hampshire. The position is permanent.
Key Features of the Role:
- The Pastry Chef de Partiewill oversee the Pastry section and be responsible for junior staff in your section.
- Work enthusiastically as a member of a busy kitchen team working in conjunction with service staff to ensure a high level of service is received by the guest.
- Working with an array of fresh produce from the local garden and surrounding area, incorporating once in a lifetime menu items, and offering complimentary flavour combinations, which give guests a taste of happiness and joy at their table.
- Assist other trusted and proven Chefs in the absence of the Sous Chef or Head Chef.
- Undertake training and development from Senior Chefs in a competitive yet pioneering team-based environment.
Knowledge and Skills Required:
To be accomplished in this role you will need to be an accomplished Demi CPD Pastry Chef or a Pastry Chef de Partie, with experience ideally of working across all areas of a pastry section within a large kitchen.
Above all you must be a real \"foodie\" able to spread the word to the Company`s customers about the importance of the art of serving good, fresh and local food in an ever-increasing world where convenience is becoming the norm, they need people who have a love and passion for all things food.
You possess emotional stability to be able to continually push yourself to move up to the next career level.
Your practical experience should ideally be supported by some form of catering qualification.
Be a great team player with good organisational skills with the ability to thrive in a very busy hotel and restaurant, where the Company`s reputation for consistently preparing, cooking and presenting dishes to the right quality, is second to none.
Have a passion for producing the perfect dish every time, having a desire to aim for exceptional standards.
A driving licence and reliable transport is essential to get to interview and to and from the hotel if you chose not to live in.
What`s on Offer?
If you`re somebody who is passionate about food, studies and experiments with what makes up great dishes and flavours, and you have a hunger to try new things and take yourself and you`re cooking to new levels, then this could be the ideal Pastry Chef de Partie role for you.
On offer is a basic salary of £22k - £23k per annum depending upon your experience and skill set plus Tronc worth around £2500 per annum. A live-in option is available subject to a personal contribution towards the rent.
Working 5 or 4 days with 2 or 3 days off respectively per week
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