Chief Baker

Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts • Brookside, DE

55d • Onsite

About The Position

Four Seasons Resort and Residences Dominican Republic at Tropicalia is seeking a Chief Baker to join their pre-opening team. This role will lead the resort’s bakery operation, responsible for creating exceptional breads, viennoiserie, and baked products. The Chief Baker will ensure consistency, creativity, and the highest standards of quality across all restaurants, banquets, and culinary experiences, reporting directly to the Executive Pastry Chef.

Requirements

• Culinary diploma, professional bakery qualification or equivalent specialized training in Baking and Pastry Arts.
• A minimum of five years of progressive bakery experience within a luxury hotel, resort, artisan bakery or high-volume culinary operation, including previous supervisory responsibility.
• Advanced technical knowledge of artisan bread production, natural fermentation, sourdough, laminated doughs, viennoiserie and international baking techniques.
• Strong leadership, organization and production-planning skills, with creativity, precision and exceptional attention to detail.
• Fluency in Spanish is required.
• Candidates must be legally eligible to work in the Dominican Republic or able to meet the applicable immigration and work-permit requirements.

Nice To Haves

• Working proficiency in English
• Previous luxury-hospitality or pre-opening experience

Responsibilities

• Lead and supervise the daily bakery operation, ensuring consistent production and timely delivery of all breads, rolls, viennoiserie and specialty baked products.
• Participate in pre-opening activities, including bakery inspections, equipment testing and commissioning, recipe development, product tastings and establishment of operating procedures.
• Develop and standardize a distinctive selection of artisan breads, sourdoughs, breakfast pastries, laminated doughs and regional specialties for the resort’s culinary concepts.
• Partner with the Executive Pastry Chef and culinary leadership to create innovative bakery offerings that reflect the identity of each outlet and incorporate seasonal and local ingredients.
• Recruit, onboard, train, schedule, coach and develop the Bakery team, fostering creativity, discipline, teamwork and the Golden Rule.
• Maintain standardized recipes, preparation methods, production schedules, photographs, yield calculations and presentation guidelines.
• Ensure the proper preparation, fermentation, proofing, baking, cooling, storage and presentation of all bakery products.
• Monitor daily production levels according to occupancy, restaurant covers, banquet requirements and business forecasts to ensure availability while minimizing waste.
• Maintain strict quality control over taste, texture, appearance, freshness, consistency and portioning.
• Ensure full compliance with food-safety, sanitation, hygiene, allergen-management, occupational health and safety, and HACCP requirements.
• Monitor food costs, ingredient usage, inventory levels, labor productivity and waste while maintaining exceptional product quality.
• Work closely with Purchasing to evaluate flour, yeast, chocolate, dairy products and other specialty ingredients and establish clear product specifications.
• Conduct regular inspections of bakery equipment, refrigeration and production areas and coordinate preventive maintenance and repairs with Engineering.
• Support customized requests, dietary requirements, VIP amenities, banquets, celebrations and other special culinary experiences.

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Comprehensive benefits package
• Excellent training and professional-development opportunities
• Opportunities for career growth within Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts
• Employee travel program, including complimentary and discounted stays at Four Seasons properties worldwide, subject to program eligibility
• Complimentary dry cleaning for employee uniforms
• Complimentary employee meals while on duty
• A supportive and inclusive work environment built on mutual respect, collaboration and the Golden Rule.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree