Pastry Chef
About The Position
Holt Renfrew offers you an inspiring, fashion-driven environment with opportunities to learn and grow. From our incredible partnerships with iconic luxury brands, to our commitments to corporate social responsibility, you will be inspired every day. A job at Holt Renfrew offers a competitive total compensation, a generous employee discount, pension, and health & dental benefits, tuition assistance, and continuous learning and development. The Pastry Chef will be responsible for designing dessert menus, afternoon tea, preparing pastries, and ensuring a consistent product that meets our standards for quality and presentation.
Requirements
- High school diploma
- Culinary school graduate
- Minimum of 5 years culinary experience within a renowned pastry kitchen environment
- Exude positivity and possess a welcoming and enthusiastic can-do attitude
- Exceptional ability to provide elevated guest experience
- Excellent leadership & communication skills
- Excellent overall pastry & bakery knowledge
- Experience working with chocolate & sugar
- Strong attention to detail
Responsibilities
- Ensure Pastry culinary standards for product quality, taste, presentation and execution are met in a consistent and timely manner
- Train cooks to develop pastry skills within the team
- Model appropriate standards, parameters and prescribed limits to kitchen staff; helping them to understand how they drive business
- Ensure that the Executive Chefs standards for product quality, taste, and execution are met in a consistent and timely manner
- Support and supervise the kitchen staff and motivate staff to take ownership of their work and deliver amazing service
- Support the achievement of sales volume and margin as determined by seasonal plans by creating profitable dishes
- Drive creation of afternoon tea dessert items. Showcasing creativity and skill with vendor brand partnerships.
- Ensure the kitchen meets or exceeds all health regulations, standards and codes – including safety practices, hygiene practices, and safe food handling and storage practices
- Controls waste of food
- Works swiftly and safely to deliver quick client service
- Controls waste of food, ensures proper rotation of perishable stock and maintains prep and storage areas in a clean, tidy and safe manner
- Keep records of quantities used and assists with food and supplies ordering
- Comply with all Health & Safety policies and requirement
- Build recipe databases for all pastry dishes in marketman
Benefits
- competitive total compensation
- generous employee discount
- pension
- health & dental benefits
- tuition assistance
- continuous learning and development
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
Associate degree
