Assistant Pastry Chef

Job Description

The Four Seasons Resort in Jumeirah Beach Road is looking for an Assistant Pastry Chef with passion for excellence, expertise in hospitality operations and proven leadership experience are invited to apply for a career with Four Seasons. As the member of the Kitchen, the Assistant pastry chef works across disciplines to deliver an exceptional experience and provide leadership, ability to priorities and adapt to the changing needs of the operation.Job Responsibilities:? Reporting to the Executive pastry chef, your main responsibilities will include:? Manage and supervise the pastry/bakery team in accordance with Four Seasons core and culture standards and local operating criteria at all times.? Form a strong team spirit within the team by taking a personal interest in every employee in the? department and fostering excellent inter departmental cooperation.? Actively promote the career development of his/her team members by offering continuous training and exposure opportunities, performance feedback, effective coaching and disciplining when necessary.? Take a lead in all facets of Training activities in the pastry/bakery Preparation Department.? Drive quality standards for all food prepared in the pastry/bakery kitchen, constantly inspects taste, temperature and visual appeal and portion size.? Ensures standard recipes are followed strictly.? Comply with HACCP procedures and ensures highest level of hygiene and sanitation is all food preparation.? Examine food suppliers and received goods for quality and quantity.? Assist the Executive pastry chef in the development of creative menus and implementation of pastry/bakery promotions in keeping with seasonality and restaurant concepts.? Must be hands on and able to practice and demonstrate excellent technical kitchen skills.? Lead in the execution of special culinary events.? Requisition all food items needed daily from the food storeroom in concert with all cooks. Supervise all employees during the setup, service and breakdown for each meal period.? Verify the taste and presentation of pastry/bakery produced prior to meal periods. Follow all control and key procedures.? Communicate and delegate the production schedule for the day, collating quantities to be produced from the forecast and for the next day's banquet function sheets.? Expedite orders on the line. Inspect and supervise the sanitation and maintenance of equipment.? Ensure that proper work orders are made to repair pastry/bakery equipment.? Control labor and food costs.? Ensure training is occurring on an ongoing basis with all employees.? Maintain discipline and motivation for employees.? Perform daily storeroom inspections of all walk in refrigerators to ensure that proper rotation of food is done. Review the quality of goods received. Review the refrigeration areas of the pastry/bakery and store rooms to ensure the proper usage of merchandise.? Inform and keep the Executive Sous chef and Executive Pastry Chef up to date on problems and irregularities and recommends courses of action.? Ensure kitchen employees are storing foods properly.? Monitor and control the labor utilized to produce a quality product while adhering to labor standards? Monitor and control the food cost by creative menu planning, keeping waste to a minimum and low pars.? Assist in the development of a safe and clean working environment. Participate in the scheduling and performance evaluation of kitchen employees.? Attend all the requires meetings BEO, internal weekly meetingsEssential Skills and Qualifications:? Candidates must have a firm knowledge of the local market and speak and write fluent in English.? The ideal candidate brings forward creativity and innovative ideas, an inspire mentor to the team? The candidates must have a great pastry/bakery and organizational skills, good business acumen, a strong work ethic and people-management and facilitation skills.? Ideally have a culinary diploma / degree.? Minimum of three or four years experience working in a similar position for a Pastry /bakery in a Five star hotels. .Essential Leadership Skills:? The person we seek will be a passionate and motivated leader, with excellent personal presentation and interpersonal skills.? Solid business acumen and a passion for service.? We are looking for individuals who possess a high level of attention to detail and a strong work ethic.? The ability to multitask and prioritize is also essential for this position.Join our Team:? Work on a team that is built on mutual respect, collaboration, excellent service.? Four Seasons provides employees with the same level of care that we expect to be shared with our guests.? Four Seasons has been ranked in FORTUNE Magazine's 100 best companies to work for since 1998.? Be part of a cohesive team with opportunities to build a successful career with global potential.? Have the opportunity to engage in diverse and challenging work.? Be recognized for excellence.

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Assistant Pastry Chef