Pastry Chef de Partie
14 minutes ago
£32000–£35000 yearly
Full-time
London
Pastry / Baker Chef de Partie (Pastry, Viennoiserie or Hybrid) Location: Mayfair, London Start: ASAP Salary: £32,000–£35,000 per year (DOE) including service charge Hours: Full-time, daytime shifts with rotating weekends. Bakery-focused shifts run about 6/7am–3/4pm, and pastry-focused shifts about 7/8am–4/5pm. A luxury pâtisserie in the heart of Mayfair is looking for a talented chef to join its pastry and bakery kitchen. Family-owned, with decades of pastry heritage behind it, the brand brings that tradition to a modern, high-end London concept. It’s growing quickly, with a second Mayfair site on the horizon. We’re open to how this role takes shape. You might be a pastry chef who wants to master lamination, or a baker who wants to refine your pâtisserie and finishing. You might also want to work across both. Either way, you’ll work directly with the Head Pastry Chef, build skills on both sides of the kitchen, and help create new products as the brand grows. Choose your focus: • Pastry focus. Craft refined pastries, desserts, cakes and afternoon tea, with cake decoration and finishing at the core., • Bakery focus. Own the daily viennoiserie and bread production: croissants, pain au chocolat, Danish, and enriched and sourdough breads., • Hybrid. Split your time between both sections and develop as an all-round pastry and bakery chef. Responsibilities: • Produce premium pastries, desserts, cakes, viennoiserie and breads to exceptional standards of quality, consistency and presentation, depending on your focus, • Manage laminated doughs, fermentation and baking schedules, or pastry production and finishing, so everything is ready for service, • Work with the Head Pastry Chef to develop new seasonal and signature items, • Run your section efficiently, with organised mise en place and production planning, • Support stock control and ordering, and maintain HACCP and food safety standards at all times, • Work closely with the wider kitchen team for a smooth, well-run operation What we’re looking for: • At least 2 years’ experience in pastry, bakery or both, in a luxury hotel, fine-dining restaurant, high-end pâtisserie or artisan bakery, • Strong technical skills in your specialism. That could be pastry, desserts and cake finishing, or lamination, fermentation and bread. Sourdough or levain experience is a plus., • A genuine interest in developing skills on the other side of the kitchen, • Precision, consistency and real pride in your craft, • A calm, organised approach and a reliable, team-first attitude, • Flexibility to work early mornings, rotating weekends and busy trading periods, • The right to work in the UK Please note: contracts are 30 hour + overtime but expected weekly hours will be 40-45 hours per week) Why Apply? • Grow in both disciplines. It’s rare to get the chance to develop pastry and bakery skills side by side in a luxury kitchen., • Creative input. Work directly with the Head Pastry Chef and see your ideas reach the menu., • Daytime hours. No late nights or split shifts., • Real progression. With a second Mayfair site planned, there’s genuine room to grow., • Benefits: Staff food, employee discounts, company sick pay, flexitime and on-site parking (a rarity in Mayfair).
