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Lead Pastry Chef – Full-Time - Guillam Coffee House - London

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Join Our Team as a Lead Pastry Chef at Guillam Coffee House


Are you passionate about creating exceptional pastries, artisan breads, cakes, and desserts from scratch? Do you enjoy leading a team while maintaining the highest standards of quality and consistency? If so, we would love to welcome you to our brand-new café in the heart of St. James.


As our Lead Pastry Chef, you will oversee the daily production of all bakery and pastry items in a dedicated production kitchen with no service, allowing you to focus on crafting outstanding products in a well-organised and professional environment. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in shaping the pastry and bakery offering of our newest location while mentoring and developing a small production team.


Your Responsibilities Will Include:

  • Leading the daily production of artisan breads, pastries, cakes, desserts, and other bakery products.
  • Planning production schedules to ensure products are prepared efficiently and meet daily business demand.
  • Maintaining excellent mise en place and ensuring consistency across every batch produced.
  • Preparing products to the highest quality standards by following recipes accurately and supporting standardised

production processes.

  • Checking all products before dispatch to ensure quality, presentation, and consistency.
  • Monitoring food costs, stock rotation (FIFO), yields, and minimizing waste.
  • Assisting with stock ordering, inventory management, and maintaining accurate recipe documentation.
  • Supervising, training, and mentoring junior members of the pastry team.
  • Maintaining a clean, organised, and efficient production kitchen.
  • Ensuring full compliance with food safety, HACCP, and health & safety regulations.
  • Liaise with other departments and sites, escalating any issues to senior management when required.

Qualifications:
To thrive in this role, you'll need:

  • Previous experience as a Lead Pastry Chef, Senior Pastry Chef, or similar supervisory role.
  • Strong knowledge of artisan bread, pastry, cake, and dessert production.
  • Experience leading, training, and developing junior team members.
  • Excellent organisational and time management skills.
  • Strong attention to detail with a passion for quality and consistency.
  • Good understanding of food safety, HACCP, stock control, and cost management.
  • The ability to work efficiently in a fast-paced production environment.
  • A positive attitude and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced production environment.

What We Offer:

  • Full-time position: Up to 48 hours per week.
  • Salary: £30,000 – £34,000 per annum, plus service charge (Tronc), depending on experience.
  • No service – dedicated production role.
  • The opportunity to help shape the pastry and bakery offering of a brand-new café.
  • Career development opportunities within a growing business.
  • Supportive and collaborative working environment.
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