Executive Pastry Chef at The Plaza Doha LXR hotels & resorts
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About the Role
Hilton is seeking an Executive Pastry Chef to lead the pastry kitchen at The Plaza Doha LXR Hotels & Resorts. The role involves overseeing pastry operations, creating innovative menus, managing inventory and cost control, and developing the pastry team.
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Responsibilities
- Lead day to day pastry kitchen operations across all outlets and banquet functions
- Oversee production of premium breads, viennoiserie, pastries, desserts, and specialty items
- Develop and implement seasonal dessert menus and signature pastries
- Manage purchasing, inventory, production planning, and product rotation to achieve cost targets
- Recruit, train, mentor, and inspire the pastry team
- Ensure compliance with health, food safety, and company standards
Requirements
- Experience leading a pastry kitchen in a high end hotel or resort
- Expertise in pastry, desserts, and baked goods production
- Strong leadership and team development skills
- Knowledge of inventory management and cost control
- Commitment to food safety and sanitation standards
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Job Description
- Hilton is seeking an Executive Pastry Chef to lead the pastry kitchen at The Plaza Doha LXR Hotels & Resorts.
- The role involves overseeing pastry operations, creating innovative menus, and delivering memorable culinary experiences.
Responsibilities
- Lead the pastry operation: Direct all day to day pastry kitchen operations, ensuring exceptional quality, consistency, efficiency, and seamless execution across all outlets and banquet functions.
- Drive culinary excellence: Oversee the production of premium breads, viennoiserie, pastries, desserts, and specialty items, ensuring all products meet brand standards and exceed guest expectations.
- Create innovative menus: Develop and implement seasonal dessert menus, signature pastries, and new concepts that enhance the hotel's culinary offerings while reflecting current trends and guest preferences.
- Maintain exceptional quality: Ensure every pastry and dessert is crafted and presented with creativity, precision, and attention to detail, consistently delivering an outstanding guest experience.
- Manage inventory and cost control: Oversee purchasing, inventory management, production planning, and product rotation to maintain optimal stock levels, minimize waste, and achieve food cost targets.
- Lead and develop the team: Recruit, train, mentor, and inspire the pastry team by setting clear expectations, monitoring performance, providing ongoing coaching, and fostering a collaborative, high performing culture.
- Champion food safety and compliance: Ensure full compliance with health, food safety, sanitation, and company standards while promoting a safe, clean, and well organized working environment for both guests and team members.
Qualifications
- A passion for spreading the light and warmth of Hospitality.
- Acting with Integrity and always doing the right thing.
- Inspiring others through Leadership.
- A belief that Teamwork drives the best outcomes.
- A sense of Ownership and accountability.
- A focus on the Now, bringing urgency and discipline to every moment.
About Us
- At Hilton, we don’t just deliver exceptional experiences for our guests—we build an exceptional workplace for the Team Members who make it all possible.
- As a global leader in hospitality, we’ve welcomed more than 3 billion guests worldwide, all while staying true to our founding vision: to fill the earth with the light and warmth of hospitality.
- Our award winning culture has earned us repeated recognition on the World’s Best Workplaces list by Great Place to Work and Fortune.
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