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About the Role
Lead high-volume pastry and bakery production in a central kitchen supplying multiple outlets. Ensure consistent quality, cost control, and compliance with UAE food safety standards.
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Responsibilities
- Plan and execute daily/weekly production schedules based on outlet orders and forecasts
- Produce full pastry range at volume: viennoiserie, laminated dough, entremets, cakes, desserts, breads, plated components, frozen/chilled semi finished products
- Scale recipes accurately for batch production; maintain standardized recipes, gram weight specs and yields
- Operate and manage central kitchen equipment: deck/rack/convection ovens, sheeters/laminators, planetary mixers, blast chillers/freezers, tempering machines, depositors
- Guarantee identical product quality across every batch and every outlet
- Enforce portioning, weight, finishing and packaging standards
- Manage shelf life, blast chilling, freezing, labelling and cold chain integrity for distribution
- Apply and maintain HACCP based food safety management; act as/support the Person In Charge (PIC) per Dubai Municipality Foodwatch requirements
- Control food cost, portion cost and waste; monitor yields and variance
- Manage stock, ordering, supplier goods receiving and inventory rotation
- Supervise, train and schedule the pastry production team (chefs de partie, commis, helpers)
- Develop and standardize new products for central production and roll out to outlets
Requirements
- 5+ years in pastry with proven central kitchen / high volume central production experience
- Strong background in batch production, recipe scaling and standardized recipe systems
- Culinary/pastry qualification
- Valid Dubai Municipality PIC / food safety certification (or ability to obtain)
- Solid understanding of cost control, yields and cold chain / distribution logistics
- Able to work in a fast paced, high output, temperature controlled environment; physically fit; flexible on early/shift hours
- UAE experience preferred
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Overview
- Lead the daily high volume pastry and bakery production of a central kitchen supplying multiple outlets (restaurants, cafés, hotels, retail, catering).
- Deliver consistent quality at scale, on schedule, within cost and full compliance with UAE / Dubai Municipality food safety standards.
Key Responsibilities
- Plan and execute daily/weekly production schedules based on outlet orders and forecasts.
- Produce the full pastry range at volume: viennoiserie, laminated dough, entremets, cakes, desserts, breads, plated components, frozen/chilled semi finished products.
- Scale recipes accurately for batch production; maintain standardized recipes, gram weight specs and yields.
- Operate and manage central kitchen equipment: deck/rack/convection ovens, sheeters/laminators, planetary mixers, blast chillers/freezers, tempering machines, depositors.
- Guarantee identical product quality across every batch and every outlet.
- Enforce portioning, weight, finishing and packaging standards.
- Manage shelf life, blast chilling, freezing, labelling and cold chain integrity for distribution.
- Apply and maintain HACCP based food safety management; act as/support the Person In Charge (PIC) per Dubai Municipality Foodwatch requirements.
- Ensure temperature logs, traceability, allergen control, FIFO, hygiene and sanitation standards are fully respected.
- Control food cost, portion cost and waste; monitor yields and variance.
- Manage stock, ordering, supplier goods receiving and inventory rotation.
- Supervise, train and schedule the pastry production team (chefs de partie, commis, helpers).
Requirements
- 5+ years in pastry, with proven central kitchen / high volume central production experience (essential).
- Strong background in batch production, recipe scaling and standardized recipe systems.
- Culinary/pastry qualification.
- Valid Dubai Municipality PIC / food safety certification (or ability to obtain); HACCP knowledge essential.
- Solid understanding of cost control, yields and cold chain / distribution logistics.
- Able to work in a fast paced, high output, temperature controlled environment; physically fit; flexible on early/shift hours.
- UAE experience preferred.
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