Pastry Chef - Specialty Coffee Shop & Restaurant
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About the Role
HUNDRED GROUP is seeking an experienced Pastry Chef for their specialty coffee shop and restaurant group in Qatar. The role involves creating high-quality pastries, desserts, and baked goods, developing new recipes, and ensuring consistency across multiple branches.
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Responsibilities
- Prepare and produce a wide range of pastries, cakes, desserts, and baked goods
- Develop new pastry items, seasonal specials, and signature desserts
- Ensure consistency in taste, texture, presentation, and portioning across all branches
- Follow standardized recipes and maintain accurate measurements
- Oversee daily mise en place for pastry and dessert sections
- Conduct regular quality checks on all pastry items
- Plan daily and weekly production schedules based on branch requirements
- Manage batch production for efficiency and consistency
- Ensure full compliance with Qatar Municipality food safety regulations
- Monitor ingredient usage and minimize wastage
- Train junior pastry staff and kitchen helpers when required
- Support cross branch coordination for pastry supply and quality consistency
Requirements
- Minimum 3 5 years experience as a Pastry Chef, Baker, or Dessert Specialist
- Experience in specialty coffee shops, restaurants, or boutique bakeries preferred
- Strong knowledge of pastry techniques, baking methods, and dessert presentation
- Expertise in doughs, creams, fillings, glazes, and decorative techniques
- Ability to develop new recipes and innovate
- Strong understanding of food safety and hygiene standards
- Knowledge of temperature control, baking equipment, and production tools
- Creativity and attention to detail
- Strong time management and organizational skills
- Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines
- Team player with strong communication skills
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Position Overview
- We are seeking an experienced and highly skilled Pastry Chef to join our specialty coffee shop and restaurant group in Qatar. The Pastry Chef will be responsible for creating, preparing, and presenting high quality pastries, desserts, baked goods, and specialty items that align with our brand standa
Key Duties & Responsibilities
- Prepare and produce a wide range of pastries, cakes, desserts, and baked goods.
- Develop new pastry items, seasonal specials, and signature desserts.
- Ensure consistency in taste, texture, presentation, and portioning across all branches.
- Follow standardized recipes and maintain accurate measurements.
- Oversee daily mise en place for pastry and dessert sections.
- Conduct regular quality checks on all pastry items.
- Plan daily and weekly production schedules based on branch requirements.
- Manage batch production for efficiency and consistency.
- Ensure full compliance with Qatar Municipality food safety regulations.
- Monitor ingredient usage and minimize wastage.
- Train junior pastry staff and kitchen helpers when required.
- Support cross branch coordination for pastry supply and quality consistency.
Workflow Process
- Daily: Review production list and branch orders, prepare mise en place, execute baking, conduct quality checks, clean workstations.
- Weekly: Review sales trends, test new recipes, conduct inventory checks, review hygiene logs.
- Monthly: Participate in menu planning, conduct training sessions, review cost performance, present updates to management.
Targeted KPIs
- Quality KPIs: Pastry Quality Score 90%+, Recipe Compliance Rate 95%+, Customer Dessert Complaints <3% per month.
- Operational KPIs: On Time Production & Delivery 100%, Prep Completion Accuracy 100% before service.
- Cost KPIs: Ingredient Wastage reduced by 10 15% per quarter, Inventory Variance <2%, Cost per unit consistency within budget.
- Hygiene & Compliance KPIs: Hygiene Audit Score 90% minimum, Municipality Violations 0, Temperature Log Accuracy 100%.
- Collaboration KPIs: Coordination with Head Chef & Operations 90%+, Training Completion 100%, Cross branch pastry consistency score 95%+.
Minimum Qualifications
- Minimum 3 5 years experience as a Pastry Chef, Baker, or Dessert Specialist.
- Experience in specialty coffee shops, restaurants, or boutique bakeries preferred.
- Strong knowledge of pastry techniques, baking methods, and dessert presentation.
- Expertise in doughs, creams, fillings, glazes, and decorative techniques.
- Ability to develop new recipes and innovate.
- Strong understanding of food safety and hygiene standards.
- Knowledge of temperature control, baking equipment, and production tools.
- Creativity and attention to detail.
- Strong time management and organizational skills.
- Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.
- Team player with strong communication skills.
Work Location
- In person
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