Pastry Sous Chef
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About the Role
The Arts Club Dubai seeks a Pastry Sous Chef to assist the Head Pastry Chef in running the pastry kitchen. You will oversee pastry and dessert preparation, develop new items, and manage the team.
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Responsibilities
- Assist with organising and coordinating all pastry and dessert preparation and presentation, ensuring Culinary Standards are met by the Pastry team
- Help achieve food cost targets and objectives as set down by the Head Pastry Chef
- Prepare a wide variety of products such as cakes, cookies, pies, afternoon tea sweets, plated desserts and mignardises following traditional and modern recipes
- Develop, design, or create new ideas and items including non gluten, while ensuring excellent quality throughout the dessert offerings
- Come up with new and exciting items to renew and refresh the restaurant menus and enhance the experience of members and guests
- Monitor stocks for baking ingredients and make appropriate orders within budget
- Assist in production and maintenance of par stocks of pastry and dessert with proper rotation of products and maintain highest cleanliness and hygiene standard in the Pastry section
- Prepare duty rotas for colleagues to ensure adequate cover at all times, assist with vacation planning
- Support with regular demonstrations of existing or new dishes and make sure a record is kept
- Manage the Pastry Department in the absence of the Head Chef
Requirements
- Minimum 2 years’ experience in same role in luxury hotels or high end reputable restaurant
- Internationally recognised professional certification
- Good working level of English, written and spoken
- Strong organisational and time management skills with a high degree of flexibility
- Excellent team management skills with strong problem solving abilities
- Demonstrate integrity in all dealings and maintain high level of confidentiality
- Be a self motivator and someone who is ready to challenge in the interest of continuous improvement
- Ability to work long shifts and stand for extended period of time
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About Us
- The Arts Club Dubai is perfectly located in the heart of the DIFC, set over four floors and totaling 65,000 square feet, in the brand new ICD Brookfield Place development designed by Foster + Partners.
- It is the first international outpost of the celebrated and historical private members’ club, established in 1863 in Mayfair, London.
- The Club provides its members with a home away from home: a sanctuary for those seeking comfort, hospitality and elegance.
Job Details
- As a member of the management team, Sous Chef will assist the Head Chef in running the assigned kitchen as an independent profit center, in line with the outlet’s operating concept and set performance standards.
- While operating within budget to consistently ensure the highest quality of all the food served whilst controlling cost to maximise the gross profit percentage.
What Will You Do
- Assist with the organising and coordinating of all pastry and dessert preparation and presentation, ensuring Culinary Standards and responsibilities are met by the Pastry team.
- Help to achieve food cost targets and objectives as set down by the Head Pastry Chef.
- Prepare a wide variety of products, such as cakes, cookies, pies, afternoon tea sweets, plated desserts and mignardises etc. following traditional and modern recipes.
- Able to develop, designs, or creates new ideas and items including non gluten, while ensuring excellent quality throughout the dessert offerings.
- Come up with new and exciting items to renew and refresh the restaurant menus, and enhance the experience of members and guests.
- Monitor stocks for baking ingredients such as flour, sugar etc. and make appropriate orders within budget.
- Assist in production and maintenance of par stocks of pastry and dessert with proper rotation of products and maintain highest cleanliness and hygiene standard in the Pastry section.
- Prepare duty rotas for colleagues to ensure adequate cover at all times, assist with vacation planning considering the seasonality of the business and keeping overtime to a minimum.
- Support with regular demonstrations of existing or new dishes and make sure a record is kept of such demonstrations.
- Manage the Pastry Department in the Absence of the Head Chef.
What We Are Looking For
- Minimum 2 years’ experience in same role in luxury hotels or high end reputable restaurant.
- Internationally recognised professional certification.
- Good working level of English, written and spoken.
- Have strong organisational and time management skills with a high degree of flexibility.
- Excellent team management skills with strong problem solving abilities.
- Demonstrate integrity in all dealings and maintain high level of confidentiality.
- Be a self motivator and someone who is ready to challenge in the interest of continuous improvement.
- Ability to work long shifts and stand for the extended period of time.
Benefits
- The Arts Club Dubai is offering a competitive and attractive remuneration and benefits package.
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