Pastry Chef

Maison Estelle is a private club set in a Grade I-listed Georgian townhouse on Grafton Street, Mayfair. A hosted home, bringing people together that have plenty to say and nothing to prove. A new school club (no rules), with old school values of personalised service and discretion.

Work in an environment where you can bring your whole self to work, where youre empowered to be the very best you can be. Our values are at the core of everything we do and every decision we make. We have four pillars (HOST): humble, own it, spirited and togetherness. These pillars influence every experience that we deliver, both for our members and with each other.

Our Pastry Chef is responsible for operating the pastry section of the kitchen. You will be responsible for creating a wide variety of high-quality pastry and dessert items with our recipes ensuring high quality standards and consistency of our products. You will also assist in ensuring par stocks of pastry and desserts and proper rotation of products and maintain the highest cleanliness and hygiene standards within the pastry and bakery sections.

BENEFITS

• WSET qualifications
• 28 days holiday inclusive of bank holidays (increasing with length of service), pension and life assurance.
• Inclusion in the Tronc scheme.
• A health cash plan to claim money back and get access to lots of ways to support your physical & mental wellbeing.
• Goes without saying, but we will feed you during your shift.
• Lots of opportunity to develop your skills and progress internally.
• Regular team get togethers, from regular team drinks to bi-annual parties.
• Opportunities to join one of our committees and influence how we do things, how we socialise and how we support the local community.
• Great incentives and reward programmes including recommend a friend bonuses, employee of the month and much more.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

The key responsibilities for this role will include but are not limited to:

• Working in the pastry section of the Kitchen preparing a wide variety of goods such as cakes, cookies, pies, bread etc. following our recipes.
• Decorating pastries using different icings, toppings etc. to ensure the presentation will be modern, beautiful, exciting and appetising.
• Working and assisting across all food sections in the kitchen, as required.
• Ensuring the highest possible standard of presentation & cleanliness in all areas of the kitchen, both in the kitchen itself and & back of house areas.
• Training/coaching other members of Kitchen Team in pastry.
• Being responsible for effective stock control within the Pastry section and to control and record all wastage.
• Complying with procedures to ensure all Health and Safety and Food Hygiene requirements are compliant with current legislation and to ensure temperature records and food labelling are recorded and up to date.
• Keeping all H&S and Food safety documentation and reporting up to date in line with our food safety management system.
• Assisting the BOH Manager in ensuring the kitchen equipment is properly maintained and report any faults with equipment to him.
• Continually improving service by communicating and assisting individuals to understand and anticipate member needs.
• Attending Culinary and club-wide meetings.
• Suggesting changes or improvements to increase accuracy, efficiency, cost reductions and to improve members experience.
• Having good communication skills and proficiently liaising with all departments on an ongoing basis; close relationships with front of house operational teams.

PERSONAL PROFILE

• Proven experience working in a Kitchen department in a luxury / lifestyle multi-outlet food and beverage operation.
• Stays up to date with current food trends and best practices.
• Must be able to work flexibly including evenings and weekends due to the operational hours of the club.
• Excellent communication skills and comfortable talking to colleagues, senior management and coming front of house to talk to members.
• A genuine passion for hospitality and hosting.

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