Grand Palladium Jamaica Resort & Spa
Grand Palladium Lady Hamilton Resort & Spa
Pastry Chef
We are looking for a creative pastry chef to be responsible for crafting delicious desserts and confectionery, designing menus, and developing new recipes for the pastry section of our Kitchen, while managing a dynamic, talented team to achieve total guest satisfaction through our pastry.
Duties, Responsibilities and Expectations:- Create and prepare dessert menu items
- Order food supplies for dessert menu items
- Prepare and submit budgets
- Supply pastry, (bread and dessert) to all food and beverage outlets
- Supervise and train the Pastry Team
- Schedule staff task per day
- Research and develop new recipes
- Plate desserts for A La Carte restaurants
- Record shortages and any other relevant issue affecting production
- Check temperature of refrigerators daily
- Check expiry dates of stock
- Conduct inventory
- Ensure maintenance of clean work area at all times
- Maintain cost control
- Extremely high quality standard oriented chef to be able to satisfy local and international traveler guests with high expectation with new exciting products/ingredients to try.
- The Pastry chef needs to be aware of the sourcing for authentic products as it will redefine the success of the restaurant.
- Pastry Chef will ensure that the menu product selection is tailored to our primary target guests, the local residents, hotel guests, international traveler guests including the local expatriate community and obviously pastry lovers.
- Must be well aware of HACCP expectations and ensure high standard of hygiene and work methods are met.
- Pastry Chef will report directly to the Executive Chef.
- Understands purchasing control systems.
Overall Cuisine Style & Approach
- Food approach/execution will be an upscale Pastry style of cuisine. Chefs will use authentic ingredients with a new technique approach with interesting twist of combinations of ingredients, texture and taste. Food will be executed/enhanced by a well seasoned, experienced skilled chef. This cuisine style will be matching with the contemporary interior design of restaurants and bars to satisfy diverse lifestyles.
- The Pastry Chef will be required to come up with his signature, home town, and nostalgia dishes including execution/gimmick in order to create the wow factor. This will provide the guest a moment of an unexpected pleasure.
Qualification and Experience:
- Degree in Culinary Studies or related field
- Must have at least ten years' of experience in creative pastry cuisine
- Must have worked at least 4 years in a 5-star international hotel in the last 10 years of employment in the Caribbean as an Executive Pastry Chef.
- Must have a deep and clear understanding of Pastry style, history, tradition, culture
- Pre-opening experience is definitely a plus
- Leadership
- Customer Orientation
- Planning & Execution
- Innovation
- Results Orientation
- Improvement, Evolution and Development
- Good supervisory skills
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Excellent communication skills both verbally and in writing
- Ability to work in a fast- pace, high energy and demanding work environment
- Ability to work under pressure
- Good knowledge of the hotel operations or ability to learn quickly
- Team player with an ability to motivate team members
- Dedicated, hard-working, self – motivated and solution oriented
- Excellent time management skills; ability to prioritize and coordinate details; ability to multi-task and use initiative.
- Ability to work flexible hours and multitask
- Practice safety standards at all times
- Competitive compensation package
- Management level Accommodation
- Health and Life Insurance
- Pension Plan (Optional)
- Opportunities for training and development
We thank all applicants for their interest but only shortlisted candidates who meet the requirements will be contacted.
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