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Head Pastry Chef : Premium Events
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Want a pastry section you can genuinely make your own?
I'm recruiting a Head Pastry Chef for a premium London events business, taking full ownership of pastry production, menu development and the pastry team.
You'll have almost complete creative control, developing new desserts and pastry concepts from initial idea and tasting through to large-scale event production.
Salary and Benefits
- A GBP 50,000-A GBP 65,000 salary
- Predominantly Monday-Friday
- Huge creative freedom
- Ownership of the pastry operation
- Menu development and tastings
- Excellent long-term opportunity
The Operation
- Premium London events
- Central production kitchen
- High-volume event production
- Corporate and private events
- Bespoke menus and tastings
- Quality-led, creative food
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The Role
- Lead the pastry operation and team
- Design and develop new pastry menus
- Take concepts from tasting to live events
- Plan production around event volumes and deadlines
- Create dishes that can be delivered consistently at scale
- Drive presentation, quality and consistency
- Train and develop pastry chefs
- Continuously evolve the pastry offering
About You
- Experienced Head Pastry Chef or senior pastry leader
- Events or high-volume hotel experience is essential
- Strong high-volume production experience
- Creative with excellent technical pastry skills
- Confident developing menus from scratch
- Understands how to scale dishes without losing quality
- Strong team leadership and organisation
- Calm and confident around demanding event deadlines
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This needs someone who is creative but commercially and operationally switched on - able to create something beautiful for a tasting and then work out how to deliver it just as brilliantly at scale.
If you're looking for A GBP 60,000-A GBP 65,000, serious creative freedom and the opportunity to put your own stamp on an entire pastry operation, this is a fantastic role.
Apply today or send your CV to yasmin AT corecruitment DOT com
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