Pastry Chef

Pastry Chef wanted at Global Technology GIANT!

This is a fantastic opportunity for an ambitious Pastry Chef to showcase creativity and lead the delivery of innovative, seasonal desserts across retail, hospitality, and fine dining. You'll be at the forefront of driving quality, consistency, and excellence within a high-performing kitchen environment.

What you'll be doing as a Pastry Chef: 

• Design and deliver innovative, seasonal weekly menus for a restaurant dessert station serving up to 250 covers daily, including plant-based options and desserts aligned with a healthy lifestyle.
• Prepare refined, fine-dining desserts for lunch and dinner bookings, ensuring exceptional presentation and consistency.
• Develop and deliver creative bread courses to complement fine-dining lunch and dinner services.
• Collaborate with the Executive Chef on upcoming menus and culinary pop-ups, staying ahead of food trends to deliver modern, on-trend offerings.
• Foster a positive kitchen culture where the team feels motivated, engaged, and driven to continuously improve.
• Seek opportunities to engage with the wider London (or regional) food scene through stages, tours, and competitions, bringing back fresh ideas and innovations to the business.
• Continuously identify opportunities to enhance service standards, promote efficiency, and drive innovation across the kitchen.

What you'll need to succeed as a Pastry Chef:  

• Am innovative approach to menu development that excite clients while remaining commercially viable.

• Proven experience within high-profile, high-volume dining environments 

• Experience in Michelin-starred kitchens would be advantageous

• Strong commercial awareness, understanding food cost control, efficiency, and how to balance creativity with operational practicality.

• A collaborative and supportive leadership style

• Ability to remain calm, courteous, and professional at all times

We ensure you're rewarded for all your hard work, which is why we offer a comprehensive benefits package which includes but is not limited to:

• Free on-site gym
• Contributory pension scheme
• Grow your career with our Career Pathways and MyLearning programmes
• Quick access for you and your immediate family to a Digital GP, and wider healthcare benefits
• Exclusive travel discounts with TUI, Expedia, Booking.com and many more
• Save money on your food shop with discounts on Tesco, Sainsbury's, Morrisons and many more
• Up to 44% off cinema tickets to enjoy your favourite blockbuster
• Receive cash rewards every time you spend and use them on a wide range of brands
• Un-wind with us with free wellness, mindfulness and exercise classes
• You can share all discounts and offers with your friends and families

About Us

Restaurant Associates provides brilliant hospitality through our food, drink and services. We work with our partners and collaborate with our clients to achieve great things together.Every day, our teams of passionate hospitality professionals strive for excellence in delivering employee dining and hospitality to some of the UK's leading workplace as well as inspiring exceptional experiences in iconic cultural and heritage destinations.

Job Reference: com/1702/41240001/52791318/SU #RA Group

Compass Group UK&I is committed to fostering an environment where every individual can truly be themselves at work and has equal opportunities to advance in their careers. We strive to build a culture that respects and celebrates the unique talents, beliefs, backgrounds, and abilities of all our team members. We want our colleagues to feel valued, empowered to reach their full potential, and to thrive - because diversity is our strength!