Executive Chef - Pastry

Position Summary

The ideal candidate will bring extensive pastry & bakeries expertise, strong leadership skills, and a passion for innovative pastry artistry to develop exceptional dessert menus, manage kitchen operations, ensure top-tier food quality and safety, and lead a high performing pastry team. This role reports directly to AVP Pastry & Bakery.

Primary Responsibility

1. Menu development & pastry & bakery innovation

• Design, create, and update dessert, pastry, bread, afternoon tea, cakes, premium hotel amenities, chocolate, ice-cream menu that align with the brand standard, guest preferences, and market trends.
• Collaborate with the culinary and FB team to integrate pastry programs with overall dining experiences, including special events, holidays, and limited- time promotions.
• Conduct regular recipe testing, refinement, and standardization to ensure consistent quality and presentation.

1. Team leadership & management

• Recruit, train, mentor, supervise, and schedule a team of pastry chefs and baker chefs; conduct performance evaluations and foster a positive, collaborative work culture.
• Set clear work standards, provide hands-on training to enhance team technical skills and productivity.

1. Kitchen operations & quality control

• Oversee all daily pastry production, plating, and preparation to maintain strict quality and presentation standards.
• Enforce all food safety, sanitation, and hygiene regulations HACCP, local health in the kitchen; ensure compliance with cleanliness and inventory storage protocols.

1. Cost control & inventory management

• Monitor inventory of raw materials, ingredients, and pastry supplies; place accurate purchase orders.
• Adjust production and purchasing strategies and meet budget targets.

1. Brand & guest experience

• Maintain high guest satisfaction by addressing feedback, resolving dessert- related concerns, and customizing pastry offerings for dietary restrictions (vegan, gluten-free, allergy -friendly).
• Stay updated on global pastry trends, new techniques, and ingredients to continuously innovate the pastry program.

Requirements

. Work experience; Minimum 15 years of pastry experience & Minimum 5 + years of experience as a executive pastry chef in high-end 5 stars global hotels.

. Previous experience in Michelin-star restaurants, strong knowledge of plated desserts.

. Participation in international pastry competition.

. Strong expertise in sugar showpieces, pulling, blowing, casting, pastillage.

. Advanced chocolate showpiece, chocolate artistic work, including chocolate bonbon, decoration, praline, tempering.

. Wedding cake & 3D cake design and production.

. Strong knowledge of modern and classic French pastries.

. Strong knowledge of puff pastry skills, including Mille- Feuille, Galette des Rois, Croissant and Danish.

. Solid bakery experience, including breakfast pastries, Viennoiserie, Panettone, Pandoro, Toast, sweet bun, Sourdough, Baguette, Brioche, burger bun, hot dog dough.

. Extensive experience handling large-scale banquet operation and outside catering.

.Creative and innovate afternoon tea menu development.

. Experience managing cake shop operations, strong knowledge in entremets and petit gateau.

. Strong leadership and management abilities.

. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

. Big scale production experience.