This well-know Eat Out Top 10 award winning restaurant group in Cape Town is seeking to employ a PASSIONATE, CREATIVE and INNOVATIVE Pastry Chef de Partie to handle daily lunch and dinner service. With one assistant Pastry chef / Demi Pastry chef the CDP need to run AND manage the Pastry Kitchen which includes bread course, weekly changing 5 course dessert items, stock controls, orders for the section and the sending out of desserts. The current Pastry CDP (Silwood graduate) has been asked to handle Dessert production at another restaurant in the group and requires someone to take on duties asap in preparation for a very busy summer season.

Requirements:
Formal Cheffing / Advanced Pastry & Patisserie Qualification essential
Minimum 3 to 4 years Pastry experience within a similar FINE DINING / Eat Out equivalent restaurant / with OVERSEAS exp ideally
Able to manage and run Pastry Section at this 60 seater restaurant with one Demi CDP
Prepared to work our standard lunch and dinner shifts with 2 days off per week
Must have excellent dessert menu writing skills with use of ADVANCED menu terminology
Advanced PLATING SKILLS with creativity and versatility in using DIFFERENT & innovative plating styles/trends
2 or 3 photos of YOUR OWN dessert work to accompany the application
Passion and noticeable ENERGY for Advanced Dessert production
Available to do a 1 or 2 day TRIAL SHIFT
Own transport is essential