Sous Chef - Pastry

Company Description

Your Fairmont Journey Starts Here:

Are you asomeonewith a passion for excellence and a flair for exceptional hospitality? Fairmont Udaipur Palace invites you to embark on an unforgettable journey of luxury and join our pre-opening team.

About The Role :

 What you will be doing: 

Review the daily operations with the pastry team,prepare the necessary food items in accordance with Fairmont standards in a timely and efficient manner

Conduct daily shift briefings with pastry team members

Effectively manage food costs and production control to reduce wastage

Supervise, provide guidance and training to pastry team in all food preparation and execution of the events.

Assist with creating menus, recipes, pictures and training materials to ensure consistency, efficiency to meet the set standards.

Lead the charge on all Fairmont standards, train employees on menus and cooking procedures

Kitchen maintenance and cleaning. Following food safety requirements.

Maintaining proper rotation of product in all chillers to minimize spoilage

Follow all safety and sanitation policies when handling food

Ensure that all food products are handled, stored, prepared and served safely in accordance with hotel and Food Safety guidelines. Ensure that allstandards and processes are completed on a daily basis, this includes but isn’t limited to filling out daily temperature logs, labelling and dating of items as well ensuring food storage areas are cleaned daily.

Food preparation and cooking, plating, presentation

Apply 5 Diamond and 5 Star Service Standards at all times

Qualifications

 Your experience and skills include: 

Previous experience in both luxury hotel and restaurant environment is an asset

Strong knowledge of Chocolate work and design

Strong knowledge of restaurant dessert design

Creative and passionate about food and customer service

Is a self-starter and displays initiative and curiosity for all food related items

Able to give clear direction, set expectations and provide training to team members

Able to work without supervision and display sound decisions make skills

Ability to read, understand and follow recipes within the guidelines

Ability to read a prep list and determine in what sequence of order job should be complete

Ability to multi task, prioritize and manage time efficiently to ensure job completion

Strong organization skills

Ability to listen, follow directions precisely to achieve the end result

Stays current & knowledgeable of both local and global cuisine trends, applying those into our offerings

Able to work in a fast paced, high-pressure environment

Excellent interpersonal and communication skills; a team player.

Completion of a recognized culinary program

A neat, well-groomed appearance as per hotel standards

Must be available to work a variety of shifts including evenings, weekends and holidays

Career minded with strong personal initiative and a desire to achieve the department’s vision and goal

Physically fit to stand for long periods of time and lift 20kg regularly throughout a shift

Additional Information

 Our commitment to Diversity & Inclusion: 

We are an inclusive company, and our ambition is to attract, recruit and promote diverse talent.