Pastry Chef

Holt Renfrew offers you an inspiring fashion-driven environment with opportunities to learn and grow. From our incredible partnerships with iconic luxury brands to our commitments to corporate social responsibility you will be inspired every day.

A job at Holt Renfrew offers a competitive total compensation a generous employee discount pension and health & dental benefits tuition assistance and continuous learning and development.

Pastry Chef

The Pastry Chef will be responsible for designing dessert menus afternoon tea preparing pastries and ensuring a consistent product that meets our standards for quality and presentation

Specific responsibilities include (but are not limited to) the following:

• Ensure Pastry culinary standards for product quality taste presentation and execution are met in a consistent and timely manner

• Train cooks to develop pastry skills within the team

• Model appropriate standards parameters and prescribed limits to kitchen staff; helping them to understand how they drive business

• Ensure that the Executive Chefs standards for product quality taste and execution are met in a consistent and timely manner

• Support and supervise the kitchen staff and motivate staff to take ownership of their work and deliver amazing service

• Support the achievement of sales volume and margin as determined by seasonal plans by creating profitable dishes

• Drive creation of afternoon tea dessert items. Showcasing creativity and skill with vendor brand partnerships.

• Ensure the kitchen meets or exceeds all health regulations standards and codes including safety practices hygiene practices and safe food handling and storage practices

• Controls waste of food

• Works swiftly and safely to deliver quick client service

• Controls waste of food ensures proper rotation of perishable stock and maintains prep and storage areas in a clean tidy and safe manner

• Keep records of quantities used and assists with food and supplies ordering

• Comply with all Health & Safety policies and requirement

• Build recipe databases for all pastry dishesin marketman

The ideal candidate:

• High school diploma

• Culinary school graduate

• Minimum of 5 years culinary experience within a renowned pastry kitchen environment

• Exude positivity and possess a welcoming and enthusiastic can-do attitude

• Exceptional ability to provide elevated guest experience

• Excellent leadership & communication skills

• Excellent overall pastry & bakery knowledge

• Experience working with chocolate & sugar

• Strong attention to detail

The measures of success:

• Individual objectives linked to the achievement of department goals

• Feedback from internal and external clients

• customer service results/ open table feedback

• positive impact on revenue with the target/focus of afternoon tea results

Holt Renfrew is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. Our future success depends on the perspectives and contributions of all our employees -- their diverse backgrounds abilities and experiences make our business stronger. If you are contacted for a job opportunity and require accommodation please email and let us know so we can ensure you have an accessible candidate experience throughout the recruitment process. All requests are confidential and used only to meet candidate needs.