Executive Sous Chef

4 days ago


Tilney Street London WK BJ United Kingdom The Dorchester Full time

Join us as an Executive Pastry Sous Chef at The Dorchester, recognised as one of 'The Sunday
Times Top 10 Best Places to Work for' in 2024 & 2025 and 'Hotel of the year
– London' at the 2024 AA Hospitality Awards. We continually strive to build and
nurture a culture where inclusiveness is part of our DNA, reflected in our
values of passion, personality, respect, working together, and creativity. We
believe that a variety of perspectives enriches our culture and drives our
success.

We care about your career and are known for having the absolute best
people in the industry. When you join us as an Executive Pastry Sous Chef  you start a
unique opportunity to become celebrated as the very best in your field. You'll
learn not only from your fellow Legends, but also through our award-winning
learning academy, so that you can achieve the highest standards of craft,
service, and leadership and become a legend in your own story.

About the Role

Our
Executive Pastry Sous Chef is the rock of our pastry operation Executing and
supporting the vision of our Executive Pastry Chef. Entrusted with caring for
every detail, supporting the creativity and guiding the team in ensuring no
detail is left untouched in our pastry and bakery production. Though skillfully
trained, they never lose sight of their ultimate reasonability, to create
lifelong memories for our guests.

What you'll do

Your responsibilities will
include:

A day in the life of our Executive Pastry sous Chef demands high levels
of energy, creativity and passion. They need consistency even though the days
are never alike; and creativity to tackle daily adventures. Our pastry and
bakery offers a playground for seriously creative production to impress the
people that make the world turn. Listing all of the contributions that our
Executive Pastry sous Chef will accomplish would be lengthy but the list below
is essential to know. 

Our
Executive Pastry Sous Chef is to lead the managing of pastry and bakery
operations in order to deliver the best experience across our culinary
offerings at The Dorchester.  Team leadership: Lead, train and motivate a high
performing Pastry team that understands their role in delivering the very
best culinary experience and refined attention to detail. Foster
a positive, collaborative, and respectful culture that brings the best out
of people.The ideal
candidate is someone that enjoys delivering joy to our guests through
precision and execution in everything that is produced in house. Our guest
experience is something that we strive to exceed in everything that we
cook, serve and create. You will be responsible for leading the creativity
including one of a kind masterpieces at Cake and flowers, the artistry of
our afternoon tea, show stopping amenities in our suites and much more.Sometimes
our guests have special requests involving dietary requirements, bespoke
products and even special occasions. The requests will need the support of
the Executive Sous chef in order to ensure we meet the wants and needs of
the operations. Our
values of Personality, Passion, Respect, Working Together and Creativity
guide us each and every day.  The purpose of Executive Pastry Chef is
to live their behaviours to continue to create our legacy. Communication
is what keeps our departments running perfectly. Our Executive Pastry Chef
must communicate with other departments and extended hotel team in order
to ensure the alignment remains.

What you'll bring

Previous
experience as an Executive Pastry Sous chef in a similar environment All of
our employees are ambassadors of our Vision, Values and culture. Our
Executive Pastry Chef do this with all they do.We
encourage the unique personalities and passions of our employees, working
together; as a team, a hotel and Collection.Our
guests forge our legacy. Knowing and understanding them is our goal,
valuing kindness over process.In a
fast-moving world, we remain consistent and relevant, requiring
flexibility from everyone on the team.Strong
communication skills – English is the primary language used at The
Dorchester

What you'll get

·
Complimentary Stays: Enjoy complimentary stays with
breakfast at Dorchester Collection Hotels every year.

·
Discounts: Get 50% off food and beverages
at selected bars and restaurants within the Dorchester Collection: Enjoy
Friends & Family stay discounts out hotels, Benefit from discounts at
various high street and online shops

·
Employee Perks: Enroll from day 1 into our
Private Pension scheme (we contribute 8% towards your pension); Benefit from
Seasonal ticket loan, Rental deposit scheme, private financial advice, and Eye
care vouchers.

·
Training and Development: Advance in your career by
accessing various apprenticeships from Level 2 to Hospitality Degree Level 5.
We partner with outstanding nationally recognised Apprenticeship providers.

·
Social
Events:
Participate in vibrant social events, including a
summer party, winter ball, pub quizzes, and cultural and milestone recognition
celebrations.

·
Referral Bonus.

·
Well-being Support: Access immediate well-being
advice because we care about our employees.

We celebrate diversity and are committed to
creating an inclusive environment for all employees and applicants. If you need
us to do anything to support you during the recruitment process (such as
adjustments  to how you apply,
alternative formats of information, or adjustments to the assessment process
itself), please do call People & Culture team on or email
  so that we
can discuss how we can support you through this process. 


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