Junior Pastry Chef

Job Description An esteemed graduate college affiliated with a leading university is seeking an inspiring and professional Junior Pastry Sous Chef to join their team through our agency. The successful candidate will play a key role in overseeing kitchen operations and ensuring all food is prepared to a high standard. The Role As a Junior Pastry Sous Chef, you will lead by example, providing motivation and inspiration to the team. You will demonstrate high levels of skill in food preparation and presentation, with a particular focus on desserts and sweets. We are seeking an experienced, enthusiastic Junior Sous Chef with: • Experience in supervising catering operations, managing staff, producing reports, costings, menus, and associated paperwork, or kitchen experience ready to take the next step in development • Excellent culinary skills, with the ability to design menus for daily catering and special events, coupled with good food cost control abilities • Strong communication skills to engage professionally with clients, customers, colleagues, and management • Basic pastry and cake-making skills, with a desire to learn and develop new skills Why Work Through Us? Benefits • Membership of the University’s staff benefits program, including 38 days’ paid holiday and access to world-class facilities. • Opportunities to contribute to sustainability initiatives and community-building efforts. • We hold a passion for continued, life-long learning and look to support staff in their continued career development • We offer all catering staff an annualised hours contract which helps maintain a good work/life balance • Opportunities to develop individuals and teams via training programmes, experience days and courses • Flexible working patterns around business needs Salary: £32,108 to £37,338 per annum (depending on experience) INDBRI