Pastry Chef / Baker at Darls Delicious

Darls Delicious is recruiting to fill the position of:

Job Title: Pastry Chef / Baker

Location: Lagos

Job Description

• The Pastry Chef/Baker is responsible for creating an assortment of desserts, mainly pastries, cakes, cookies, muffins, doughnuts, sandwiches among other confections.
• Craft high quality recipes, develop different recipes and offerings for customers while maintaining quality standards and consistency of product.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Produce all baked dish including but not limited to artisan breads and rolls, cakes, doughnuts, cookies, pies, muffins
• Develop, designs and creates new ideas for pastry kitchen
• Manages all day-to-day operations of the pastry and bakery section of the kitchen
• Create new and exciting desserts to renew our menus and engage the interest of customers
• Able to produce all baked dish including but not limited to artisan breads and rolls, cakes, cookies, pies, muffins, laminated Danish, laminated croissants and doughnuts
• Develop, designs and creates new ideas for pastry kitchen
• Decorate pastries and desserts using different types of icings, toppings to ensure food presentation will be beautiful and exciting
• Ensures and monitor stocks for baking ingredients such as flour, sugar etc. and make appropriate orders within budget
• Ensure compliance with food hygiene and Health and Safety standards
• Ordering new supplies, ingredients and equipment for pastry section when needed and within budget
• Check quality of material and condition of equipment and devices used for cooking
• Must possess a positive attitude and have the ability to work with a variety of people and in cooperation with co-workers efficiently and effectively
• Maintain a lean and orderly cooking station and adhere to health and safety standards

Requirements

• Minimum of 3 years' experience working within the food industry as a pastry chef, baker, or relevant role
• Minimum of OND in food science or related role
• Certificate in culinary arts, pastry-making, baking or relevant field (if any)
• In depth knowledge of sanitation principles, food preparation and baking techniques and nutrition
• Excellent knowledge of baking with ingredient limitations (pastries that are gluten free, sugarless etc.)
• Creativity and flexibility ability with artistic skill in decorating cakes and other desert
• Excellent leadership, interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to work in a fast-paced production environment
• Good understanding of the restaurant business, budgets and time management skills
• 30 - 40 years years old
• Must reside around either of Oshodi, Ikeja, Isolo and environsI

Application Closing Date
22nd May, 2020

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: [email protected] using the Job Title as subject of the email

 Note: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.