Pastry Sous Chef – 5* Lodge – Kruger National Park

Kendrick Recruitment is now seeking a Pastry Sous Chef for a fantastic 5* Lodge based in the picturesque Northern regions of the Kruger National Park. Within this role you will be fully responsible for the preparation of pastry items to set standards and carrying out assigned kitchen duties as required. You will report directly to the Head Chef in the Kitchen. The pastry chef is there to ensure that the pastry section produces the necessary breads, croissants, Danish pastries, ice creams, sorbets, cakes, biscuits and deserts integral to the daily menus and essential to the guest dining experience. These should be produced and presented to the standard expected by the guests of a world-class establishment.

Key Performance areas include:

• Effective daily management of the pastry kitchen
• Produce new and innovative ideas for enhancing the guest experience and to complement the work done by the other sections of the kitchen
• Create and maintain a set of recipes which should be used to produce Pastry section items on a continuous basis
• Timeously and accurately order necessary ingredients to enable the section to produce the required items
• Ensure that the Pastry section contributes to ability of the kitchen as a whole to operate within budget, with minimal wastage and costs.
• Communication with kitchen and lodge front of house staff to ensure the smooth running of the department
• Training and Development in terms of kitchen skills
• Achieving service excellence though Teamwork

To be considered you will need to tick the following boxes:

• A minimum of 4 year’s work experience – ideally 3 as a trainee and 1 in a well recognized establishment
• A passion for pastry
• A co-operative and hardworking nature
• Creativity and willingness to be innovative
• Reliability
• Organizational ability
• Strong attention to detail
• Leadership skills

The Package for this role includes a CTC salary, this will include onsite accommodation in the form of an en-suite room, full access to staff facilities including bar, gym, pool, tv room and more! You will also get all your meals included and uniform, a contribution to medical aid and provident fund is also included. For more information or to apply send your CV through with your food portfolio and written references today… Good Luck!