Senior Pastry Chef

Job Description

This position is also responsible for maintaining a safe work environment, training direct reports, and developing new products in line with business requirements and as requested by the Senior Executive Chef.

• Displays a friendly, helpful, and cheerful attitude while communicating effectively with our guests and colleagues to support Miral’s strategy and values. 
• Represents and promotes Miral positively to maintain a professional brand image with all concerned stakeholders.
• Contributes to achieving department and company objectives, action plans, and key performance indicators.
• Enforces and adheres to all UAE laws, health, safety, and environmental policies, industry and company rules, and regulations, reporting any safety concerns or incidents to management to minimize risk and maintain a clean, safe, and hygienic environment for all guests and colleagues.
• Adheres to all emergency procedures, ensures guest safety, and participates in an evacuation if necessary.
• Available and on duty during peak periods (frequently opening and closing the operation) and regularly working with the respective sous chefs in the outlet kitchens.
• Frequently test bakery and pastry products in all Miral facilities and be demanding and critical regarding standards.
• Assigns responsibilities to subordinates and checks their performance periodically.
• Collaborates with the outlet managers and respective outlet chefs to take corrective action where necessary.
• Ensures correct handling and essential maintenance of machinery and tools in the pastry and bakery across Miral facilities.
• Ensures orderly handling of all products and checks that quantities prepared are according to recipes and plate specifications. 
• Monitors and analyzes the activities and trends of competitive restaurants, theme parks, and food and beverage establishments. 
• Always provides a courteous and professional service.
• Ensures accurate maintenance of recipes, conversion recipes, yield tables and product specifications.
• Ensures that all meetings are well planned, efficient and result oriented.
• Plans work assignments based on occupancy forecast and work and adjusts schedules to meet emergencies.
• To always ensure and enforce the respect of the HACCP Manual.
• Undertakes any reasonable tasks and secondary duties as assigned by the Senior Executive Chef.

An ideal candidate should have the following:

• Educated to a degree level in baking and pastry /Culinary or qualification.
• Minimum three years in the same role with at least three years as a pastry sous chef in a five-star hotel or similar industry experience
• Good planning skills  
• Ability to work in a fast-moving work environment.  
• Ability to communicate effectively across a multi-national, multi-cultural environment.  
• Ability to deliver results within a pressurized deadline-driven environment. 
• Problem-solving skills and Ability to develop good working relationships with Colleagues, management, and external clients. 

• Good English skills, both written and verbal 
• Interpersonal and Leadership skills