Pastry Chef
Visa sponsorship
Hospitality · Queenstown, New Zealand · Full-Time · $25/hr · Visa: Employer sponsored
This Queenstown vacancy is built around lamination. Alongside tarts, pies, choux and filled pastries, you would turn out croissants, viennoiserie and Danish pastries from scratch, with dough passing through every step from first mix to the oven inside a seasoned bakery crew.
Consistent results, fine craft and sound judgement on fermentation and proofing matter here. Overseas candidates who are eligible and meet the applicable requirements can be sponsored by the employer.
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Key Responsibilities
- Bake pastry made entirely from scratch, meeting the bakery's production benchmarks
- Craft croissants, viennoiserie and Danish pastries using expert technique
- Take laminated dough from first mix through resting, shaping, proofing and the oven
- Turn out tarts, pies, choux, sweet pastries and filled products, plus seasonal and speciality lines
- Keep weight, appearance, texture and overall presentation uniform and quality high
- Check work at each production step so fermentation, proofing and bake times and temperatures are correct
- Use bakery and pastry machinery safely and effectively
- Watch production schedules, temperatures and allergen needs
- Meet strict standards for food safety, hygiene and cleanliness, and keep workstations tidy and compliant
- Team up with other pastry and bakery colleagues to meet daily output targets, and look for ways to make output more consistent and efficient
- Assist with stock tracking and ingredient and supply ordering, and add to a positive team culture
Requirements & Eligibility
- At least 3 years working as a professional Pastry Chef
- Commercial grounding gained in a bakery, patisserie or professional kitchen
- Solid hands-on grounding in viennoiserie and laminated pastry, having made croissants and similar laminated products in a working kitchen
- Good command of pastry preparation, fermentation, proofing, lamination and baking
- Reliably produces quality pastry from scratch
- Attentive to detail and presentation
- Maintains quality and output in a high-volume environment
- Understands food safety, hygiene and allergen-control practices
- Professional, dependable and hard-working, with good communication and organisation
- Fits comfortably into a multicultural, collaborative team
- A formal pastry or baking qualification is advantageous
- Flexible for early mornings, afternoons, weekends and rotating shifts, and available for full-time employment
- Must be able to demonstrate skills and experience relevant to the position
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