Head Pastry Chef

Head Pastry Chef

We offer an excellent package for our Head Pastry Chef including -

• Competitive Salary
• Company Pension
• Life Assurance
• Share Incentive Plan
• Career Development Opportunities
• Wellbeing Programmes
• Fabulous employee discounts!
• TIPS!
• Free meals on shift

We encourage each member of our team to grow, develop and progress within Adnams and so we are committed to providing you with continual training and development to support you with your career goals and progression within the store and wider business.

What do you need to know about Adnams and our Team?

Our historic landmark The Swan, Southwold sits at the heart of Adnams in Southwold, our 2AA rosette restaurant and 4-star silver hotel celebrates the heritage of our business and showcases our beer and spirits whilst protecting the character of the building creating a wonderful place to relax, dine and stay.

We make amazing award-winning beers and spirits from our home in Southwold, have some great shops across the region and operate some stunning pubs and hotels. We understand the value of every customer and work hard to deliver amazing service in a time of exciting innovation and digital transformation.

We do all of this while caring passionately about the environment, our local communities and our wider social responsibilities.

At Adnams we really care about diversity and are proud of our culture where everyone is respected, valued and treated with kindness.

What are we looking for?

We are looking for a Head Pastry Chef to join our team with previous experience of working in a similar environment. You will have a 'hands on' approach, work closely with our Executive Head Chef and manage the Pastry section within our Kitchen team to 'Wow' our guests with consistently stunning desserts, sweet treats and plan and implement regular menu changes..

The role has many responsibilities such as preparing, and presenting high quality dishes and overseeing the maintenance of kitchen and food safety standards.

You will manage stock and monitor wastage as well as undertaking the planning and implementation of menu ideas.

This is a pivotal role within the kitchen brigade and we are seeking a Head Pastry Chef that enjoys using local produce who will deliver to a consistently high standard

You will be able to work under pressure, have great communication skills and be a team player to work in conjunction with the Front of House team to ensure our guests stay is always memorable.

Shifts are Split and straight shifts

Permanent contract - 48 Hours

The Swan operates 7 days per week, so a level of flexibility is required to assist in weekend work

What's in it for you?

Hopefully, a sense of pride that you are working for a business that cares about the important stuff and a lot of fun working with an amazing bunch of people.

Enthusiastic and hard-working people who join Adnams tend to stay around so we must get quite a lot of things right. We really admire innovation and are not afraid to try something new, so you get to put new ideas into practice to deliver even better results for everyone.

We offer an excellent package including a competitive salary, training and development opportunities, pension scheme and life assurance, Wellbeing Programmes and fabulous employee discounts!