Pastry and Savoury Sous Chef, Dominique Ansel Bakery

About Us:

Award winning Pastry Chef Dominique Ansel is looking for Pastry sous Chef to join the team at the new Dominique Ansel Bakery in London.

We would love to hear from you if you love interacting with customers, you are dedicated, passionate and hard-working individual.

Opened in late September 2016, our flagship UK location is located on Elizabeth Street in Belgravia and features a menu of signature pastries from our original shop in NYC as well as a new line of London-only items.

We are looking for dedicated, passionate, hard-working individuals to be part of this new team. Come grow with us!

The Sous Chef is responsible for managing the daily operations of our bakery, including the selection, development and performance management of our team and to ensure that our guests have a world class customer service experience.

The new DA will also have a wonderful savoury section, we need a savoury sous chef that is passionate about flavour, products and delivery and excitement to bring a new dimension to DA London.

Job Description:

– Lead and manage all areas of our bakery, under the direction of the EPC

and GM. Ensure compliance with our Operational standards, Company

policies & health & safety laws in line with our Handbook guidelines.

– Manage shifts which includes daily decision making, scheduling, planning

while upholding standards, product quality and cleanliness.

– Must be able to handle the pressures of simultaneously coordinating a

wide range of activities and recommend appropriate solutions to

problems as they arise.

– Completes job responsibilities and performance objectives in a timely and

effective manner and in accordance with Dominique Ansel policies and

procedures.

– Responsible for meeting the daily pars for pastries, viennoiserie, and MTO

items under the direction of the Executive Pastry Chef.

– Responsible for checking daily the consistent high quality of food

preparation, food appearance and service through visual checks and

tastings with all issues being fed back to Executive Pastry Chef and GM.

– Be a passionate ambassador of our brand and mission while having a fun

experience.

– Ensure all employees are providing world class guest service, personally retraining

any employees who do not meet company standard.

– Motivate employees, encourage our core values to work as a team to

ensure that food and service meet appropriate standards.

– Develop employees by providing ongoing feedback, establishing

performance expectations

The Ideal Candidate:

• Great passion for all things pastry
• Know the brand and the history of the brand
• Have great experience to add to this journey