Pastry Junior Sous Chef

Salary Details

Salary Description: Competetive Salary Offered

Job Description For Pastry Junior Sous Chef

POSITION SUMMARY

Let your passion for discovery become a career. Explore, discover, share, and inspire at St Pancras Renaissance Hotel

Masterpiece by Design. Dynamic by Nature

The St. Pancras Renaissance Hotel is distinctly iconic and an architectural masterpiece that celebrates both heritage and innovation. Housed in one of London's landmark buildings, it is where modern lifestyle and luxury experiences create new stories built upon those from the past.

Position Summary

Reporting to the Head Chef, as a Pastry Junior Sous Chef at St Pancras, you will be primarily responsible for managing the day to day kitchen operation ensuring that food is produced and served to the highest quality. Alongside your culinary duties, you will be responsible for supporting the wider Culinary team with daily operational tasks and people management tasks. You will assist the Head Pastry Chef with the implementation and monitoring of hygiene, health and safety standards. You will oversee the presentation of all food leaving the kitchen in their absence and uphold expectations, reputation and standards. You will be required to support more senior operational tasks such as Kronos administration, and food order submissions.

Connecting you and your role to our core values

Ownership

Extraordinary Operations

• Every dish prepared and sent out of the kitchen reflects your own reputation as a five star hotel chef
• Your leadership style is approachable & hands-on, your passion for culinary excellence and creativity is evident every day.

Teamwork

Extraordinary People

• Work as a strong and committed team leader and colleague, as well as proactively nurturing relationships with the F&B Front of House team and all other departments across the hotel.
• Ensure your team's attitudes are positive and relationships are nurtured positively to ensure collaboration with all hotel team members.

Doing your bit for the people around you

Human Resources

• Support all new team members by sharing knowledge, experiences, St Pancras Stories.
• Use all available on the job training tools to ensure you are up to date with the most recent and relevant information.
• Participate and support managers and supervisors in the performance appraisal process, providing feedback as needed and taking ownership for your own performance and development.
• Establish and maintain open, collaborative relationships with ALL team members.

Getting your finances in order

Finance

• Monitor daily associate's hours to ensure that those hours actually worked match forecasted payroll.
• Reduce or eliminate food wastage through constant monitoring of food preparation methods and execution.

General Kitchen

• Ensure associates are serving food in proper portions onto dishes, plates, mugs, and bowls, ensuring proper plate appearance, ensuring all wastage is minimized or eliminated.
• Ensure the quality of the food items and notify Executive Sous Chef if a product does not meet specifications.
• Communicate fluidly with the Executive Sous Chef to ensure that staffing levels for the business are flexed daily or weekly depending on volumes.
• Monitor the status of all kitchen and back of house equipment to ensure they are in correct working order, to not only ensure efficient food production but also compliance with food hygiene, health and safety guidelines.

Policies & Procedures

• Follow company and department policies and procedures.
• Protect the privacy and security of guests and coworkers.
• Perform other reasonable job duties as requested by Management.

Your Key Measures for this role

• GuestVoice & TripAdvisor
• Food Safety Audit compliance
• Brand Standard Audit compliance
• 43 point checklist compliance
• Guest Voice scores in Food Quality & Service

Specific Qualifications/ Clearances Required

• Mandatory Level 3 in Food Hygiene (minimum qualification level)
• Previous experience at Junior Sous Chef level as a minim requirement
• Food Allergy and Intolerance Training Certificate

What is in it for you:

In addition to receiving a competitive salary and investment in your personal development, you will have access to an array of perks and discounts including:

• 28 days holiday (including Bank Holidays), with increasing entitlement based on length of service.
• Pension scheme participation.
• Life Assurance coverage.
• Annual Performance Review pay adjustments.
• Complimentary gym and spa access.
• Free meals while at work.
• Dry-cleaning service availability.
• Complimentary enrolment in BenefitHub, granting unlimited deals from various retailers and more.
• 50% discount at any of the St Pancras outlets.
• Marriott Discount Card offering benefits on hotel stays, room upgrades, gift shop purchases, and F&B across 130 countries.
• Travel ticket season loan.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Employee Assistance Programme access.
• Comprehensive Training and Development programme participation.
• Awards and recognition celebrations, among many other benefit

Join Our Team: Ready to be part of a dynamic team dedicated to shaping the future of luxury hospitality? If you thrive in a fast-paced environment and are passionate about making a difference, we want to hear from you.

Marriott International is an equal opportunity employer. We believe in hiring a diverse workforce and sustaining an inclusive, people-first culture. We are committed to non-discrimination on any protected basis, such as disability and veteran status, or any other basis covered under applicable law.

At Renaissance Hotels, we believe in helping our guests experience the DNA of the neighborhoods they are visiting. Our guests come to discover and uncover the unexpected, to dive into a new culture, or simply to make the most of a free evening. They see business travel as an adventure because they see all travel as an adventure. Where others may settle for the usual, our guests see a chance to bring home a great story. And so do we. We're looking for fellow spontaneous explorers to join our team to bring the spirit of the neighborhood to our guests. If this sounds like you, we invite you to discover career opportunities with Renaissance Hotels. In joining Renaissance Hotels, you join a portfolio of brands with Marriott International. Be where you can do your best work, begin your purpose, belong to an amazing global team, and become the best version of you.