Job Ref: ALE1515
Branch: Alexander House Hotel Utopia Spa
Location: Alexander House Hotel Utopia Spa, Turners Hill, East Grinstead
Salary/Benefits: £29,000 per annum + monthly service charge payment + 42.5 hrs per week with paid overtime
Contract type: Permanent
Hours: Full Time
Shift pattern: various straight shifts including weekends
Hours per week: 42.5 + overtime
Posted date: 16/04/2025
Closing date: 18/05/2025

REQUIREMENTS – CHE DE PARTIE PASTRY

The ideal candidate would be someone who has worked in a quality environment and is now seeking a CDP pastry role capable of sharing responsibility for the Pastry section.

• Demonstrate during a trial shift the practical ability to be able to produce plated desserts to 3 Rosette standard.
• Demonstrate flair and creativity to build on the successful afternoon tea menu.
• Hold the experience to manage the multi menu requirements and banqueting operation.
• Ability to control stocks efficiently and to produce quality menu items achieving GP%
• Quality experience in a fresh food environment
• The passion and drive to contribute to the future success of the kitchen brigade who continue to develop award winning dishes.

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Alexander House Hotel Utopia Spa, part of Alexander Hotels a private collection of quality hotels of distinction just outside London. A beautiful Jacobean manor with 120 acres of gardens and parkland.
5 Red Star AA Hotel, Award winning Utopia Spa, 58 bedrooms, individually designed, including the new luxury Cedar Lodge development and a 2-bedroom self-contained Gatehouse are available for guests.
2 Award winning restaurants, Reflections Restaurant (2 Rosette x 60 covers), AG’s Restaurant (3 Rosette x 35covers) together with a range of conference and banqueting and private dining rooms catering for 8 to 95 guests.
A luxurious hotel offering a relaxation destination like no other

THE ROLE

Join our Head Pastry Chef working in a team of 3 full time and 2 part time Chefs in this 3 Rosette kitchen. The kitchen brigade is made up of 22 chefs and 5 kitchen porters so there is a great team to support you.
You will be part of a team creating all dishes fresh in-house from bread to ice-cream and celebration cakes, desserts for our restaurants and banqueting events together with pastries, cakes, scones for our afternoon tea guests. Great variety and freedom to delight our guests.

You will support the Head Pastry Chef with;

• Ordering and stock control
• Designing menu items for afternoon tea, restaurant as well as banqueting menus
• Producing plated desserts for all menus to 2 3 Rosette standard.
• Supervision of pastry team to achieve consistent standards.

The business is varied offering catering for Spa Guests, Leisure clients, Local guests as well as corporate, conference and banqueting function guests. Alexander House is a popular wedding venue with weddings taking place in the Shelley Suite as well as in the private Wedding Garden.

The ideal candidate would be someone who has worked in a quality environment and is now seeking a CDP pastry role capable of sharing responsibility for the Pastry section.

• Demonstrate during a trial shift the practical ability to be able to produce plated desserts to 3 Rosette standard.
• Demonstrate flair and creativity to build on the successful afternoon tea menu.
• Hold the experience to manage the multi menu requirements and banqueting operation.
• Ability to control stocks efficiently and to produce quality menu items achieving GP%
• Quality experience in a fresh food environment
• The passion and drive to contribute to the future success of the kitchen brigade who continue to develop award winning dishes