Pastry Chef

Pastry Chef Dublin 2 - Full Time - Fixed Term (12 months)

At Sodexo, you'll belong in a team and thrive in service. We know that our talented chefs are the key to delivering exceptional service and tasteful experiences for our clients, customers, and employees.

Build a name with big brand businesses and corporate clients, delivering high quality nutritious meals for boardroom lunches, executive events, and daily workplace dining. This role calls for a chef who can blend maintaining excellent standards while working efficiently in a fast paced, trend setting, client focused environment.

What you'll do:

• Prepare and bake a wide range of pastries, cakes, breads, desserts, fillings, and decorative elements to a consistently high standard.
• Take full ownership of the pastry section while working closely with the wider kitchen team.
• Follow recipes and production methods accurately to maintain quality and consistency during high volume service.
• Manage daily prep, special orders, and event production efficiently and calmly under pressure.
• Monitor baking times, temperatures, stock levels, and ingredient freshness to ensure excellent product quality.
• Decorate and finish products to presentation standards with strong attention to detail.
• Maintain a clean, organised, and food safe working environment at all times.
• Support smooth kitchen operations by ensuring pastry items are prepared and ready for peak service periods.

What you'll bring:

• 2-5 years' experience as a Pastry Chef or Baker, ideally within a high volume restaurant, hotel, or bakery environment.
• Strong pastry skills, particularly in bread making, cake production, desserts, and presentation techniques.
• The ability to produce pastries and breads to the highest level with consistency and efficiency.
• Confidence working independently while also contributing positively as part of a collaborative team.
• Excellent organisation, time management, and multitasking skills in a fast paced kitchen.
• The ability to stay calm and focused during busy service periods and tight deadlines.
• A proactive approach to maintaining cleanliness, food safety, and section organisation.
• Flexibility to work early morning shifts, with working hours typically from 7am-3pm.

Benefits

• Monday - Friday working hours typically from 7 am-3 pm
• €17.10 per hour
• Meals during shift parking on site full uniform provided
• Opportunities for career development
• Plus our Sodexo employee benefits package
• Unlimited access to an online platform offering wellbeing support
• An extensive Employee Assistance Programme to help with everyday issues or life's larger problems, including legal and financial advice, support with work or personal issues impacting your wellbeing
• Access to a 24hr virtual GP Service
• Sodexo Discounts Scheme, offering great deals 24/7 across popular big brand retailers
• Save for your future by becoming a member of the Pension Plan
• Opportunities to enable colleagues to grow and succeed throughout their career at Sodexo, including a variety of learning and development tools
• Bike to Work Scheme to help colleagues to do their bit for the environment whilst keeping fit
• Sodexo UK and Irelands enhanced benefits and leave policies

We are committed to being an inclusive employer. We are a forces friendly employer. We welcome and encourage applications from people with a diverse variety of experiences, backgrounds and identities. We encourage our employees to get involved with our Employee Networks such as Pride, Sodexo Parents & Carers, Sodexo Disability, Ability network, SoTogether, Generations and Origins.

We're a Disability Confident Leader employer. We're committed to changing attitudes towards disability, and making sure disabled people have the chance to fulfil their aspirations. We run a Disability Confident interview scheme for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria for the job.