About this role
The Executive Pastry Chef is responsible for leading the overall pastry and bakery direction of the brand, including product development, production operations, quality standards, team leadership, costing, and consistency. The role requires a highly creative and operationally strong pastry chef who can develop premium pastries, viennoiserie, breads, desserts, and bakery products while ensuring efficient daily production, strong hygiene standards, effective kitchen systems, and consistently high-quality presentation and taste across all locations.
Requirements
Minimum 8–10 years of pastry and bakery experience, with at least 3 years in a senior pastry chef, head pastry chef, or executive pastry chef role. Experience in premium cafés, artisan bakeries, luxury hotels, or high-end pastry operations is preferred. Strong skills in pastry and bakery product development, production planning, recipe standardization, food costing, inventory control, team training, supplier management, waste management, and UAE food safety compliance are required. The candidate must be creative, hands-on, organized, and capable of leading and developing a pastry and bakery team under pressure while maintaining exceptional quality, consistency, presentation, efficiency, and profitability.
