Chef de Partie - Pastry

About us:

Located in the heart of Brisbane city, Sofitel Brisbane Central is known for its sophisticated luxury accommodation, world-class dining, and impeccable hospitality. The hotel’s 416 elegantly appointed guest rooms and suites offer refined French luxury, and with personalised service that comes from the heart, this is Brisbane’s best accommodation experience. The hotel also features elegant and indulgent food and beverage outlets, an executive lounge, two fitness centres, a day spa and fully flexible event spaces for up to 1100 delegates.

Elevate your career to a whole new level with us and join our high-performing kitchen team.

We are currently seeking a Full Time Chef de Partie – Pastry to join Sofitel Brisbane Central’s culinary brigade.

You will be a key driver in bringing to life the creations of our French boulangerie, Chou Chou. You will work as part of a small team to produce pastries and gateaux for Chou Chou and other hotel areas.

As an experienced member of the kitchen team, you will play a significant role in supervising operational aspects of the kitchen and ensure food hygiene and safety procedures are followed.

What you will be doing:

• Be responsible for the pastry kitchen in the absence of the Sous Chefs
• Ensure employees are following procedures according to department and hotel policies. 
• Follow stock rotation and minimum wastage by control procedures and ensure adequate supplies are available for service
• Maintain strict food hygiene and safety procedures
• Prepare and produce menu items to established recipes and methods ensuring the production of high-quality food
• Assist with the maintenance of programs to ensure high standards of cleanliness and organisation within the kitchen and related outlets.

You’ll excel in this role if you have:

• Experience in a similar role in a large hotel (preferred)
• Trade qualified in Commercial Cookery (essential)
• A true desire to work, grow and develop within a luxury, five star environment
• Passionate about providing an exceptional product
• Committed to undertake growth and development within the Sofitel brand
• Enthusiastic and professional aptitude.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to work closely with all hotel departments
• A high standard of personal hygiene and presentation.

We are Heartists:

We live by our Heartist principles, that is, we embrace the essence of the heart and art of human connection. Understanding people is our business and putting people at the heart of our organisation is how we make decisions. We want every ambassador to feel valued, inspired and to strive for greatness every day.

Sofitel Brisbane Central offers ambassadors career development opportunities within the hotel and the broader Accor Group. We boast strong connections within a network of luxury hotels across the Accor Group that is collectively known as "La Maison" (French for "The House"). This allows ambassadors direct access to world-class expertise from top minds in luxury hospitality.

As a Sofitel Heartist, you will also be rewarded with:

• Career development opportunities within the largest hotel group in the Pacific.
• Discounts for ambassadors, as well as their families and friends, at Accor Hotels, worldwide.
• Complimentary hotel stay package to celebrate your work anniversary.
• Secure parking in the centre of Brisbane for only $10 per day.
• Direct access to Central train station.
• Complimentary food in the ambassador dining room.
• Laundered uniforms.