Pastry Chef De Partie Night

Location: On-site in Hounslow, United Kingdom; night shift with availability required for evenings, weekends, and public holidays.

Salary: up to GBP 34,000 per year.

Company

DO & CO operates a luxury airline catering production unit focused on high-quality food, elegant presentation, and first-class service.

What you will do

• Produce consistent, high-quality pastry in line with DO & CO standards, menus, schedules, regulations, and quality specifications.
• Lead and support the pastry team, coordinate production, and adapt to emergencies or last-minute changes.
• Plan daily production and participate in the preparation and presentation of meals.
• Manage inventory checks, ordering requests, wastage control, and food cost processes.
• Perform quality checks and ensure compliance with SOPs, critical control points, health and safety, food safety, and legal requirements.
• Define effective ways of working, resolve production issues, and support continuous improvement.

Requirements

• Experience as a Pastry Chef de Partie in a high-volume kitchen, with the ability to manage multiple sections.
• Strong knife skills and proficiency in pastry techniques including chocolate tempering, custards, mousses, and pastry doughs.
• Meticulous approach to ingredient measurement, decoration, presentation, and quality consistency.
• Ability to remain productive under pressure in a fast-paced culinary environment.
• Excellent English communication skills required for collaboration in a diverse team.
• Flexibility to work nights, evenings, weekends, public holidays, and across a seven-day production schedule.

Nice to have

• Airline catering experience.
• Ability to design innovative pastry items reflecting current trends and different dietary preferences.

Culture & Benefits

• On-site free meals.
• In-house training and opportunities to expand culinary skills and knowledge.
• Career development opportunities nationally and internationally.
• Refer a Friend Scheme.
• Opportunity to contribute ideas and make an impact in luxury global gourmet entertainment.