Chef Patissier

Are you dreaming of working in one of the best restaurants in Portugal - 2 Michelin Stars since 1999

Do you have good communication skills and are you helpful, friendly and a team player?

Is cooking your passion? Do you want to work along side Chef Koschina and his Team, focus on flavours and extraordinary dishes which he creates daily new with the delicious ingredients Portugal has to offer?

**SEASON 2025 - Starting late February early March 2025 until November 2025**

For our two Michelin Star Kitchen we are looking for a personable, passionate and driven Pastry Chef.

We are looking for an experienced Pastry Chef with two stars Michelin experience to prepare a variety of desserts, pastries or other sweet goods. Your skill in baking high quality treats should be matched by your creativity to develop new amazing tastes and recipes.

**Your tasks**
- Prepare a wide variety of goods such as cakes, cookies, pies, bread etc. following traditional and modern recipes
- Create new and exciting desserts to renew our menus and engage the interest of customers
- Decorate pastries using different icings, toppings etc. to ensure the presentation will be beautiful and exciting
- Monitor stocks for baking ingredients such as flour, sugar etc. and make appropriate orders within budget
- Check quality of material and condition of equipment and devices used for cooking
- Guide and motivate pastry assistants and bakers to work more efficiently
- Identify staffing needs and help recruit and train personnel
- Maintain a lean and orderly cooking station and adhere to health and safety standards

**Your profile**

The goal is to enhance customer satisfaction so that we can maintain and expand our clientele.
- Fluent in English, German and/or Portuguese are a plus
- Proven experience as Pastry Chef, baker or relevant role
- Great attention to detail and creativity
- Organizing and leadership skills
- Dedication to continous learning and professional development in the culinary arts
- In depth knowledge of sanitation principles, food preparation and baking techniques and nutrition
- Working knowledge of baking with ingredient limitations to be able to adapt to guest requests and dietary needs (pastries that are gluten free, sugarless etc.)
- Certificate in culinary arts, pastry-making, baking or relevant field

**OUR BENEFITS**:

- special deals on accommodation
- free meals (on and off duty)
- 5 working days /week
- attractive discounts for Vila Joya Spa, the two-Michelin-Star Restaurant and the Beach Shack
- international team
- family owned since 1982
- 2 Michelin stars since 1999 under the Austrian Chef Dieter Koschina
- work place directly above the Atlantic Ocean

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