Pastry Chef De Partie

POSITION SUMMARY

Apply now to join the Corinthia Rome Pre-Opening Team — and help us define a new era of hospitality!

A new icon is rising in the Eternal City. Corinthia Rome is preparing to open its doors in one of the most prestigious and historic locations in the city — and we are looking for a brilliant Pastry Chef de Partie – Chef de Partie Patisserie to join our pre-opening team.

This is a unique opportunity to contribute to create a synergical and remarkable Kitchen team, directly hired by our Hotel with a long term horizon.

Our Pastry Chef de Partie reports to the Head Pastry Chef and is in charge of day to day supervision, preparation and service of Pastry and Bakery partie with a passion to satisfy the Guests, keeping a constant eye for HACCP compliance. Our Pastry Chef de Partie also guarantees the respect of the day to day Corinthia standards, Health & Safety, business and logistical policies.

What you’ll focus on

• Managing the Pastries preparation, minimizing the wastage of food and guaranteeing the highest cleanliness and hygiene of all equipment and areas of responsibility,
• Keeping abreast of newest trends and innovations in the Pastry industry,
• Assuring that the agreed Pastry standards are maintained at all times (regular food items, daily specialties and any other special services…),
• Ensuring that Pastry staff is motivated, well trained, efficient and clean at all times,
• Encouraging, training and supporting members of the Pastry section, leading by example and following up the progress made,
• Ensuring regular and adequate briefings to brigade before service time,
• Liaising with the Executive Chef and the Head Pastry Chef to ensure accurate food cost and anticipating potential opportunities,
• Attending courses, lectures, training sessions and meetings, as required,
• Collaborating synergically with other departments, especially Restaurant, In Room Dining and Bars, for example, in case of food intolerances of some Guests),
• Supporting the kitchen operations in times of demand,
• Assisting the Head Pastry Chef in ordering foodstuffs as required and ensuring that stock is rotated, labelled and stored in compliance with HACCP manual and Corinthia standards, maintaining the required food GP%,
• Generally being responsible for eco-sustainability, minimizing the wastage of utilities, such as gas, electricity and water,
• Ensuring that all refrigerated areas are kept clean and temperatures are maintained at correct levels and recorded in the correct manner,
• Timely reporting any defects in the kitchen and in the equipment according to Hotel procedures,
• Liaising with Stewarding Department ensuring that all kitchen areas and equipment are clean in accordance with the Hotels Hygiene Regulations.

Who we are looking for

• Proven experience as Pastry Chef de Partie preferably within Luxury Hotels,
• Artistic passion for innovative and luxury pastry,
• Demonstrate skills in plated desserts, tempering chocolate, afternoon tea…
• Ability to lead the Pastry section in Head pastry chef’s absence
• Mandatory knowledge of HACCP,
• Proficiency in Italian and English,
• Strong interpersonal and organizational skills including leading by example,
• Flexibility, manual dexterity and skills at handiwork are a must,
• Team working and excellent time management for meeting operational needs,
• A proactive, collaborative, team working mindset, high attention to details and stress management are a must,
• Must be comfortable with weekend and national holidays shifts and unsociable hours on rotation,
• Legal right to work in Italy.

Why to join Corinthia Rome?

You’ll be part of a once-in-a-lifetime project — shaping a 5-star Luxury Hotel from the very beginning.

Corinthia is known globally for elegance, authenticity and excellence and in the historic heart of Rome that legacy will come to life in a breathtaking way.

If you're passionate about Luxury Pastry and ready to leave your mark on the next great 5-star Hotel in the downtown of Rome, we can’t wait to hear from you!