Pastry Chef

Title: Pastry Chef

Location: New Hall School, Chelmsford

Salary: Up to £32,000 per annum

About the Role:
Join the team at New Hall School as a Pastry Chef and enjoy a structured Monday-Friday day shift schedule with rotation weekends, offering an excellent work-life balance. This role focuses on crafting exceptional pastries and desserts for students, staff, and special events at one of the region's most prestigious schools.

Why Join Us?

• Competitive salary of Up to £32,000 per annum
• Sociable working hours, with Monday-Friday daytime, odd evening and weekends shift rotations
• A chance to showcase your pastry expertise in a supportive, dynamic environment
• Work in the beautiful and inspiring surroundings of New Hall School

If you’re passionate about pastry and ready for your next challenge, we’d love to hear from you!

The essential ingredient at the heart of our business is our people, so we are searching for an experienced Pastry Chef with a background in exceptional food catering services to join our business and work at one of our highly prestigious education settings.

As a Pastry Chef, you will…

As well as having excellent presentation, organisational, and communication skills, you will be able to demonstrate a real passion for food & service and possess bags of enthusiasm.

Working days will be either 7am - 3pm or 10am - 7pm; however, flexibility is required for hospitality. Some weekend work may apply.

• Ideally have experience working within Education catering
• Have a progressive career to date
• Be up to date with current food trends
• Have a real passion for food and customer service
• Know how to cost and plan menus accurately

There are many advantages to working for us, and we provide our employees with bespoke benefits which include:

• Free meals whilst at work
• Career development opportunities
• HIT Apprenticeships for all experience levels
• Reward & recognition schemes
• People awards to celebrate our employees
• Work/life balance
• Employee Benefits Platform
• Employee Assistance Program
• Recommend a friend scheme
• Company sick pay scheme
• Prestigious working environments
• Team events scheduled throughout the year
• 28 Holiday days inclusive of bank holidays
• Pension scheme
• Competitive salary

We invest in the training and development of our teams to give them the appropriate skills necessary to thrive in their job roles. We have outstanding teams of experienced professionals who tailor our catering service provision specifically to suit children of all ages, meeting the bespoke requirements of our clients.

“Holroyd Howe is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all employees to share this commitment. All roles within Holroyd Howe are regarded as regulated activity and therefore we require an Enhanced DBS which includes a Barred List Check for all successful applicants. We will also require shortlisted applicants to provide appropriate information regarding their criminal offences.”

This appointment is offered on the return of satisfactory professional references.