Overview
Pastry Chef de Partie – Fine Dining – Central London
Salary: £35,000 to £37,000
Location: Central London
Hours: Monday–Friday, 40–45 hrs/week, no regular weekends
Keep cooking at a genuinely high level – premium pastry, beautiful presentation, real technical craft – without sacrificing your weekends.
I’m recruiting a talented Pastry Chef de Partie for an exceptional hospitality operation within a prestigious financial institution in Central London. This is a brilliant move for a pastry chef coming from a quality restaurant, hotel or fine dining background who wants to keep cooking at a really high level, with a much better work-life balance. The food here is seriously impressive, with a huge focus on fine dining, premium pastry and beautiful presentation.
Salary & Benefits
- £35,000 salary
- Monday to Friday operation
- Average 40–45 hours per week
- No regular weekends
- Company pension scheme
- Generous holiday allowance
- Free meals on duty
- Employee wellbeing and support
- Training and development
- Genuine opportunities to progress
The Operation
- Dedicated entirely to premium client dining and hospitality.
- 54 private dining and meeting rooms.
- 18 formal dining rooms.
- Around 40–50 fine dining covers daily.
- Larger events for up to 200.
- Fine dining lunches, breakfasts, meetings and events.
- Usually 2–3 evening services each week.
The Role
- Produce refined plated desserts, pastries and petit fours.
- Work across fine dining and high-end hospitality.
- Use quality, seasonal ingredients.
- Deliver consistently beautiful presentation.
- Contribute ideas to new desserts and menus.
- Work alongside a talented and experienced culinary team.
About You
- Pastry Chef de Partie or strong Demi Chef de Partie.
- Restaurant, luxury hotel or fine dining background.
- Strong pastry skills and attention to detail.
- Genuinely passionate about pastry and desserts.
- Reliable, organised and keen to develop.
If you love serious pastry but would quite like your weekends back, this gives you the best of both worlds – high-end food, a brilliant environment and a much better lifestyle.
Apply today or send your CV to yasmin@corecruitment.com
Job Tenure: Permanent
