Pastry Sous Chef - Kuwait

Role overview

Responsibilities

• Support the Executive Pastry Chef with daily pastry and bakery operations.
• Supervise production of pastries, cakes, desserts, breads, chocolates, and other bakery items.
• Maintain company standards and consistency in taste, quality, portioning, decoration, and presentation.
• Assist with production planning, mise en place, stock rotation, and service readiness.
• Support bulk production for events, displays, catering, and high-volume operations.
• Guide, train, and supervise junior pastry and bakery team members.
• Monitor food cost, wastage, inventory, storage, and portion control.
• Maintain hygiene, food safety, cleanliness, and HACCP standards.
• Assist with menu execution, seasonal items, special requests, and new product development.
• Coordinate with culinary, service, purchasing, stewarding, and management teams.
• Lead pastry operations in the Executive Pastry Chef's absence.
• Support improvement in pastry quality, efficiency, and team productivity.

Requirements

• Previous experience as a Pastry Sous Chef, Junior Pastry Sous Chef, Senior Pastry Chef, or in a similar role.
• Strong experience in restaurants, hospitality groups, hotels, luxury cafés, bakeries, or high-volume F&B operations.
• Solid knowledge of pastry, bakery, desserts, cakes, chocolates, plated desserts, and production planning.
• Bulk production and multi-outlet pastry support experience is advantageous.
• Strong team supervision, communication, and training skills.
• Knowledge of food cost control, inventory, portion control, and wastage reduction.
• Excellent knowledge of food safety, hygiene, and kitchen compliance.
• Creative, organized, detail-oriented, and quality-focused; able to handle pressure in a fast-paced hospitality environment.
• Professional attitude with strong problem-solving skills.
• International hospitality or multi-outlet experience is advantageous.
• Willingness to relocate to Kuwait.

Benefits

• Competitive salary package; amount and pay cadence are not specified.
• Transportation, medical insurance, paid annual leave, and airfare or flight benefits according to employment terms.
• Employment visa or work permit support and relocation support according to employer policy.
• Other benefits are included in the employment package.
• Opportunity to work with a large hospitality group in Kuwait.