Job Description

Woods & Co Recruitment are partnering up with an award-winning hospitality group celebrated for its craft, creativity and passion for premium chocolate. With venues across Australia, UK and Japan, alongside a thriving wholesale arm and chocolate factory, this is your chance to make your mark with a highly respected brand to help shape its future. 

With the launch of a brand-new, purpose-built kitchen, we’re on the hunt for a Head Pastry Chef to take the lead of BOH operations. With chocolate as your inspiration, you’ll have the creative freedom to balance customer favourites with new seasonal specials; all while maintaining the precision, consistency and quality the brand is renowned for.

What’s in it for you?

• $100,000 - $110,000 + Super. 
• Work in a brand-new, purpose-built kitchen designed to grow with the business. 
• Access to premium ingredients and in-house support to express your creativity and establish a lasting presence in Melbourne’s evolving pastry culture.
• No late nights for a genuine work-life balance.
• Team tastings, staff events and a supportive and creative workplace culture. 
• Be part of an award-winning brand and collaborate directly with business leaders who are hands-on and passionate about what they do.

What do you do?

• Oversee pastry production for multiple venues and a wholesale network.
• Lead and mentor a passionate pastry team to foster a positive kitchen culture.
• Design and execute seasonal menus and rotating pastry specials whilst maintaining efficiency, consistency and high standards in a fast-paced environment. 
• Collaborate across the business to drive creativity and business development.
• Champion the values of quality, excellence and sustainability in everything produced.

What do you need?

• 3+ years experience in a senior pastry role.
• Previous wholesale or multi-site production experience (preferred!). 
• Strong expertise in laminated pastry and yeasted breads, combined with a creative flair and passion for innovation.
• Demonstrated leadership skills and a passion for mentoring a young team. 
• Organised and process-driven, with confidence using systems such as Excel, ERP and Deputy. 
• Proven ability to manage production planning and scale operations.
• Passionate about professional growth and business development, with a drive to make your mark in Melbourne’s competitive hospitality scene.
• A food philosophy rooted in sustainability, seasonality and excellence. 

If you're as passionate about this position as we are, then please don't delay and APPLY NOW! We are interviewing immediately! For more information, please contact:

• Kat on 0482 095 930 or kat@woodsco.com.au. 
• Shea on 0407 163 529 or shea@woodsco.com.au.

Woods & Co Recruitment is committed to creating a positively diverse and inclusive workforce which values all backgrounds and experiences. We do not discriminate and encourage applications (no matter age or status) from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from culturally and/or a linguistically diverse background, all members and genders of the LGBTQI community and people with disability.

*You will only be contacted if you are shortlisted and meet the above requirements.