Pastry Chef 

Inspire and create the grandest experience for our guest, clients and colleagues every day. Create cutting edge and high end pastry in all our food and beverage outlets and banquets. Create for yourself and your team a career and develop within a world class hotel operation. 

What is in it for you:

• Employee benefit card offering discounted rates in Accor worldwide for you and your family
• Learning programs through our Academies designed to sharpen your skills
• Ability to make a difference through our Corporate Social Responsibility activities, like Planet 21
• Career development opportunities with national and international promotion opportunities. The sky is your limit

What you will be doing:

 

• Plans and manages the procurement, production, preparation, and presentation of all pastry items in the hotel in a safe, sanitary, and cost-effective manner
• Makes menu recommendations to the Executive Chef for future menu development for all areas, to ensure all offerings are current on top of food trends. 
• Develop new dessert, pastry and bread products to continually improve the revenues and profit margins while maintaining quality
• Monitors the quality of pastry items in all outlets and follows through with staff training in proper presentation and storage of pastry items
• Maintains a safe and clean work environment and ensures that all Health & Safety standards are met, procedures followed and that colleagues have the knowledge and tools to work safely.
• Communicates effectively, both verbally and in writing, to provide clear direction to the pastry team, with the use of production lists, recipes, photos, etc.
• Maintaining colleague engagement, with the entire culinary and stewarding team. Promoting teamwork between the kitchen and all other departments, especially food and beverage service colleagues
• Maintaining payroll costs and productivity within budgeted guidelines.
• To assist in the recruitment and training of all new pastry cooks
• Encourage staff with recycling program and Planet 21 Committee objectives
• Follow outlet policies, procedures and service standards
• Consistently offer professional, friendly and proactive guest service while supporting fellow colleagues

Your experience and skills include:

• Five years of pastry experience with Journeyman’s papers and valid trade qualifications
• Able to work in a fast-paced, high-volume Pastry shop
• Awareness of new trends in presentation and preparation of food, particularly plated restaurant style desserts 
• Must be flexible in scheduling to accommodate business demands
• Strong leadership and organizational skills
• Comfortable working with guests in a public areas
• Food Safe certification an asset
• Able to create marzipan figures, sugar and chocolate decorations and show-pieces
• Strong knowledge and skills in custom wedding cakes.
• Strong knowledge in artisan bread making. 
• Energetic, self-motivated, out-going, team-player

Your team and working environment:

• Centrally located in downtown Calgary, Fairmont Palliser is the city’s premier, landmark hotel. With 407 elegantly appointed guest rooms, The Fairmont Palliser is truly the place to be. Join us in delivering the iconic Calgary experience. 
• Must be legally eligible to work in Canada. The hotel is unable to assist candidates in obtaining Canadian work authorization.   
• Fairmont Palliser is committed to an employment equity program that includes special measures to achieve diversity among staff.  
• In order to keep our employees and the general public safe from the threat of Covid 19 and the rise of variants in the community, the  Hotel has implemented a Covid-19 Vaccination Policy.

Our commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:
We are an inclusive company and our ambition is to attract, recruit and promote diverse talent.