Pastry Chef

Up to 35000 DOE 4-Day Week 3 Consecutive Days Off 7 Weeks Annual Leave

A rare opportunity has arisen for a talented Pastry Chef to join an intimate 1 Michelin Star Japanese Omakase restaurant in the heart of Mayfair.

With just 16 seats and a single Omakase menu this is a precision-led restaurant where every course matters. The pastry offering forms part of a highly considered dining experience giving the successful chef the opportunity to create refined desserts around seasonality flavour balance and Japanese influences.

This could be particularly exciting for a strong restaurant pastry chef looking to add Michelin-starred Japanese dining to their experience while enjoying an unusually attractive lifestyle for Central London: four working days three consecutive days off and seven weeks of annual leave.

The restaurant offers an intimate and highly focused Omakase experience serving just 16 guests at a time in Mayfair.

The operation currently consists of:

• 1 Michelin Star
• Just 16 seats
• A single Omakase menu
• One lunch service at 12:30pm
• Two dinner services at 6:00pm and 8:30pm
• A highly detailed precision-led style of dining

Rather than high-volume production the focus is firmly on quality detail balance and presentation.

As Pastry Chef youll have the opportunity to take real creative responsibility for the restaurants dessert offering.

Youll be involved in:

• Preparing and presenting high-quality restaurant desserts and pastry
• Developing new desserts and seasonal menu items
• Exploring flavours and ideas suited to a Japanese Omakase experience
• Maintaining exceptional consistency and presentation
• Managing preparation efficiently around the restaurants services
• Maintaining excellent hygiene food safety and stock standards
• Working closely with the wider kitchen to ensure pastry complements the progression of the Omakase menu
• Bringing your own creativity and ideas to the section

Importantly the restaurant is offering creative freedom making this much more than simply a production pastry position.

Youll need a minimum of three years professional pastry experience and strong technical foundations.

The restaurant is particularly interested in chefs with:

• Michelin-starred or similarly high-level restaurant experience
• Strong plated-dessert experience
• Excellent attention to detail and artistic presentation
• A sophisticated understanding of flavour and balance
• Creativity and an interest in developing new dishes
• Excellent organisation and consistency
• The ability to work confidently within a small quality-focused kitchen

Experience with Japanese pastry Wagashi Japanese-fusion desserts or modern pastry techniques would be particularly attractive although a strong chef from another high-quality pastry background can also be considered.

• Salary up to 35000 depending on experience
• 4-day working week
• 3 consecutive days off
• 7 weeks fixed annual leave
• Annual leave taken during full restaurant shutdown periods
• 1 Michelin Star environment
• Intimate 16-seat operation
• Genuine creative freedom
• Opportunity to develop new and seasonal desserts
• Supportive quality-driven kitchen team
• Mayfair Central London location

Weekly contracted hours and exact shift times are currently being confirmed.

There arent many opportunities combining Michelin-starred Mayfair dining with a four-day week and seven weeks off each year.

For a pastry chef the scale of the restaurant is equally interesting. With only 16 guests per sitting and a single Omakase menu this isnt about producing hundreds of identical desserts. Its an environment built around precision detail and the individual dining experience.

Youll also have the freedom to contribute ideas and develop seasonal desserts making it an excellent move for a pastry chef who wants to become more creative while adding a distinctive 1 Michelin Star Japanese Omakase restaurant to their CV.

Up to 35000 4 days on / 3 consecutive days off 7 weeks annual leave 1 Michelin Star Mayfair.