Pastry Chef - Blair Hill Inn

Company Description

Overlooking Maine’s largest glacier lake, Blair Hill Inn’s stunning ten-guest room country estate sits commandingly atop a 20′ high, 900′ long field stone wall.  Its hillside perch provides one of the most beautiful, expansive lake views in the world. This destination resort sprawls across 79 acres with a soothing spa, private hiking trails, scenic overlooks, a trout pond, fields and woodlands. Once a breeding farm built in 1891, it is now a finely restored boutique hotel with exquisite décor, and exceptional service.

The renowned, gourmet Slate restaurant serves a tasty farm-to-table menu and the handsome wood-paneled cocktail lounge offers fine wines, libations, and small bites. The warm welcome, individual service, absolute discretion and love of detail are evidenced by being one of only two Relais & Châteaux designated hotels and restaurants in Maine.

We are proud to be one of the 580 members of Relais & Châteaux, an association of worldwide independent luxury hotel and restaurant owners.

Job Description

We are seeking an experienced and passionate Pastry Chef to join our team.

Your expertise in preparing a variety of breads, desserts and pastries, combined with your creative flair in developing unique tastes and recipes, will be essential in delighting our customers.

As an ideal candidate, you should have a strong background in culinary arts and a genuine passion for creating baked, sweet and delectable treats.

Your commitment to upholding health and safety standards is crucial to ensuring the highest quality of service to our clients.

By delivering exceptional culinary experiences, we aim to enhance customer satisfaction and foster the growth of our clientele.

Responsibilities

• Prepare a wide variety of goods such as breads, cakes, cookies, pies etc. following traditional and modern recipes
• Create new and exciting desserts to renew our menus and engage the interest of customers
• Decorate pastries using different icings, toppings etc. to ensure the presentation will be beautiful and exciting
• Monitor stocks for baking ingredients such as flour, sugar etc. and make appropriate orders within budget
• Check quality of material and condition of equipment and devices used for cooking
• Maintain a lean and orderly cooking station and adhere to health and safety standards

Qualifications

• Proven experience as Pastry Chef, baker or relevant role
• Great attention to detail and creativity
• In depth knowledge of sanitation principles, food preparation and baking techniques and nutrition
• Working knowledge of baking with ingredient limitations (pastries that are gluten free, sugarless etc.)
• Certificate in culinary arts, pastry-making, baking or relevant field

Additional Information

• Year round salary based on experience
• Housing Available
• Employee Discounts