Pastry Chef de Partie

Company: The Hotel Folk
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Location: Lavenham
Job Description:

The Swan at Lavenham,High Street,Lavenham,Sudbury,CO10 9QA

Pay: £13.50 per hour

Are you an experiencedPastry Cheflooking for an exciting new challenge?

The Hotel Folk are currently looking for an experiencedPastry Chefto join their friendly kitchen team at their award-winning AA-rosettedSwan at Lavenham Hotel and Spa

Main responsibilities

  • Preparing specific food items and meal components at your station such as Afternoon Teas, Specialty Cakes, Signature Afternoon Teas
  • Following directions provided by the head chef.
  • Collaborating with the rest of the culinary team to ensure high-quality food and service.
  • Keeping your area of the kitchen safe and sanitary.
  • Stocktaking and ordering supplies for your station.
  • Supervising all pastry service throughout the property.
  • Ensuring standards of cuisine and hygiene are maintained.
  • Standardizing and communicating pastry and bakery recipes to personnel.
  • Preparing breads and pastries, including doughs, fillings, proofing, baking, and decorating.
  • Reviewing production sheets to understand the variety of baked goods to be produced daily.

Benefits of working for The Hotel Folk

  • A share of the tips
  • Free Golf at Thorpeness Golf Club and Hotel
  • 28 days annual leave (pro rata for hours worked)
  • 50% off food in all our hotel restaurants
  • B&B in any of our hotels from only £50 per room, per night
  • 50% off treatments & discounted products at our Weavers’ House Spa
  • Hospitality Action – Employee Assistance Programme, Retail Discounts
  • Company pension scheme
  • Tailored company induction and continued training and development opportunities

About The Hotel Folk

Founded in 1996, The Hotel Folk have grown to comprise six unique and individual family run hotels, a Country Club, and luxurious Spa. Whilst all our properties are charmingly individual with their own unique personality, the thing they all have in common is the people; a community of Folk obsessed with looking after our guests and delivering a blow-your-socks-off hospitality experience.

You must be eligible to live and work in the UK to be considered for this role. We cannot offer sponsorship.

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Posted: June 1st, 2026