Full Time
Nairobi, Kenya
Posted 2 months ago

Westgate Shopping Mall

Pastry Chef at Westgate Shopping Mall – Nairobi 2025

Position: Pastry Chef

Location: Nairobi, Kenya

Type of Job: Full-Time

Application Deadline: March 8, 2025, 5:00 PM

Discover an exciting pastry chef opportunity in Nairobi that promises career growth and a chance to showcase your culinary talents. This full-time position at a premier shopping mall in Kenya offers a dynamic role where you can create high-quality baked goods, meet customer demands, and contribute to a thriving food service environment. If you’re passionate about baking and ready to elevate your career in March 2025, this Kenyan job market vacancy is for you—apply today and step into a role that shapes delicious experiences for the spring season.

About Westgate Shopping Mall

Westgate Shopping Mall, located in Nairobi, is a leading retail and entertainment destination known for its vibrant marketplace and commitment to excellence. As a hub for shopping, dining, and leisure, Westgate employs a dedicated team to deliver exceptional customer experiences. The mall is renowned for its innovative approach to retail and its role in serving the local Kenyan community, making it an ideal workplace for professionals in the hospitality and food service sectors, especially as we expand our offerings in March 2025.

Key Responsibilities

Prepare and bake a wide range of high-quality baked goods, ensuring consistency in flavour, texture, and presentation to meet customer expectations, particularly for the busy March season.

Follow and modify recipes as needed to create delicious products, including pastries, cakes, and breads, tailored to meet demand and seasonal trends, such as Easter celebrations in March.

Ensure products are checked and ready on time to adhere to baking schedules, meeting stringent standards for taste and consistency during peak March demand.

Perform quality checks on baked goods to ensure products meet our standards for taste, texture, and presentation, maintaining excellence in every batch for March retail distribution.

Ensure that all baked products are well sealed and packaged, adhering to food safety regulations and enhancing shelf life for retail distribution, especially for March holiday sales.

Demonstrate knowledge of baking most stored, labelled items, e.g., croissants, breads, cakes, muffins, and cookies, to maintain a diverse product offerings for March customers.

Understand how to clean, assemble, and disassemble machines correctly, such as food processors, scales, planetary mixers, and stick blenders, ensuring operational efficiency during the March rush.

Accurately measure ingredients and operate equipment with minimal supervision, maintaining precision in every step of the baking process to meet March production targets.

Qualifications and Skills

Required Skills:

Proven experience as a pastry chef or baker, with a strong background in preparing high-quality baked goods, especially for seasonal peaks like March.

Extensive knowledge of baking techniques, including pastry, bread, and cake production, with a focus on flavour, texture, and consistency for March holiday demands.

Proficiency in using baking equipment such as food processors, scales, planetary mixers, and stick blenders, with the ability to maintain and troubleshoot machinery during high-volume March periods.

Strong attention to detail to perform quality checks and ensure products meet standards for taste, presentation, and packaging, particularly for March retail readiness.

Ability to work independently with minimal supervision, managing time effectively to meet production deadlines, including the busy March season.

Preferred Skills:

Familiarity with modifying recipes to meet customer demand or seasonal trends, enhancing product innovation for March celebrations like Easter.

Excellent communication skills to collaborate with kitchen teams and ensure seamless operations during the March peak period.

Knowledge of food safety regulations and packaging standards to maintain compliance in a retail environment, ensuring readiness for March sales.

How to Apply

Apply Now for Pastry Chef at Westgate Shopping Mall. If you possess the above qualifications and are confident in your culinary skills, kindly send your updated curriculum vitae to hr@althaus.co.ke not later than March 8, 2025, 5:00 PM. Please ensure your application highlights your experience in baking and pastry preparation, especially for seasonal demands like March. We are an equal opportunity employer and do not charge any recruitment fees. Westgate Shopping Mall Limited NEITHER works with any persons or agencies who charge a recruitment fee.