{"id":102174,"date":"2026-07-17T12:44:28","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T12:44:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/uncategorized\/pastry-chef\/"},"modified":"2026-07-17T12:44:28","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T12:44:28","slug":"pastry-chef","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/jobs\/nairobi\/pastry-chef\/","title":{"rendered":"Pastry Chef"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script type=\"application\/ld+json\">{\"@context\": \"https:\/\/schema.org\/\", \"@type\": \"JobPosting\", \"title\": \"Pastry Chef\", \"description\": \"Job Purpose\\nTo prepare high-quality pastries, desserts, breads and baked products by ensuring consistency, creativity and compliance with food safety standards while contributing to exceptional guest dining experiences.\\nKey Duties and Responsibilities\\nPrepare pastries, desserts, cakes, breads and confectionery items.\\nDevelop and maintain standardized pastry recipes.\\nEnsure consistency in product quality and presentation.\\nMonitor pastry ingredient inventory and requisition supplies.\\nMaintain cleanliness and hygiene within the pastry section.\\nEnsure compliance with food safety and sanitation standards.\\nMinimize wastage through effective production planning.\\nDecorate cakes and desserts to established presentation standards.\\nInspect raw materials to ensure quality.\\nMaintain pastry equipment in good working condition.\\nPerform any other duties as may be assigned by the Executive Chef.\\nKey Performance Indicators KPIs\\nPastry quality standards.\\nGuest satisfaction ratings.\\nProduct consistency.\\nFood cost control.\\nCompliance with food safety standards.\\nReduction in wastage.\\nTimeliness of production.\\nInnovation in pastry offerings.\\nEducation, Skills and Experience\\nMust have:\\nDiploma in Pastry and Bakery, Culinary Arts, Food Production or a related field from a recognized institution.\\nProfessional pastry certification will be an added advantage.\\nMinimum of three 3 years' relevant experience as a Pastry Chef, preferably in the hospitality industry.\\nStrong knowledge of pastry production, baking techniques and dessert presentation.\", \"datePosted\": \"2026-07-17\", \"hiringOrganization\": {\"@type\": \"Organization\", \"name\": \"Beachfront Vipingo\"}, \"jobLocation\": {\"@type\": \"Place\", \"address\": {\"@type\": \"PostalAddress\", \"addressLocality\": \"Nairobi\", \"addressCountry\": \"KE\"}}, \"directApply\": true, \"validThrough\": \"2026-07-25T23:59:59\", \"employmentType\": \"FULL_TIME\"}<\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Company:<\/strong> Beachfront Vipingo<\/p>\n<p><strong>Location:<\/strong> Nairobi<\/p>\n<p><strong>Job Type:<\/strong> Full Time<\/p>\n<p><strong>Apply Before:<\/strong> 2026-07-25<\/p>\n<h3>Job Description<\/h3>\n<p>Job Purpose<br \/>To prepare high-quality pastries, desserts, breads and baked products by ensuring consistency, creativity and compliance with food safety standards while contributing to exceptional guest dining experiences.<br \/>Key Duties and Responsibilities<br \/>Prepare pastries, desserts, cakes, breads and confectionery items.<br \/>Develop and maintain standardized pastry recipes.<br \/>Ensure consistency in product quality and presentation.<br \/>Monitor pastry ingredient inventory and requisition supplies.<br \/>Maintain cleanliness and hygiene within the pastry section.<br \/>Ensure compliance with food safety and sanitation standards.<br \/>Minimize wastage through effective production planning.<br \/>Decorate cakes and desserts to established presentation standards.<br \/>Inspect raw materials to ensure quality.<br \/>Maintain pastry equipment in good working condition.<br \/>Perform any other duties as may be assigned by the Executive Chef.<br \/>Key Performance Indicators KPIs<br \/>Pastry quality standards.<br \/>Guest satisfaction ratings.<br \/>Product consistency.<br \/>Food cost control.<br \/>Compliance with food safety standards.<br \/>Reduction in wastage.<br \/>Timeliness of production.<br \/>Innovation in pastry offerings.<br \/>Education, Skills and Experience<br \/>Must have:<br \/>Diploma in Pastry and Bakery, Culinary Arts, Food Production or a related field from a recognized institution.<br \/>Professional pastry certification will be an added advantage.<br \/>Minimum of three 3 years&#8217; relevant experience as a Pastry Chef, preferably in the hospitality industry.<br \/>Strong knowledge of pastry production, baking techniques and dessert presentation.<\/p>\n<h3>How to Apply<\/h3>\n<p>Interested and qualified candidates are invited to submit a signed application letter, a comprehensive and up-to-date Curriculum Vitae (CV), and certified copies of their academic and professional certificates. Kindly note: Applications should be sent via email to: hr@beachfrontvipingo.com Clearly indicate the position applied for in the email subject line. Application Deadline: 25th July 2026 Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted<br \/>Build your CV for free. Download in different templates.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.myjobmag.co.ke\/job\/pastry-chef-beachfront-vipingo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" style=\"display:inline-block;padding:10px 20px;background:#2271b1;color:#fff;text-decoration:none;border-radius:4px;\">Apply Now<\/a><\/p>\n<p><small>Source: MyJobMag<\/small><\/p>\n<p><!-- job-expiry: 2026-07-25 --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Company: Beachfront Vipingo Location: Nairobi Job Type: Full Time Apply Before: 2026-07-25 Job Description Job PurposeTo prepare high-quality pastries, desserts, breads and baked products by ensuring consistency, creativity and compliance with food safety standards while contributing to exceptional guest dining experiences.Key Duties and ResponsibilitiesPrepare pastries, desserts, cakes, breads and confectionery items.Develop and maintain standardized pastry [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1408,1409],"tags":[2228,1425,1413,1412],"class_list":["post-102174","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-jobs","category-nairobi","tag-beachfront-vipingo","tag-full-time","tag-job-listing","tag-myjobmag"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102174","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=102174"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102174\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=102174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=102174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}