Executive Pastry Chef

A refined all-day café, creating the foundation for a multi-unit expansion across South Florida. This is a true ground-floor opportunity for an accomplished Pastry Chef to design, lead, and scale an exceptional pastry program from day one . This role is built for a chef who thrives in production as much as creativity—someone who can establish systems, mentor a team, and create products that maintain consistency as the business grows. You'll work alongside an accomplished culinary leadership team in a collaborative environment where professionalism, accountability, and respect define the cultur What You Will Do Build and lead the pastry program from concept development through opening and bey ond.Develop recipes and production systems that can be replicated across future locati ons.Create and execute a bakery-forward menu with exceptional laminated pastries, viennoiserie, tarts, and seasonal offeri ngs.Recruit, train, and mentor a pastry team while establishing strong production standa rds.Oversee daily commissary production, quality control, inventory, and food cost managem ent.Partner closely with culinary leadership to ensure seamless coordination between pastry and savory operati ons.Implement production schedules and workflows that support both retail café operations and future gro wth.Maintain the highest standards of food safety, cleanliness, and product consiste What We Are Lookin g For Formal French pastry training or equivalent classical pastry educ ation.Demonstrated expertise in laminated doughs and croissant production is ese ntial.Significant experience leading high-volume bakery or commissary production opera tions.Proven ability to build systems, standardize recipes, and scale production without sacrificing qu ality.Leadership experience hiring, coaching, and developing pastry teams.Strong organizational skills with confidence managing production independ ently.A collaborative leadership style that values coaching, communication, and accountability ove r ego.Stable employment history demonstrating ownership and long-term commi tment.Experience preparing for multi-unit growth is highly desi Details Competitive compensation commensurate with exp package.Ground-floor leadership opportunity with significant long-term growth po #J-18808-Ljbffr Gecko Hospitality (Corporate)