Head Pastry Chef | Monday to Friday | Daytime Hours | Cork

Red D are recruiting a Head Pastry Chef for one of Cork’s most high-profile hospitality venues.

This is a rare opportunity for a talented Head Pastry Chef to join a kitchen known for exceptional standards, creativity and attention to detail, while also offering something genuinely difficult to find in hospitality: predominantly daytime hours, Monday to Friday.

We’re looking for a Head Pastry Chef with serious pastry credentials, strong leadership skills and a real passion for quality ingredients, precision and presentation. The successful Head Pastry Chef will lead the pastry offering across a busy, high-end operation, working closely with an experienced senior culinary team.

This role would suit someone coming from a luxury hotel, premium restaurant or high-end production kitchen who still wants to work at a very high level, but with far better work-life balance.

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Leading and managing the pastry kitchen day to day
• Creating and developing seasonal pastry, dessert and baked offerings
• Maintaining exceptional consistency, presentation and quality standards
• Managing preparation and production for service and events
• Working closely with senior chefs on menu planning and innovation
• Training and mentoring junior pastry chefs and kitchen team members
• Managing HACCP, food safety and kitchen organisation to the highest standards
• Ensuring all pastry sections are fully prepared and organised for service

What We’re Looking For:

• Previous experience as a Head Pastry Chef or Senior Pastry Chef in a high-end kitchen
• Luxury hospitality or premium restaurant experience is highly desirable
• Excellent pastry, baking and dessert skills
• Strong organisational and leadership ability
• Calm, professional approach in a busy kitchen environment
• High attention to detail and pride in presentation
• Strong understanding of HACCP and food safety standards
• Passion for seasonal produce and high-quality ingredients

What’s On Offer:

• Monday to Friday schedule
• Predominantly daytime hours
• Excellent salary package
• Opportunity to work in one of Cork’s most respected hospitality operations
• Strong, supportive senior leadership team
• High-quality kitchen environment with exceptional standards
• Long-term career opportunity within a highly regarded business

This is an exceptional opportunity for a Head Pastry Chef looking to continue working at a very high culinary level while gaining a far better lifestyle balance than most senior pastry roles can offer.

We can only consider candidates with full, unrestricted permission to live and work in the EU. UK passport holders are also welcome to apply.

About Red D Recruitment

At Red D Recruitment, we specialise in hospitality recruitment across Ireland and the UK. We recruit for senior management, executive and culinary roles across hotels, restaurants, resorts, workplace catering and tourism operations. With over 30 years’ hospitality recruitment experience, we understand the people, standards and commercial demands that drive successful hospitality businesses.