RHEA Recrutement, a recruitment agency specialising in luxury hospitality and fine dining, is looking for:

EXECUTIVE PASTRY CHEF H/F

SWITZERLAND | PERMANENT CONTRACT | NEW FINE-DINING OPENING

RHEA Recrutement, a recruitment agency specialising in luxury hospitality and fine dining, is supporting the opening of a new gastronomic restaurant in Switzerland and is looking for an Executive Pastry Chef to join the project from the very beginning.

This intimate, human-sized restaurant, with approximately 35 covers, has a clear ambition: to deliver an exceptional gastronomic experience and build a destination with the long-term objective of earning a Michelin star.

We are therefore looking for a passionate, creative and highly driven Pastry Chef who wants to play a key role in creating the restaurant’s pastry identity from day one.

You will join a young, passionate and ambitious team, in an environment where product quality, technical precision, creativity and the pursuit of excellence are at the heart of the project.

YOUR ROLE

As the person responsible for the pastry department, you will have the opportunity to create and develop the entire pastry offering, working closely with the Chef.

Your role will be to establish a pastry identity that is fully aligned with the restaurant’s culinary philosophy: elegant, precise, contemporary, indulgent and deeply inspired by the seasons and exceptional ingredients.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Creating and developing desserts, petits fours and other sweet creations
• Contributing to the development of the pastry identity from the opening
• Organising and overseeing all pastry production
• Ensuring the quality, consistency and presentation of all creations
• Researching and developing new creations throughout the seasons
• Working closely with the Chef to create a coherent and memorable gastronomic experience
• Selecting and showcasing high-quality ingredients
• Building relationships with producers and suppliers
• Managing orders, stock and pastry department costs
• Organising the pastry kitchen and optimising production
• Leading, training and mentoring the Pastry Chef de Partie
• Ensuring compliance with hygiene, safety and quality standards
• Actively contributing to the development and reputation of the restaurant

A PASTRY IDENTITY TO CREATE

One of the great advantages of this opportunity is that everything is still to be imagined.

You will not be joining an established pastry operation. You will have the opportunity to lay the foundations of the restaurant’s pastry identity, develop your own creations and play a direct role in shaping its gastronomic vision.

You will work with a deliberately small pastry team:

1 Executive Pastry Chef + 1 Pastry Chef de Partie

This structure will allow you to be fully involved in both creation and production, while playing a genuine role in team development and knowledge transfer.

Your creativity, understanding of ingredients and personal vision will be central to the development of the project.

THE IDEAL PROFILE

We are looking for an experienced Pastry Chef who combines creativity, technical excellence, organisation and leadership.

Ideally, you will have:

• Proven experience as an Executive Pastry Chef, Head Pastry Chef or Pastry Sous Chef within a fine-dining or gastronomic establishment
• Excellent command of contemporary pastry techniques
• A highly developed sense of flavour, aesthetics and attention to detail
• Strong creativity and an inquisitive mindset
• A genuine sensitivity to seasonality and exceptional ingredients
• The ability to independently organise and manage a pastry kitchen
• Natural leadership skills and a genuine ability to share and transmit your knowledge
• An appreciation for artisanal products and close relationships with producers
• Excellent team spirit
• Good command of French
• English is an advantage

Above all, we are looking for a passionate, creative, committed and demanding professional who wants to contribute to the birth of a new gastronomic house and leave their personal mark on it.

THE OFFER

• Permanent contract
• Very attractive salary package
• 13th-month salary
• 5 weeks’ holiday
• 3 days closed per week
• A close-knit, human-sized team
• A stimulating and demanding working environment
• Genuine creative freedom in developing the pastry offering
• An ambitious fine-dining project with the clear objective of earning a Michelin star
• The opportunity to be part of an opening and directly contribute to building the identity of the restaurant

📅 Start date: early October

AN OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE, INSPIRE & LEAVE YOUR MARK

This position is ideal for a Pastry Chef who wants to go far beyond production alone.

You will have the opportunity to create, experiment, develop a distinctive pastry identity, work closely with the Chef and evolve your creations in harmony with the cuisine and the seasons.

Within a human-sized restaurant with genuine gastronomic ambition, your expertise, creativity and personality will have a central role.

RHEA Recrutement is handling this search with the utmost confidentiality.

📩 Would you like to be part of this exciting new gastronomic adventure in Switzerland?

Please send your CV, references and a portfolio of your work or professional Instagram account to:

rhearecrutement@gmail.com