Pastry & Fondant Chef (CDP / Commi 1 Level)

As a Pastry & Fondant Chef at DBakers, you will play a crucial role in producing high-quality pastries, desserts, and fondant-based designer cakes for our commissary kitchen. Your responsibilities will include preparing pastries, desserts, and cakes following standard recipes and brand quality, creating high-quality fondant decorations, ensuring consistency in taste, texture, and presentation, handling customised and designer cakes, maintaining kitchen hygiene, managing inventory, collaborating with the pastry team, and training junior staff on pastry techniques and fondant handling. **Key Responsibilities:** - Prepare pastries, desserts, and cakes following standard recipes and brand quality. - Create high-quality fondant decorations including smooth finishes, figurines, flowers, and themed designs. - Ensure consistency in taste, texture, and presentation across all pastry and fondant products. - Handle customised and designer cakes, ensuring structural stability and clean detailing. - Maintain kitchen hygiene and food safety standards as per FSSAI guidelines. - Manage inventory of baking ingredients, fondant materials, colours, and dcor tools while minimising wastage. - Collaborate with the pastry team to meet daily production, bulk orders, and special requests on time. - Train and guide junior staff on pastry techniques, fondant handling, and standard operating procedures. **Qualification & Experience:** - Diploma/Certification in Bakery & Pastry (preferred). - 5 years of experience in pastry or fondant work; experience in commissary kitchens is an advantage. - Candidates with strong fondant artistry skills will be prioritised. DBakers is a part of the Defence Bakery Private Limited family, which has a legacy of over 60 years in the bakery and confectionery industry. With a focus on quality, innovation, and customer satisfaction, DBakers brings artisanal baked goods and modern culinary experiences to life.,