Pastry Chefs (4 Positions)

Malawi Catering Services Limited wishes to invite applications from suitably qualified individuals of Malawian origin to fill the following vacant positions tenable at its Head Offices at Kamuzu International Airport (KIA) in Lilongwe.

MCSL is looking for dynamic and independent professionals to work in various positions that have fallen vacant. The candidates should be experienced, flexible, enthusiastic, and with an “I can-do attitude” to join our team as follows: –

PASTRY CHEFS (4 positions)

Duties

• Preparing, cooking, garnishing, and pass-service meals (including breakfast grilling and buffets) for the restaurant, banqueting, and other food outlets.
• Prepares a la carte and set menu dishes of medium complexity and variation.
• Preparing basic sauces, soups, and vegetables and cook dishes by grilling, frying, roasting, boiling, baking, special recipes, etc.
• Ensuring that all food is of excellent quality and served promptly.
• Preparing various delicious desserts, pastries, and sweet goods. Creating new and enticing recipes, decorating pastries to ensure beautiful presentation, and maintaining the quality of ingredients and equipment.
• Planning menus while keeping in mind the budget and availability
• Preparing a wide variety of goods such as cakes, cookies, pies, bread etc. following traditional and modern recipes
• Creating new and exciting desserts to renew our menus and engage the interest of customers
• Decorating pastries using different icings, toppings etc. to ensure the presentation will be beautiful and exciting
• Monitoring stocks for baking ingredients such as flour, sugar etc. and make appropriate orders within budget
• Checking quality of material and condition of equipment and devices used for cooking
• Guiding and motivating Pastry Assistants and Bakers to work efficiently
• Identifying staffing needs and helping in recruitment and training

Interested persons who meet the above required qualifications and/ or experience should submit their applications preferably by 28th September 2024 together with their detailed Curriculum Vitae (CV) which should include two traceable referees to: –

The General Manager,
Malawi Catering Services Limited,
P.O. Box 30236,
Lilongwe 3