PASTRY CHEF DE PARTIE ?

Location:
Mumbai | Central Production Kitchen ? Employment Type: Full-time ?‍? Experience Preferred: 5–8 years in pastry, bakery or dessert production

ABOUT THE ROLE
Hundo Pizza is building its dessert vertical, and we're looking for an experienced, hands-on Pastry Chef de Partie to lead the team. The role involves overseeing day-to-day dessert production, maintaining quality and consistency, and helping build efficient systems as the operation grows. We're looking for someone who enjoys making great desserts, takes ownership of their work and is excited about building something from the ground up.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
• Lead and actively participate in daily pastry and dessert production.
• Plan production schedules, batch quantities and daily workflows.
• Ensure consistency in taste, texture, portioning and presentation.
• Implement and maintain standard recipes, SOPs and quality-control processes.
• Supervise, train and guide the pastry production team.
• Manage ingredient requirements, inventory, storage and wastage.
• Maintain high standards of food safety, hygiene and kitchen organisation.
• Coordinate with the Central Kitchen and Operations teams for timely production and dispatch.
• Support new product trials, recipe improvements and menu launches. WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR
• Solid practical knowledge of cakes, cookies, mousses, puddings, creams, chocolate-based desserts and basic pastry techniques.




• Experience managing a pastry section or small production team.
• Good understanding of batch production, food safety and quality control.
• Strong organisational and problem-solving skills.
• Someone who is equally comfortable leading a team and working hands-on in production.
• A positive attitude, attention to detail and willingness to learn, adapt and grow with the brand. WHO YOU ARE
• HANDS-ON — You enjoy being on the floor, making products and maintaining standards rather than only supervising from the sidelines.
• DETAIL-ORIENTED — You care about consistency in every batch, from taste and texture to portioning and presentation.
• ORGANISED — You can plan production, manage priorities and keep a fast-moving kitchen running efficiently.
• A TEAM PLAYER — You know how to guide, train and work alongside a production team.
• QUALITY-DRIVEN — You take ownership of food safety, hygiene and product quality.
• BUILDER — You're excited by the opportunity to help build Hundo's dessert vertical and improve systems as the brand grows. WHY HUNDO? This is an opportunity to join Hundo Pizza at an early stage of its dessert journey and help build the systems, products and team behind the vertical. If you're passionate about pastry, enjoy working hands-on and want to grow with a brand that's building its dessert offering from the ground up, we'd like to hear from you. ?

Location:
Mumbai | Central Production Kitchen ? Employment Type: Full-time

📌 Chef de Partie Pastry (Mumbai)
🏢 Hundo Pizza
📍 Mumbai