Chocolatier

Job Title: Chocolatier

**Job Description**:
As a Chocolatier, you are a master craftsman in the art of chocolate making, creating exquisite chocolates, confections, and treats that delight the senses. Your role involves a combination of creativity, technical skill, and attention to detail to produce high-quality chocolates with unique flavors, textures, and designs. Your responsibilities include:

- Chocolate Production: Create handcrafted chocolates, truffles, bonbons, and confections from scratch using high-quality chocolate, ganache, fillings, and flavorings. Follow recipes, formulas, and techniques to temper chocolate, mold shapes, fill centers, and decorate finished products.
- Flavor Development: Develop and experiment with flavor combinations, infusions, and ingredients to create innovative and distinctive chocolate flavors. Incorporate spices, fruits, nuts, liqueurs, and other flavorings to enhance taste profiles and create signature recipes.
- Quality Control: Maintain high standards of quality and consistency in chocolate production, ensuring that finished products meet aesthetic, taste, and texture requirements. Conduct taste tests, visual inspections, and quality checks to identify and address any defects or imperfections.
- Equipment Maintenance: Maintain and clean chocolate-making equipment, including tempering machines, enrobing machines, molds, and dipping tools, to ensure optimal performance and hygiene. Troubleshoot equipment issues and perform routine maintenance tasks as needed.
- Inventory Management: Manage inventory levels of chocolate, ingredients, packaging materials, and supplies to support production needs. Monitor stock levels, track usage, and reorder supplies in a timely manner to avoid shortages and production delays.
- Packaging and Presentation: Design and package chocolates in attractive boxes, wrappers, and containers, incorporating branding, labeling, and presentation elements to enhance the visual appeal and marketability of chocolate products.
- Customer Interaction: Interact with customers, retail staff, and wholesale clients to showcase chocolate products, provide tastings, and offer product recommendations. Educate customers about chocolate varieties, flavor profiles, and production processes to enhance their appreciation and enjoyment of chocolate.
- Business Operations: Manage day-to-day operations of a chocolate shop, boutique, or production facility, including scheduling, staffing, ordering, and financial management. Develop pricing strategies, monitor sales trends, and analyze financial performance to maximize profitability and efficiency.
- Product Development: Collaborate with management, pastry chefs, and culinary teams to develop new chocolate products, seasonal offerings, and limited-edition collections. Participate in product testing, feedback sessions, and market research to refine product concepts and meet consumer preferences.
- Food Safety and Compliance: Ensure compliance with food safety regulations, sanitation standards, and health department requirements for chocolate production and handling. Implement HACCP principles, sanitation protocols, and allergen control measures to maintain a safe and hygienic working environment.

Qualifications:

- Culinary degree or certification in pastry arts, baking, or confectionery. Specialized training or coursework in chocolate making or chocolatiering is highly desirable.
- Proven experience as a chocolatier, pastry chef, or confectioner in a professional kitchen, bakery, or chocolate shop.
- Expertise in chocolate tempering, molding, enrobing, and decorating techniques, with a portfolio showcasing creative chocolate creations and confections.
- Strong knowledge of chocolate varieties, cocoa sourcing, chocolate production methods, and flavor pairing principles.
- Artistic talent, creativity, and attention to detail, with the ability to create visually stunning chocolate designs and decorations.
- Excellent organizational, time management, and multitasking skills, with the ability to prioritize tasks and meet production deadlines.
- Customer service orientation, with the ability to interact effectively with customers, provide product recommendations, and deliver exceptional customer experiences.
- Business acumen and entrepreneurial mindset, with the ability to manage a chocolate business, including inventory control, pricing, and financial analysis.
- Flexibility to work evenings, weekends, and holidays as needed in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
- Passion for chocolate, with a genuine enthusiasm for the art and science of chocolate making and a commitment to excellence in craftsmanship and quality.

**Salary**: ₹25,000.00 - ₹60,000.00 per month

Schedule:

- Day shift

**Experience**:

- CHOCOLATIER: 10 years (preferred)

Ability to Relocate:

- Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra: Relocate before starting work (required)

Work Location: In person

**Speak with the employer**

+91 9820012057