Corporate Pastry Chef

**Job Title**: Corporate Pastry Chef

**Location**: Hyderabad, India

**Company**: ROAST - Coffee & Culinary Experience

**Position Type**: Full-time | Corporate Leadership

**Compensation**: USD $5,000 to $8,000/month (depending on experience)

**About ROAST:

- **ROAST is one of India’s most dynamic and forward-thinking culinary brands - where craftsmanship meets scale.

Headquartered in Hyderabad, we currently operate 6 premium outlets, with plans to expand to 12+ outlets across India over the next 18 months. At our core is ROAST CCx, a 500-seater flagship that redefines what a café can be — integrating artisanal coffee, gourmet dining, fine patisserie, and immersive experiences under one roof.

Our culinary campus includes:

- An in-house coffee roasting facility powered by India’s first Loring S70 Peregrine air-roaster.
- A state-of-the-art bakery and pastry kitchen, equipped with best-in-class ovens, blast freezers, dough sheeters, and chocolate tempering lines.
- A gelato and chocolate production atelier
- Banquet facilities, a private screening theater, chef’s table, and a full-fledged events kitchen

We are also building robust verticals in B2B supply, frozen SKUs, and retail-ready products, alongside executing large-scale catered events. At ROAST, we are not just building cafés — we are shaping the future of culinary India through design, process, and story. And we’re now ready to take this movement national and global.

**Role Overview**

We’re hiring a Corporate Pastry Chef to oversee and elevate the pastry, bakery, and dessert programs across all ROAST properties and verticals. This is a high-impact role for a visionary chef with experience in scaling bakery & pastry operations, product development for cold chain/frozen formats, and executing high-volume catering without compromising on finesse or brand DNA.

**Key Responsibilities**

**Strategic & Creative Leadership**
- Define and execute the overall bakery & pastry vision and product philosophy for all ROAST outlets
- Design innovative menus and collections for in-store, catering, and retail verticals
- Create signature SKUs adaptable to dine-in, takeaway, frozen, and retail packaging

**Multi-Unit Operational Oversight**
- Standardize production processes across existing & upcoming outlets.
- Establish SOPs and QC systems for consistency and excellence at scale.
- Manage centralized production for high-volume units and optimize for delivery/cold chain.

**R&D and Frozen Product Development**
- Develop and test bakery & pastry products for cold chain logistics and long shelf life.
- Work closely with packaging, logistics, and QA teams to launch retail-ready frozen SKUs

**Training & Team Building**
- Recruit, train, and mentor bakery & pastry chefs across units and central kitchen.
- Conduct regular tastings, kitchen audits, and upskilling workshops.

**Large-Scale Catering & Events**
- Lead the bakery & pastry function for banquets and offsite events serving up to 3,000+ guests.
- Ensure efficiency in large-batch production, plating, and transportation logistics

**Collaboration & Reporting**
- Collaborate with culinary, coffee, retail, marketing, and supply chain teams.
- Report directly to theFounder on KPIs, innovation, and performance.
- Minimum 10 years in bakery & pastry, with at least 4-5 years in a multi-unit or corporate-level leadership role.
- Prior experience with luxury hotels, premium bakery chains, or fast-scaling F&B brands preferred.
- Expertise in viennoiserie, sourdoughs, laminated doughs, entremets, chocolate work, and frozen/delivery-ready formats.
- Demonstrated ability to manage teams across multiple locations and central production.
- Strong understanding of cost control, menu engineering, and kitchen efficiencies.
- Degree or diploma from a reputed culinary institute.
- Willing to relocate to Hyderabad, India

**What We Offer**
- Competitive compensation: USD $5,000 to $8,000/month
- Full creative freedom to build India’s most ambitious bakery & pastry program.
- Access to world-class kitchen infrastructure and a high-performance team.
- Opportunity to participate in retail launches, chef residencies, and large-scale brand building.

**How to Apply**

Pay: ₹400,000.00 - ₹650,000.00 per month

**Benefits**:

- Cell phone reimbursement
- Food provided
- Provident Fund

Work Location: In person