The Executive Pastry Chef leads the pastry and bakery operation, overseeing menus, production, presentation, quality, food safety, purchasing, costing, and team development. Candidates typically need extensive luxury-hotel or high-end restaurant pastry experience, strong knowledge of breads, cakes, desserts, chocolate, and modern pastry techniques, plus leadership and cost-control skills. A culinary qualification and several years in supervisory or executive pastry roles are usually expected. The successful candidate should be creative, organized, commercially aware, and able to maintain consistently high standards in a busy multicultural hotel environment. Experience with HACCP, budgeting, training, and managing large pastry teams is highly valued.
Shangri-La Group is a leading luxury hospitality company founded in Hong Kong, with hotels, resorts, and residences across Asia, the Middle East, Europe, North America, and other international destinations. Its brands are known for warm Asian hospitality, high service standards, elegant accommodation, and extensive food and beverage operations. Shangri-La properties in the Philippines include major urban and resort locations, offering restaurants, bakeries, banqueting, wellness facilities, and large-scale guest services. The company generally provides structured career development, international hospitality exposure, employee benefits, and opportunities to work with multicultural teams. An Executive Pastry Chef joining Shangri-La would be expected to support the property's culinary identity while delivering consistent quality, creativity, hygiene, guest satisfaction, and financial performance.
The Philippines offers hospitality opportunities in Manila, Cebu, Boracay, Palawan, Davao, and other resort destinations. Hotels, restaurants, cruise-related businesses, and resorts regularly recruit chefs, pastry specialists, service staff, and managers. Filipino culture is welcoming, family-oriented, and community-focused, with English widely used in workplaces. Lifestyle varies from fast-paced city living to relaxed beach communities; tropical weather, affordable local food, and strong regional travel are major attractions. Foreign professionals normally need an employer-sponsored work permit and an Alien Employment Permit, with requirements handled through Philippine authorities. Local hires should confirm their contract, accommodation, insurance, tax treatment, and relocation support before accepting an offer. Living costs are generally moderate, although central Manila and popular resort islands can be considerably more expensive.
Make sure pop-ups and redirects are enabled in your browser settings.
Ooops
Something went wrong, a few job details could not be loaded but you can still apply directly below:
Fetching job details, please wait...