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Pastry Commis Chef
Role summary
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The Pastry Commis Chef supports the pastry kitchen with preparation, baking, finishing, and presentation of breads, desserts, and other pastry items to Four Seasons standards. Candidates should have basic professional pastry training or kitchen experience, sound knowledge of food hygiene, strong attention to detail, and a genuine interest in luxury hospitality. The role requires stamina, organisation, cleanliness, and the ability to work accurately in a busy kitchen. The successful candidate is expected to follow recipes and instructions, maintain consistent quality, manage ingredients responsibly, support senior pastry chefs, and work cooperatively within a multicultural team. Flexibility for early mornings, evenings, weekends, and holidays is normally required.
Can I work in the UK?
Never pay anyone for a visa or a job offer. A real employer pays the permit costs and never asks you for money.
How it works
How it works: Hotel jobs cannot be sponsored since July 2025; only youth schemes remain.
Official source: GOV.UK: Skilled Worker visa. Checked November 2026.
What the job usually comes with in the UK
Usual for the UK, varies by employer. Checked November 2026.
| Housing | Live-in common in rural hotels |
|---|---|
| Meals | Staff meals common |
| Flights | No |
| Service charge | 100% of tips and service charges to staff (by law) |
| Contract | Permanent or seasonal |
| Leave | 28 days |
| Income tax | About 14% in all at GBP 25,000 |
Senior staff often get more than line staff, for example a single room or a yearly home flight. Ask the employer what the job includes before you accept.
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About Four Seasons London
Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts is a leading luxury hospitality company operating hotels, resorts, and private residences in destinations around the world. Founded in 1961, the company is known for personalised service, elegant properties, high culinary standards, and a strong focus on employee development. Four Seasons Hotel London at Ten Trinity Square is a luxury property in the City of London, close to major business, cultural, and transport attractions. Its food and beverage operations typically include refined restaurants, bars, banqueting, and pastry production. The company promotes professionalism, teamwork, inclusion, and attention to detail, offering colleagues opportunities to learn within an international hotel group. Benefits and employment terms vary by role and location but may include staff meals, training, career development, and hotel-related discounts.