Sous Chef Hunger

As Pastry Sous Chef at Bombay Sweet Shop, you will handle the daily production duties ensuring all our products are made with love and excellence, as per the set standards. You will also assist the Executive Chef in developing new recipes and in staff training.

This role is based out of Byculla and reports to Executive Chef (Chief Mithaiwala)

Responsibilities
• Establish the production schedule of all products and execute it with the Mithai team
• Ensure strict quality control in all the kitchen departments, from procurement of high quality ingredients to finished product handling
• Ensure the kitchen is clean & hygienic at all times, materials are well organized and all FSSAI norms are being followed
• Assist the Executive Chef in developing new recipes, scaling them for high volumes and documenting the shelf life testing
• Calculate food costing of all recipes, maintain inventory, waste reports, and re-order lists following the FIFO process
• Collaborate with the Chef and HR in hiring, developing training programs, training and mentoring of the team
• Coordinating with operations team on events, pop ups and gifting orders

Requirements
• 5-6 years’ of experience in a Pastry production kitchen
• Experience in bulk production is a must
• Good communication skills and a team player
• Basic Indian Mithai knowledge is good but not required

Bombay Sweet Shop is a modern day mithai shop and Hunger Inc.'s third space, after The Bombay Canteen and O Pedro, which feature in Conde Nast Travelers Top 10 Restaurants in India and on the Greatest Places to eat on the Condé Nast Traveller USA (Where in the World to Eat),. Our dream is to bring back the magic of mithai in a never seen before avatar, in a fun and contemporary way, while staying deeply rooted in traditions and techniques.

Our mithai is delivered within Mumbai and all over India from our mithai shop in Byculla, Mumbai. In the last 2 years, we have grown from cafe dine-in and e-commerce deliveries to being people's go to choice for gifting, festivals and celebrations. This year, we continue to scale new heights and present our magic at events across the country to delight mithai lovers everywhere