About the Institution

Naturalmente Pane is a busy, quality-driven bakery and café based in Watamu, Kenya, dedicated to artisanal baking, premium viennoiserie, and exceptional pastry craft.

Position Overview

The Pastry Chef will lead and execute daily production across viennoiserie, bread making, puff pastry, and choux pastry. This role requires technical precision in laminated doughs, team leadership in a fast-paced environment, and unwavering standards for taste, presentation, and hygiene.

Requirements & Qualifications

• Minimum of 2–3 years of hands-on experience in a professional bakery, hotel, or pastry kitchen. Proven expertise in viennoiserie, laminated doughs, bread making, choux pastry, and puff pastry. Experience with sourdough baking is an added advantage. Strong teamwork, communication, and time-management skills.

Applicant Notice: Please do not apply if you are a beginner/recent graduate without professional industry experience, if your background is limited to home baking, or if you cannot thrive in a fast-paced team environment.

What is Offered

• A stable and professional working environment. Opportunities for long-term career growth. Competitive salary package commensurate with experience and skill level.

• Viennoiserie Production: Lead and execute daily production of high-quality croissants, pain au chocolat, and laminated doughs.
• Bread Baking: Oversee end-to-end bread production, including mixing, shaping, proofing, and baking.
• Pastry Craft: Prepare puff pastry, choux pastry, and various artisanal fillings.
• Quality & Consistency: Ensure high standards of presentation, taste, and consistency across all baked goods.
• Team Leadership: Work collaboratively with the kitchen team and mentor junior bakery staff.
• Hygiene & Efficiency: Maintain strict kitchen sanitation, food safety standards, and efficient workflow in a high-volume setting.

• Teamwork
• Communication
• Time-management

• Minimum of 2–3 years of hands-on experience in a professional bakery, hotel, or pastry kitchen.
• Proven expertise in viennoiserie, laminated doughs, bread making, choux pastry, and puff pastry.
• Experience with sourdough baking is an added advantage.