Sous Chef Pastry | Full Time | InterContinental Sydney

Create exceptional pastry experiences in one of Sydney’s most iconic luxury hotels

Full-Time | Lead pastry production across restaurants, high tea and events

Circular Quay location | Complimentary meals | IHG colleague discounts and career development

From the moment you step through InterContinental Sydney’s iconic sandstone arches, you will be immersed in timeless magnificence and grandeur.

Set within the beautifully restored Treasury Building of 1851, our hotel offers 509 guest rooms, 28 luxury suites, an award-winning Club InterContinental lounge and vibrant dining venues in the heart of Circular Quay.

We are seeking a talented and passionate Sous Chef – Pastry to join our Culinary team. Reporting to the Executive Pastry Chef, you will help lead the daily operations of our pastry section, delivering exceptional quality, creativity and consistency across a diverse range of offerings.

From intricate plated desserts and elegant high tea selections to canapés, artisan breads and large-scale events, this is an opportunity to showcase your craft, bring fresh ideas to the table and help create memorable dining experiences.

Your day to day

Coordinate daily pastry operations, ensuring exceptional quality, consistency and presentation across all production.

Oversee the preparation and finishing of sweet and savoury pastries, plated desserts, canapés, breads and high tea selections.

Contribute to seasonal menu development, bringing creativity and recent ideas to our pastry offering.

Support the Executive Pastry Chef with production planning, stock control, food costing and budget management.

Lead,



coach and support junior team members, fostering a positive and collaborative kitchen environment.

Maintain exceptional standards of food safety, hygiene, cleanliness and kitchen organisation.

Coordinate pastry production for restaurant service, high-volume morning and afternoon teas, functions and special events.

Plan ahead and manage competing priorities while maintaining our luxury standards.

Sous Chef – Pastry

InterContinental Sydney

- Create exceptional pastry experiences in one of Sydney’s most iconic luxury hotels

- Full-Time | Lead pastry production across restaurants, high tea and events

- Circular Quay location | Complimentary meals | IHG colleague discounts and career development

InterContinental Sydney

From the moment you step through InterContinental Sydney’s iconic sandstone arches, you will be immersed in timeless magnificence and grandeur.

Set within the beautifully restored Treasury Building of 1851, our hotel offers 509 guest rooms, 28 luxury suites, an award-winning Club InterContinental lounge and vibrant dining venues in the heart of Circular Quay.

Your Role – Inspire Incredible

We are seeking a talented and passionate Sous Chef – Pastry to join our Culinary team. Reporting to the Executive Pastry Chef,



you will help lead the daily operations of our pastry section, delivering exceptional quality, creativity and consistency across a diverse range of offerings.

From intricate plated desserts and elegant high tea selections to canapés, artisan breads and large-scale events, this is an opportunity to showcase your craft, bring fresh ideas to the table and help create memorable dining experiences.

Your day to day

- Coordinate daily pastry operations, ensuring exceptional quality, consistency and presentation across all production.

- Oversee the preparation and finishing of sweet and savoury pastries, plated desserts, canapés, breads and high tea selections.

- Contribute to seasonal menu development, bringing creativity and new ideas to our pastry offering.

- Support the Executive Pastry Chef with production planning, stock control, food costing and budget management.

- Lead, coach and support junior team members, fostering a positive and collaborative kitchen environment.

- Maintain exceptional standards of food safety, hygiene, cleanliness and kitchen organisation.

- Coordinate pastry production for restaurant service, high-volume morning and afternoon teas, functions and special events.

- Plan ahead and manage competing priorities while maintaining our luxury standards.

About You

You are a skilled pastry professional with a passion for quality, creativity and developing others. You take pride in the finer details and thrive in a rapid-paced kitchen where no two days are the same.

- Minimum of two years’ experience as a Pastry Chef, including at least one year in a supervisory or leadership rol

📌 Sous Chef Pastry | Full Time | InterContinental Sydney
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