Chef De Partie

Pastry Chef – Create, Inspire, Indulge

Lancemore Lindenderry Red Hill | The Dining Room | Mornington Peninsula
Nestled among vineyards and gardens in the heart of Red Hill, Lancemore Lindenderry Red Hill is a boutique retreat celebrating the art of hospitality, food, and wine. Our award-winning restaurant and estate are a haven for culinary craft where every detail matters, and every plate tells a story.

We're seeking a Pastry Chef with flair, precision, and imagination to join our talented kitchen team. This is your chance to create desserts that define moments; elegant, indulgent, and beautifully local.

About The Role
Reporting to our Executive Chef, you'll lead the pastry offering across our restaurant, events, and estate experiences from delicate plated desserts to rustic breads and artisanal pastries.

You'll design, create, and refine with intent balancing creativity with consistency, innovation with tradition. This role suits someone who thrives in a kitchen that values artistry, calm precision, and a true sense of place.

You'll

• Craft and execute exquisite desserts that reflect the seasons and the region.
• Collaborate with the Executive Chef to design menus that are both refined and expressive.
• Lead the pastry section with organisation, energy, and pride.
• Maintain the highest standards of presentation, quality, and food safety (HACCP).
• Train and mentor junior chefs - nurturing skills, confidence, and creativity.
• Stay inspired - bringing fresh techniques, ingredients, and ideas into the kitchen.
• Support the kitchen team during service and special events with professionalism and positivity.

About You

You're not just a pastry chef; you're an artist with an eye for detail and a palate for perfection. You thrive in environments that combine luxury and authenticity, and you find inspiration in nature, produce, and people.

You Bring

• Certificate III (or higher) in Commercial Cookery / Patisserie
• Experience in a premium hotel, fine-dining restaurant, or retreat setting
• A genuine love for local ingredients and seasonal expression
• Excellent organisational and leadership skills
• Strong understanding of HACCP and food safety
• Flexibility to work a rotating roster including weekends and public holidays
• A collaborative, can-do approach you lift the energy of the team around you

Why Join Us:
At Lancemore, we craft experiences that linger. Our boutique hotels across Australia blend timeless design, genuine connection, and culinary excellence. As part of our team, you'll enjoy our #GetMORE benefits program, offering exclusive perks from retail discounts to additional leave even pet leave. Here at Lindenderry Red Hill, you'll be surrounded by vineyard views, creative peers, and guests who value authenticity and excellence. It's more than a job it's a chance to express your artistry in a place that inspires it.

Lancemore Lindenderry Red Hill Hotel A winner of multiple awards including, AGFG Chef's Hat Award, Conde Nast Traveller's Readers' Choice Awards, Lindenderry is set in the very heart of Red Hill on 34 stunning acres of gardens and vines. Our luxury boutique, designer Hotel is ideally positioned to soak up the spectacular Mornington Peninsula: soul-enriching nature, artisan produce and mere minutes from the region's most revered wineries

Founded in 1986, The Lancemore Group is a leading Australian boutique lifestyle

brand and pioneer in boutique hotels and residential conference facilities.

• Our hotels offer boutique accommodation, conferences & meetings, weddings & events, wellness spas, critically acclaimed restaurants and an award winning wines.
• We are rapidly expanding across Australia and are unique in being a family owned company that combines the head of a large operation with the heart of a family company.
• You will be joining a high performing workplace that believes in developing new talent and empowering people to drive their own results.
• We value our people and, as such, offer career progression, generous staff discounts, companywide incentives and team social activities.

If you are a talented, passionate and performance driven individual wanting to enjoy

your career within an established boutique hotel brand and supportive team, then...

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