Pastry Kitchen Apprentice - Hotel Okura Kitchen

Hotel Okura Amsterdam is an international five star hotel. By stepping into our world, you will discover that Eastern and Western influences are uniquely entwined by our blend of Japanese and Dutch culture. Together, all employees make sure that every guest is being given the personal attention to create the most extraordinary and authentic experience. We offer different apprenticeships and therefore have a vacancy for an eager apprentice in the Pastry department. Do you have passion for hospitality; strive for optimal guest satisfaction at a quality level and looking to apply this at one of the Leading Hotels of the World? Continue reading and apply for an unforgettable apprenticeship!

What to expect

The Pastry department prepares all pastry and desserts for different departments such as, Breakfast, room service, Banqueting and all the restaurants. 

As an Apprentice together with the rest of the team, you are responsible for preparing dishes, conducting mise en place activities and keeping the kitchen clean. Your main tasks will be:

• Preparation of dishes according to standards, recipe and planning;
• Making suggestions to the Chef;
• Contribute to the development of products;
• Ensuring good quality and freshness of ingredients;
• Ensuring good quality, taste, texture and color of food items and making adjustments when necessary;

Don't worry you will not be working alone. Besides working in your own team, you will also work with other departments in the hotel. You will work in shifts from Monday to Sunday. You will work 5 days per week, 7.6 hours a day. You will be expected to be able to work on public holidays.

What do we offer

• Contract: Apprentice contract, 12 months
• Salary: Apprentice salary, Click HERE for the salary overview
• Holidays: 21 days based on a 0.8 FTE
• Bonus: 1 week salary when the hotel reaches the budgeted GOP (Gross Operating Profit)
• Travel Costs: From a 10KM travelling distance
• CAO: The Uniform Conditions for the Hotel and Catering Industry
• Extensive development opportunities to improve day by day. We offer an online e-learning system with more than 300+ courses. Moreover, we offer specific courses from our Training Manager, such as: Lean White Belt Training and the Extraordinary Guest Experiences training;
• Room to share initiatives, ideas and improvements, based on the Lean philosophy. Doesn’t matter if you have worked with us for a week, month or year: We want to hear your thoughts;
• Once per year 50% staff discounts in one of our restaurants
• The whole year around 20% staff discounts in one of our restaurants
• Possibility to do cross trainings to learn more about other departments, for example, take a look at the Japanese kitchen.
• Contribution to travel expenses from 10 km (one way);
• After obtaining the probationary period, you will receive an overnight stay with breakfast as a gift (2 people), so that you can experience the hotel as a guest!

 What do we ask? 

We are primarily interested in you and what we as an employer can do for you. Nevertheless we expect from you that:

• You are a student at one of the (Hotel) schools in the Netherlands;
• You have an eye for detail;
• You have new ideas;
• Excellent command of Dutch and English (oral and written)
• You are flexible in terms of your working schedule;
• You live in Amsterdam or surrounding area.

Enthusiastic? That’s great, please apply!