Asian-Inspired Pastry / Dessert Chef

Responsibilities

• Develop Asian-inspired dessert menu incorporating Yucatecan tropical fruits
• Execute matcha-based desserts — matcha panna cotta, matcha mochi
• Produce Japanese-inspired fruit desserts using local Yucatecan seasonal fruits — mamey mochi, maracuyá sorbetto in Japanese style
• Manage pastry production for restaurant or hotel dessert service

Requirements

• 2–3 years pastry experience with Asian dessert interest
• Creativity in combining Japanese/Asian dessert formats with Yucatecan tropical produce
• Basic mochi and Asian dessert technique

Benefits

• IMSS, Aguinaldo, vacation + premium
• Staff meals, uniform

Work environment

Restaurant or hotel pastry kitchen. Asian-Yucatecan dessert fusion is a relatively unexplored creative space — the right hotel or restaurant looking to differentiate their dessert program provides genuine creative latitude.

About the role

The intersection nobody has fully explored yet. Yucatecan mamey and Asian pastry technique — the combination has not been fully developed anywhere. In Mérida, you have access to extraordinary local fruit and a creative space that hasn't been claimed.