The companies that began independently and now form Dexterra Group have an outstanding record of supporting the infrastructure and built assets that play a vital role in our society and helping our clients achieve higher performance and productivity. We are looking for a creative, skilled, and passionate Pastry Chef to lead the production of baked goods, desserts, pastries, and specialty items across our food service operation at the University of Prince Edward Island.

The Pastry

Chef will be responsible for developing and producing high-quality baked goods for Wanda Wyatt Dining Hall, our retail cafés and outlets, catering operations, special events, seasonal programming, and other food service locations across the UPEI campus. The ideal candidate will bring strong technical pastry skills, creativity, consistency, organization, and a passion for creating products that are both visually appealing and commercially successful. Produce a consistent selection of high-quality baked goods for Wanda Wyatt Dining Hall and campus retail outlets.

Develop and execute specialty desserts and pastry items for catering, receptions, banquets, conferences, and campus events. Maintain high standards for flavour, presentation, texture, consistency, freshness, and portion control. Ensure all products are prepared according to established recipes, production standards, and food safety requirements.

Plan daily and weekly pastry production based on projected volume, menus, catering requirements, retail demand, and special events. Catering & Special Events Work closely with the culinary and catering teams to develop pastry and dessert offerings for catered functions. Create custom desserts, dessert tables, pastries, cakes, and specialty baked goods for events and client requests.

Support large-scale events and high-volume catering requirements while maintaining quality and presentation standards. Develop seasonal and themed dessert offerings for campus events and student engagement initiatives. Develop products that are appealing to students, staff, faculty, guests, and catering clients.

Create seasonal products and limited-time offerings to support marketing, promotions, holidays, and campus programming. Monitor product quality and customer feedback and adjust recipes or offerings where appropriate.



Work with the Executive Chef and culinary leadership to contribute pastry and dessert ideas to menus across the operation.

Stay current with pastry, baking, dessert, and food service trends. Introduce new techniques, flavours, formats, and presentation styles while maintaining practical production standards. Balance creativity with cost control, production efficiency, ingredient availability, and customer demand.

Support scratch-made and locally inspired food initiatives wherever possible. Food Safety & Quality Control Follow all food safety, sanitation, allergen, and workplace health and safety standards. Ensure proper labelling, dating, storage, cooling, and handling of all pastry and bakery products.

Maintain a clean, organized, and safe pastry production area. Follow established HACCP and food safety procedures. Inventory & Cost Control Monitor pastry and baking ingredient inventory and communicate ordering needs to culinary leadership.

Minimize waste through accurate production planning, proper storage, and creative utilization of ingredients. Maintain awareness of food costs and portion control. Assist with recipe costing and production planning for new and existing products.

Ensure proper rotation and storage of ingredients using FIFO principles. Work collaboratively with the Executive Chef, culinary team, catering team, retail teams, and food service leadership. Provide guidance and training to culinary team members who assist with pastry and bakery production.

Professional culinary or pastry training is preferred. Previous experience as a Pastry Chef, Baker, Pastry Cook, or in a similar professional bakery/pastry environment. Strong knowledge of baking techniques, pastry production, desserts, breads, and chocolate-based products.

Experience with high-volume food production is considered an asset.

Experience supporting catering, banquets, special events, or retail food operations is considered an asset. Strong understanding of food safety, sanitation, allergen management, and proper food handling procedures.



The ideal candidate is someone who sees pastry as more than simply producing desserts.

They are excited by the opportunity to build a bakery and pastry program that serves an entire university food service operation. Creative and passionate about baking and pastry Proud of presentation and quality Comfortable working across dining, retail, and catering environments This position will have the opportunity to make a significant impact across the UPEI food service program.

While Wanda Wyatt Dining

Hall will serve as the primary production kitchen , the Pastry Chef will support the broader operation by supplying products and expertise to: Daily desserts, pastries, baked goods, special features, and seasonal offerings. Catering & Events Dessert platters, specialty pastries, cakes, dessert tables, receptions, banquets, conferences, and special events.

Campus

Programming & Engagement Seasonal products, themed desserts, student events, promotional activations, and special culinary initiatives. The goal is to establish a consistent, recognizable, and high-quality pastry program across UPEI , with the flexibility to serve everyday production needs while also creating elevated products for retail and catering. Ability to work in a commercial kitchen environment with exposure to heat, cold, noise, and food production equipment.

Ability to safely operate commercial bakery and kitchen equipment. This is an opportunity to help shape and grow the pastry program within one of UPEI's largest food service operations.

The Pastry

Chef will have the creative freedom to contribute ideas, develop recent products, support multiple areas of the business, and help establish a stronger identity for scratch-made baking and pastry across campus. This isn't simply a dining hall pastry position. It's an opportunity to build and lead a campus-wide pastry and bakery program.

Dexterra

Group is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion. We are pleased to consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veterans’ status, Indigenous status, or any other legally protected factors. Special needs accommodation is available at all stages of the application process upon request. #

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