Chocolatier Assistant

We are looking for a Chocolatier Assistant working closely with our Chocolate Artisans Team and reporting directly to Victoria Cerrone, Master Chocolatier at BE Chocolat since 2021.

Job highlights

• As a company we are passionate and quality focused.
• Our company aspires to create a positive work environment where individuals are encouraged to grow and master new skills. Everyone who joins is a valuable member of a small hard-working, accomplished, and rewarding team!
• We are looking for an eager to learn entry level or experienced Chocolatier.
• The Chocolatier Assistant will learn the basic foundations of all thing’s chocolate.

Our candidate must BE:

• Passionate for chocolate and have a keen attention to detail
• Enjoy working as part of a team but can also take initiative when necessary
• Open to learning new techniques and consistently strive to improve their craft
• Team player with a positive 'whatever it takes' attitude
• Creative and artistic and likes to bring new ideas to the table

Job requires:

• Tempering cocoa butter and chocolate in a bowl and on marble
• Piping fillings with precision and consistency
• Following recipes exactly
• Standing long hours on feet, working in a small, shared, fast-paced workspace
• Ice cream production experience a plus
• Be comfortable with standing for long periods of time

Benefits

• A collaborative, creative environment
• The chance to learn from and work with a team of skilled chocolate artisans
• An opportunity to contribute to our diverse range of unique, high-quality chocolates
• Off-season hours 25-35 per week, and busy season hours 40+ per week
• Typically work Monday-Friday with flexible hours once trained ***some Saturdays during busy season***

• Experience working with chocolate
• Minimum of 3 years in food industry
• Minimum current student in second year in culinary school. 

Send a motivation letter along with your resume, pictures of your past achievements and references to: jobs@bechocolat.com

More about BE Chocolat:

BE Chocolat is devoted to creating the highest Belgian quality chocolates while staying true and respecting the ancestral tradition of Belgian confectioners. We are working exclusively in small batches with couverture chocolate imported from Belgium using Callebaut's Belgian Finest product line, and high quality organic ingredients. 

After expanding our location in Fairfield in 2022 and opening a second store Salon BE Chocolat at The Delamar Greenwich Harbor, BE Chocolat was featured in NPR, Forbes, Condé Nast Traveler and won Best of Gold Coast Desserts in 2023 and 2024.

BE Chocolat is a woman-owned business led by dynamic owner Sylvie Fortin, whose mission, passion and creativity are connecting people, building relationships and partnerships through her love of chocolate. It has been established in the US since 2014 and co-founded with Belgian Master Chocolatier, Benoit Racquet.   

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