Palm Beach Gardens
Job DescriptionPOSITION OBJECTIVE The position of a pastry cook is creating desserts, pastries, and baked goods. ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS • Preparing a variety of baked items like cakes, cookies, pies, and bread., • Following traditional and modern recipes to ensure quality., • Decorating pastries and desserts to enhance presentation., • Monitoring baking progress and maintaining equipment., • Managing inventory for baking supplies., • Collaborating with chefs to design seasonal menus and new creations., • Supervising pastry staff and ensuring adherence to food safety regulationsQUALIFICATIONS, • High school education, cooking school or culinary institute education or equivalent experience., • 3 – 5 years’ experience in a Pastry shop setting of a Hotel or Bake Shop., • Basic Pastry culinary knowledge is expected for this position., • Ability to operate, maintain and clean all equipment used during shift., • Baking Techniques: Proficiency in kneading, tempering, laminating dough, and icing., • Recipe Knowledge: Ability to follow complex recipes and create new ones., • Food Safety: Understanding hygiene and food safety regulations to maintain a clean and safe kitchen., • Creativity: Innovating new recipes and designs for desserts., • Attention to Detail: Precision in measurements and presentation., • Time Management: Efficiently managing baking schedules and deadlines. Reasoning Ability: Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram or schedule form. Show attention-to-detail, organizational, retention and problem-solving. PHYSICAL DEMANDS • While performing the duties of this job, the employee will be required to stand for extended periods of time sometimes in the same place., • The job will entail constant communication at all times to communicate where you are and to communicate the task at hand., • The job will require you to use your hands constantly for cutting, grabbing, lifting, washing, touching, sensing and holding items., • You will be required to walk often at a safe pace., • The employee occasionally is required to sit; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl., • The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds., • Must be able to withstand high temperatures behind the line., • Must be tolerant to varying conditions of noise level, temperature, illumination, and air quality., • May be exposed to smokeWORK ENVIRONMENT Work is generally performed in a Restaurant kitchen setting high noise level, heat, fumes and steam. Might walk in and out from the cooler.