Pastry Chef

• Create and prepare all pastry items as required by the business
  
• Prepare, clean and organize ingredients for use in the kitchen
  
• Come up with recipe ideas from scratch
  
• Plan the menu of desserts and pastry to complement savory items
  
• Ensure the kitchen is clean and sanitized at all times
  
• Oversee a team of junior pastry cooks and other staff members as necessary
  
• Maintain up to-date knowledge about pastry arts and ingredients
  
• Carry out administrative duties to maintain an efficient workspace
  
• Develop new seasonal recipes and menus and keep up with the latest trends
  

Requirements

• Proven experience working as a pastry chef in a fast-paced kitchen environment
  
• Being creative and exploring new menus
  
• Able to follow recipes and instructions accurately
  
• Good knowledge of pastry arts and ingredients
  
• Confident culinary techniques and skills
  
• Good sense of planning and preparation for the day ahead
  
• Diligent and meticulous in making and receiving orders
  
• Strong organizational and time management skills
  
• Willingness to work as part of a high-energy, efficient team in a fast-paced environment.
  

• Drive for Results: Can be counted on to exceed goals successfully; is constantly and consistently one of the top performers; very bottom-line oriented; steadfastly pushes self and others for results.
  
• Customer Focus: Is dedicated to meeting the expectations and requirements of internal and external customers; gets first-hand customer information and uses it for improvements in products and services; acts with customers in mind; establishes and maintains effective relationships with customers and gains their trust and respect.
  
• Creativity: Comes up with a lot of new and unique ideas; easily makes connections among previously unrelated notions; tends to be seen as original and value-added in brainstorming settings.
  
• Interpersonal Savvy: Relates well to all kinds of people, up, down, and sideways, inside and outside the organization; builds appropriate rapport; builds constructive and effective relationships; uses diplomacy and tact; can diffuse even high-tension situations comfortably.
  
• Learning on the Fly: Learns quickly when facing new problems; a relentless and versatile learner; open to change; analyzes both successes and failures for clues to improvement; experiments and will try anything to find solutions; enjoys the challenge of unfamiliar tasks; quickly grasps the essence and the underlying structure of anything.
  
• Perseverance: Pursues everything with energy, drive, and a need to finish; seldom gives up before finishing, especially in the face of resistance or setbacks.
  
• Dealing with Ambiguity: Can effectively cope with change; can shift gears comfortably; can decide and act without having the total picture; isn’t upset when things are up in the air; doesn’t have to finish things before moving on; can comfortably handle risk and uncertainty.