Pastry Lead

Job Brief:The Pastry Lead is responsible for assisting the Chef in the development and testing of innovative pastry items.

Responsibilities: Organize pastry prep schedule including delegation to (pastry) prep cooks. Bring enthusiasm and creative energy to all tasks while working quickly and efficiently.

• Leads the teams by motivating, training, and developing the culinary team members
• Prepare a wide variety of standard and custom baked goods according to recipes and standard operating procedures including, but not limited to, cakes, cookies, pies, bars, puddings, buttercreams, etc.
• Leads the team in the production of custom-baked goods. Develop and trains skills in mixing, baking, building, decorating, and inscribing products
• Assign daily production to team members and ensure its completion
• Ensure all food is prepared, handled, and stored according to all required food safety code standards
• Operations focused: Operate and maintain bakery equipment, manage product inventory levels, and guest orders.

Skills Required:

• Two years of previous culinary experience, pastry experience strongly preferred
• Must be able to safely utilize all bakery equipment
• Ability to adapt to a flexible schedule according to business needs
• Must have reliable transportation
• Frequent walking, kneeling, bending, and reaching overhead
• Able to stand for extended periods of time
• Must be able to lift, move and carry up to 50 pounds
• Must be able to taste the product for quality assurance i.e buttercream(s), cake(s) and cupcake(s)batter, cookie dough, and other recipes as assigned.