Pastry Cook

Position Summary:

Prepares and bakes cakes, cookies, pies, puddings, or desserts in accordance with guided specifications while maintaining organization, cleanliness, and sanitation of work areas and equipment.

Essential Responsibilities:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.

• Produces quality pastry (baked and non-baked goods)
• Prepares non-baked goods and finishes (filling, decorating, plating and cutting) baked goods as required to fulfill assigned work duties.
• Follow standard recipes in cookbooks and function orders.
• Review requests for banquets and restaurants by reading function sheets.
• Creates special order pastries as requested by members.
• Maintains work area for cleanliness, safety, and readiness for use.
• Covers and labels food according to sanitation standards.
• Stocked items for creating and decorating baked/non-baked products.
• Ensure daily product freshness in the pastry station.
• Complete daily job duties, responsible for opening and closing checklists and production of daily menu items.
• Communicate to Lead Pastry Chef, Executive Chef, and Sous Chefs regarding needs and requirements.
• Pulls supplies from the storeroom to produce items.
• Adhere to all Health and Safety procedures and regulations with minimal supervision/support.

Education & Work Experience Requirements:

• High School Diploma or G.E.D recommended but not required.

Physical Requirements:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; talk or hear. The employee is

occasionally required to stand and walk. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Compensation:

• Salary is commensurate with experience.

This is a full-time position eligible for full benefit package such as:

• Medical Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Company Paid Life Insurance
• Supplemental Life Insurance
• Company Paid Short Term Disability Insurance
• Company Paid Long Term Disability Insurance
• 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan with Company Match
• Vacation Time
• Paid Sick/Personal Time Off
• Holiday Pay

This position description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee(s) incumbent in this position. Employee(s) will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by any person authorized to give instructions or assignments.

This position description has excluded the marginal functions of the position that are incidental to the performance of essential job duties. All duties and responsibilities are essential job functions and requirements and are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities. To perform this job successfully, the employee will possess the skills, aptitudes, and abilities to perform each duty proficiently. Some requirements may exclude individuals who pose a direct threat or significant risk to the health or safety of themselves or others. The requirements listed in this document are the minimum levels of knowledge, skills, and abilities.

This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an “at will” relationship.