Pastry Chef De Partie

Celebrity Cruises; Novara; In loco; EUR 43.000 - 61.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Celebrity Cruises seeks an experienced CDP Pastry to oversee the pastry galley aboard our ship, ensuring high-quality production and presentation of pastry and desserts for daily menus.

You will lead and coach pastry cooks, maintain USPH compliance, manage forecasts, waste, costs, and coordinate with the Executive Sous Chef Pastry Bakery. A background in upscale hotels or cruise ships is preferred, with strong leadership and communication skills.

Competenze

• Minimum two years' experience as a CDP Pastry in an upscale hotel, resort, cruise ship or convention banqueting service (shipboard experience preferred).
• Very strong management skills in a multicultural and dynamic environment.
• Very strong communication, problem solving, decision making, and interpersonal skills.
• Superior customer service, teambuilding, and conflict resolution skills.

Mansioni

• Ensures the smooth and efficient operation and control of the pastry galley and production daily according to company policies.
• Directs, coaches, supports, supervises, and evaluates the performance of all direct reports.
• Responsible for the production, quality and presentation of the pastry and dessert assortment to be used in the daily menus.
• Prepares production forecasts and records leftovers to avoid waste and keep food costs within budget.
• Supervise the set-up of the Pastry and dessert display in the buffets.
• Must have knowledge of United States Public Health rules and ensure daily compliance.
• Ensures Pastry Shop’s cleaning schedule is followed and minimizes equipment damages.
• Ensures pantry shops are ready for USPH inspections.
• Requisitions and transports necessary items from main stores to the pastry galley.
• Ensures recipes/master list and yields meet company standards.
• Assists the Assistant Pastry Chef with daily pastry consumption recap.
• Ensures Pastry team members maintain appearance and hygiene per policy.
• Coaches and trains Pastry Cooks; understands Time and Attendance procedures.
• Attends meetings, training activities, and related work.
• Accountable for daily production recap.
• Performs other duties as required.

Conoscenze

CDP Pastry experience

Leadership skills

USPH knowledge

Cost control

Team coaching

Descrizione del lavoro

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Ensures the smooth and efficient operation and control of the pastry galley and production daily according to company policies.
• Directs, coaches, supports, supervises, and evaluates (with the Assistant Pastry Chef) the performance of all direct reports.
• Responsible for the production, quality and presentation of the pastry and dessert assortment to be used in the daily menus.
• Prepares production forecasts and records leftovers to avoid unnecessary wastage and keep food costs within the budget.
• Supervise the set-up of the Pastry and dessert display in the various buffets.
• Must have a complete knowledge of the United States Public Health rules and regulations and ensure that they are followed daily.
• Ensures that the Pastry Shop’s cleaning schedule established by the Executive Sous Chef Pastry Bakery is followed by all team members on duty after each service and exercises proper methods to minimize equipment damages.
• Ensures that the pantry shops are ready for any announced or unannounced USPH inspections done either by the ship’s management or USPH inspectors.
• Responsible for the requisition and transportation of the necessary items from the main stores to the pastry galley.
• Ensures recipes/master list and yields are in accordance with the company’s standards.
• Assists the Assistant Pastry Chef with completing the daily pastry consumption re-cap as requested by the Executive Chef.
• Ensures that Pastry team members come to work on time, and are in proper, well-maintained uniforms, with special attention to those working in public areas. Personal appearance and hygiene must be according to company policy.
• Has a thorough understanding of Time and Attendance procedures and is familiar with the contracts and work schedule hours/week and supporting documentation.
• Is aware of and/or acquires the necessary knowledge to comply with the ship’s standard operation, to assist guests and crew members with inquiries.
• Attends meetings, training activities, courses and all other work-related activities as required.
• Accountable for daily production recap.
• Accountable to coach and train the Pastry Cooks.
• Perform related duties as required.
• This position description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the shipboard employee occupying this position.
• Shipboard employees will be required to perform any other job-related duties assigned by their supervisor or management.

QUALIFICATION

• A minimum of two years' experience as a CDP Pastry in an upscale hotel, resort, cruise ship or convention banqueting service (shipboard experience preferred).
• Very strong management skills in a multicultural and dynamic environment.
• Very strong communication, problem solving, decision making, and interpersonal skills.
• Superior customer service, teambuilding, and conflict resolution skills.
• Knowledge of the principles and processes for providing personalized services including needs assessment techniques, quality service standards, alternative delivery systems, and guest satisfaction evaluation techniques.
• Strong planning, coaching, organizing, staffing, controlling, and evaluating skills.
• Intermediate computer software skills required.
• Possess a good understanding of basic accounting principles such as numbering flow, "Debits/Credits", adjusting entries and corrections.
• Ability to write reports and business correspondence and to establish a good rapport with the ship’s Senior Officers and the corporate office.