Alan Wong's Restaurant Pastry Cook

The Kahala Hotel & Resort; East Honolulu (HI); On-site; USD 42,000 - 53,000; Full time

Job summary

The Kahala Hotel & Resort in East Honolulu, Hawaii, is seeking an experienced pastry professional to assemble desserts and pastries for restaurant and banquet service. You will ensure sanitation, proper storage, and daily equipment cleaning in a luxury hotel kitchen.

You will set up dessert displays, coordinate with kitchen and outlets, and handle pastry item requisitions and deliveries, contributing to exceptional guest experiences in a high-end setting.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED required.
• Culinary training and/or restaurant certifications preferred.
• Experience in luxury hotel/restaurant pastry operations is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Assemble all cakes, pastries, pies, hot and cold desserts and chocolates into finished pieces for restaurants and banquets.
• Maintain sanitation and food safety per Health Department requirements; rotate stock and clean equipment daily.
• Store food properly with correct labeling, dating and containment; maintain proper temperatures.
• Set up dessert and bakery displays for buffets; communicate with kitchen and outlets daily.
• Manage requisitions and verify delivery of all pastry items.

Skills

Sense of Taste and Smell

Time Management

Multi-Tasking

Professional communication

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Culinary training (preferred)

Job description

Description

Pay Range: $30.70- $38.37

Essential Functions:

• Assembles all cakes, pastries, pies, hot and cold desserts and chocolates into finished pieces that are eye appealing for restaurants and banquet functions. Adheres to control procedures for food costs, labor costs, and food quality.
• Ensures pastry operation meets all Health Department requirements for sanitation, such as proper rotation of merchandise to keep spoilage at a minimum and daily cleaning of ice box and refrigerators.
• Ensures proper storage of all food in refrigerators, including coverage, labeling, dating and placing items in proper containers and maintaining the appropriate temperature.
• Sets-up dessert and bakery displays for buffets.
• Communicates daily with other Kitchen staff, all Food & Beverage outlets and Stewarding.
• Requisitions and verifies delivery of all Pastry Shop food items.

Additional Duties and Responsibilities:

• Report all suspicious persons or activities and hazardous or unsafe conditions to the Security Department.
• Provide instruction and/or guidance for guest and employee safety in fire or other emergency situations.
• Respond to all guest questions. Provide guest assistance, direction and information as requested when working in public areas.
• Performs the duties of the Pastry Chef in his/her absence.
• Ensures adherence to all safety procedures in pastry kitchen.
• Performs a variety of other duties as assigned.

Education/Training Requirements:

• High School Diploma or General Education Diploma required.
• Culinary training and/or restaurant certifications preferred.

Experience/Skill Requirements:

• Minimum two (2) years restaurant and/or hotel food and beverage and/or culinary experience required.
• Experience in a first-class, luxury restaurant and hotel required.
• Sense of Taste and Smell
• Time Management skills and able to Multi-Task

Licenses/Certifications:

• Certification of tuberculosis clearance required.
• CPR and Standard First Aid Certification preferred.
• Food handler’s permit or certification

Communication Requirements:

• Ability to communicate in English, both verbally and in writing.
• Ability to deal with internal and external customers, some of whom will require high levels of patience, tact and diplomacy, and must be able to articulate clearly.

Physical Requirements (Based on an 8-hour work day)_:

Stand / Walk: __9__ hours a day

Sit: __1_ hours a day

Drive: ____ hours a day

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Lift/carry: (Occasionally = 1/3 workday. Frequently = up to 2/3 workday)

0-20 lbs. ? Not at all X Occasionally ? Frequently

21-50 lbs. ? Not at all X Occasionally ? Frequently

51-100 lbs. X Not at all ? Occasionally ? Frequently

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Employee is required to:

Bend: ? Not at all X Occasionally ? Frequently

Squat: ? Not at all X Occasionally ? Frequently

Kneel: ? Not at all X Occasionally ? Frequently

Climb: ? Not at all X Occasionally ? Frequently

Reach above shoulders: ? Not at all X Occasionally ? Frequently

Perform Repetitive Hand Motions: ? Not at all X Occasionally ? Frequently

Other Physical Requirements:

Ability to move, pull or push goods on a cart or hand truck weighing up to 75 lbs.

Ability to lift up to 15 lbs.

Ability to sit and stand for extended periods of time.

Ability to move throughout the work area while performing the essential job functions.

Indoors: ? Not at all X Occasionally ? Frequently

Outdoors: ? Not at all X Occasionally ? Frequently