Banquet Pastry Artist — Elevate Desserts & Pastries

PM Hotel Group; Wilmington (DE); Hybrid; USD 32,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Hotel Du Pont in Wilmington, DE is seeking a Pastry Cook to join our bake shop team. The role involves producing pastries, cakes, breads, and desserts for Banquet and Catering events, from small to large functions, and supporting two Spark'd Creative Pastry + Coffee locations.

You will work closely with the Pastry Chef to maintain quality and creativity daily. This full-time position requires energy, reliability, and the ability to adapt to varying event schedules.

Qualifications

• Must be able to communicate in English.
• Self-starting personality with an even disposition.
• Professional appearance and manner at all times.

Responsibilities

• Daily bake-offs for retail and banquet desserts, breads, and pastries, ensuring product quality and consistency.
• Filling, decorating, and finishing of cakes and specialty pastries.
• Production of sauces, custards, ice creams and garnishes by correctly following recipes provided.
• Maintenance of pars of pastries, desserts, and breads per requisitions sent by restaurant or coffee shop.
• Plan production schedule on a daily and weekly basis in order to maintain stock of the freezer.
• Ability to read and follow a Banquet Event Order and fulfill the menu needs detailed within.
• Contribute creatively to recipe development, following a consistent high standard of flavor and aesthetic set by the Pastry Chef.
• Keep work area clean and orderly; help clean and maintain kitchen in accordance with food safety and sanitation guidelines.
• Ensure refrigerated foods and inventory are properly stored, rotated, and labeled according to food safety guidelines.
• Communicate with the Pastry Chef when equipment needs servicing, or when ingredients, supplies, or smallware products need to be restocked.
• Operate, maintain, and properly clean stove, food processor, mixers, dough sheeter, ovens, tempering machines, and other specialty bakery equipment.
• Ability to adhere to deadlines, self-manage, and adapt to change.

Skills

English communication

Team player

Safe lifting

Job description

Hotel Du Pont in Wilmington, DE is seeking a Pastry Cook to join our bake shop team. The role involves producing pastries, cakes, breads, and desserts for Banquet and Catering events, from small to large functions, and supporting two Spark'd Creative Pastry + Coffee locations.

You will work closely with the Pastry Chef to maintain quality and creativity daily. This full-time position requires energy, reliability, and the ability to adapt to varying event schedules.