Cook/Baker - Daemen University (NY)

Hallmark Management Service Inc.; Buffalo (NY); On-site; USD 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

Paid Holidays

Annual opportunities for merit raises

Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance

401K with a company match

Free Meal while working

Free nonskid shoes

Job summary

Hallmark Management Service Inc. is hiring for an onsite culinary position focused on bakery preparation and fresh menu items in our residential dining program. You will support scratch-made desserts, decorate cakes with pastry bags, and contribute to a clean, organized kitchen that follows our recipe standards.

We value teamwork, reliability, and a customer-first attitude. The role requires standing, lifting up to 40 lbs, and adherence to health and sanitation guidelines in a busy production

Qualifications

• Experience in bakery preparation and desserts.
• Ability to decorate with pastry bags as required.
• Shows a customer-first attitude and teamwork.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrates culinary knowledge with emphasis on bakery prep.
• Uses pastry bag for cake/dessert decorating as required.
• Maintains clean, labeled, rotated workspace in line with standards.
• Prepares quality menu items following company recipes and presentation standards.
• Tastes items to ensure standards and completes production records.
• Follows health, safety, and sanitation guidelines in the kitchen.
• Exhibits a customer-first attitude.

Skills

Culinary knowledge

Pastry bag usage

Teamwork

Job description

Hallmark Management Service is an onsite food service management company providing residential dining service, catering, and retail operations at some locations. Our dining program specializes in made from scratch and made to order meals. Our customers will find a wide variety of fresh salads and soups, deli sandwiches, hot entrees, delicious sides, inspiring accompaniments, homemade desserts and more.

Our values are purposefully simple, we believe in being honest, hardworking, hospitable, and hungry to achieve great things together. These four simple words help us define what is important and how to make good decisions that we can be proud of together.

At Hallmark Management, We Offer

• Paid time off
• Paid Holidays
• Annual opportunities for merit increases
• Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance
• 401K with a company match
• Free Meal while working
• Free nonskid shoes

Job Related Duties & Responsibilities

• Demonstrates culinary knowledge and technique with an emphasis on bakery preparation both scratch and convenience as required
• Ability to use pastry bag for cake/dessert decorating to support menu and special event requirements
• Maintains a clean and organized workspace storing, labeling and rotating product according to our standards
• Provides quality menu items and food products through our company recipe and presentation standards
• Tastes food items to assure they meet our standards
• Accurately completes production records
• Follows health, safety, and sanitation guidelines in our commercial production kitchen
• Exhibits a customer comes first attitude

Position Requirements

• Background Check/Drug Screen
• Ability to work as part of a team
• Requires occasional lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling up to 40 lbs.
• Requires constant standing and walking