Executive Pastry Chef

Ridgewells; Bethesda (MD); On-site; USD 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Short and Long-Term Disability

Life insurance

Paid time off

401K Retirement Plan + Company Match

Job summary

Ridgewells seeks an Executive Pastry Chef to lead a high-volume bakery at the Ridgewells Headquarters in Bethesda, MD. You will ensure deadlines are met, manage bakery staff, and assist in menu planning, budgeting, payroll, and food cost control.

The role requires a hands-on chef with strong culinary background, at least five years of management experience, and excellent communication skills. On-site work with comprehensive benefits provided.

Qualifications

• Degree from a post-secondary culinary arts training institute preferred.
• Five+ years of proven management experience.
• Strong verbal and written communication and employee relations skills.
• Ability to organize and prioritize work and to meet deadlines.
• Strong culinary background/knowledge.
• Working knowledge of computer applications.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for quality assurance of baked goods, ensuring look, color, texture and taste meet standards.
• Communicate with Sales on orders, changes, substitutions.
• Schedule bakery staff in line with forecasts and budget.
• Oversee productivity to maximize efficiency and stay within labor budgets.
• Maintain payroll records for submission to Payroll Department.
• Place orders for supplies to ensure adequate stock within budget.
• Monitor food costs pre-determined by management.
• Assist with client menu tastings and daily production needs.
• Maintain inventory and ensure availability of daily necessities.
• Enforce safe and sanitary food handling procedures.

Skills

Verbal & written communication

Leadership

Staff scheduling

Payroll & budgeting

Computer applications

Time management

Education

2 Year Degree

Culinary arts degree

Tools

Payroll systems

Job description

Job Details

Job Location: Ridgewells Headquarters - BETHESDA, MD20816

Position Type: Full Time

Education Level: 2 Year Degree

Salary Range: $90,000.00 - $110,000.00

Travel Percentage: None

Job Shift: Any

Job Category: Food Service

The Executive Pastry Chef will be responsible for managing a high quality/high volume bakery. Assures that established bakery deadlines are met by effectively managing the bakery staff. Assists in menu planning, preparation of budgets, management of payroll, food cost control and other records. Expected to function as a hands-on chef.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Responsible for quality assurance of baked goods produced by the department, especially attentive to the look, color, texture and taste generating a consistent product every time.
• Communicate efficiently and effectively with the Sales Department on current orders, changes, product substitutions, etc.
• Schedules bakery staff in conjunction with business forecasts and predetermined budget.
• Oversee employees' productivity to maximize efficiency and meet labor budgetary guidelines.
• Reviews, approves and maintains payroll records for submission to the Payroll Department.
• Places orders for supplies through the Purchasing Department to ensure the department has proper and adequate supplies while staying within a predetermined budget.
• Maintains food costs that have been pre-determined by management/budget.
• Assists with/or personally prepares and executes client menu tastings.
• Responsible for inventory control, taking monthly inventories of product and assures that food products needed for daily production are readily available.
• Responsible for ensuring entire staff practice safe and sanitary food handling procedures.
• Participate with the Kitchen Management team by taking part in responsibilities such as opening, closing and emergency response coverage.
• Performs other duties associated with the position that are reasonably assigned to support the overall needs of the business.

Qualifications

• Degree from a post-secondary culinary arts training institute preferred.
• At least five (5) years of proven management record.
• Results-oriented. Rely on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals.
• Strong verbal and written communication and employee relation skills.
• Ability to organize and prioritize work and to meet deadlines.
• Strong culinary background/knowledge
• Working knowledge of computer applications.

BENEFITS

• Health insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Short and Long-Term Disability
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• 401K Retirement Plan + Company Match