High-Volume Pastry Artist - Craft Desserts & Breads

Coury Hospitality; Oklahoma City (OK); Hybrid; USD 32,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

The National is hiring a Pastry Cook in Oklahoma City to join our culinary team. You will prepare a variety of pastries, desserts, breads, and specialty items following established recipes and quality standards.

Responsibilities include creating plated desserts, confections, and maintaining safe, clean, and organized workstations throughout the shift, while collaborating with the culinary team to deliver exceptional food in a high-volume environment.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required.
• Culinary, Confectionery, or Pastry education preferred, or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
• Previous experience in a professional kitchen or pastry environment preferred.
• Experience with bakery and pastry production preferred.
• Knowledge of pastry fundamentals, baking techniques, chocolate work, bread production, dough lamination, sauces, and specialty cakes preferred.
• Strong understanding of food safety and sanitation.
• Ability to follow, calculate, and convert recipes.
• Basic math skills.
• Ability to work nights, weekends, holidays, and overtime as needed.
• Ability to maintain regular attendance and arrive on time in complete uniform for scheduled shifts.

Responsibilities

• Prepare a variety of pastry and bakery items, including desserts, breads, breakfast pastries, ice creams, sorbets, creams, syrups, cakes, and specialty items.
• Create plated desserts, chocolates, confections, frozen desserts, glazes, pies, cakes, amenities, displays, and other pastry items to established standards.
• Follow recipes and yield guides while maintaining consistency, quality, and presentation.
• Use pastry techniques such as chocolate tempering, sauce work, bread baking, dough lamination, and specialty cake production.
• Prepare ingredients by weighing, measuring, portioning, chopping, mixing, and properly storing products.
• Operate ovens, stoves, grills, microwaves, fryers, mixers, and other kitchen and bakery equipment safely.
• Organize daily prep and production priorities based on menu needs and forecasts.
• Set up, maintain, and break down workstation throughout the shift.
• Produce high-volume pastry and bakery items efficiently without sacrificing quality.
• Monitor food quality, temperatures, portion sizes, and presentation.
• Keep workstations, tools, equipment, storage areas, and floors clean, organized, and sanitized.
• Practice proper food rotation, storage, cooling, and food-handling procedures.
• Support food-cost control by minimizing waste and using products responsibly.
• Communicate maintenance concerns, supply needs, and other issues to the appropriate supervisor.
• Work alongside the Culinary team to maintain strong communication and a positive work environment.
• Jump in wherever needed to support the team and deliver exceptional food.

Skills

Pastry techniques

Food safety

Time management

Teamwork

Attention to detail

High-volume production

Knife skills

Education

High school diploma or GED

Culinary/Pastry education preferred

Professional kitchen experience preferred

Pastry fundamentals knowledge

Tools

Ovens & mixers

Job description

The National is hiring a Pastry Cook in Oklahoma City to join our culinary team. You will prepare a variety of pastries, desserts, breads, and specialty items following established recipes and quality standards.

Responsibilities include creating plated desserts, confections, and maintaining safe, clean, and organized workstations throughout the shift, while collaborating with the culinary team to deliver exceptional food in a high-volume environment.