KITCHEN BAKER

Ohkay Hotel Casino; Acoma Pueblo (NM); On-site; USD 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading casino is seeking a Kitchen Baker to prepare delicious baked goods for their customers. The role requires following recipes, managing inventory, and maintaining food safety standards in a fast-paced environment. Join the team to enhance your baking skills while working in a vibrant casino setting.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent, with vocational training a plus.
• Ability to obtain an OOGC gaming license.

Responsibilities

• Prepare a variety of baked goods, including breads, cakes, and cookies.
• Manage inventory levels and ensure quality of ingredients.
• Maintain cleanliness and safety standards in the kitchen.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Manual dexterity

Knowledge of safety procedures

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

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• Ensure ingredients and final products are fresh.
• Follow recipes, including measuring, weighing, and mixing ingredients.
• Ensure profitability by maintaining an accurate record of baking operations
• Manage needed supplies and inventory levels.
• Decorate baked products using glaze, icing and other toppings to achieve a finished appearance.
• Assess the quality of raw materials before baking.
• Conduct research to develop original recipes for products.
• Ensure the proper storage of baking utensils
• Maintain a clean and safe work area, including handling utensils, equipment and dishes.
• Handle and store ingredients and food
• Maintain food safety and sanitation standards
• Clean and sanitize work areas, equipment and utensils
• Set up workstations with required ingredients and equipment.
• Check the quality and freshness of ingredients.
• Monitor station inventory levels.
• Accommodate guest special requests.
• Operate kitchen equipment such as ovens.
• Performs other duties as assigned
  
  

Position Summary

The Baker is in charge of preparing baked goods for sale to customers. The Baker will coordinate baking schedules to produce breads, cakes, pastries, pies, cookies and other goods. The Baker will take directives from the Executive Chef or Sous Chef. The Baker will be required to work early mornings, evenings, weekends, and holidays.

Essentail Job Duties

• Ensure ingredients and final products are fresh.
• Follow recipes, including measuring, weighing, and mixing ingredients.
• Ensure profitability by maintaining an accurate record of baking operations
• Manage needed supplies and inventory levels.
• Decorate baked products using glaze, icing and other toppings to achieve a finished appearance.
• Assess the quality of raw materials before baking.
• Conduct research to develop original recipes for products.
• Ensure the proper storage of baking utensils
• Maintain a clean and safe work area, including handling utensils, equipment and dishes.
• Handle and store ingredients and food
• Maintain food safety and sanitation standards
• Clean and sanitize work areas, equipment and utensils
• Set up workstations with required ingredients and equipment.
• Check the quality and freshness of ingredients.
• Monitor station inventory levels.
• Accommodate guest special requests.
• Operate kitchen equipment such as ovens.
• Performs other duties as assigned
  
  

Education/Experience

High school diploma or equivalent, vocational, or technical training a plus. Ability to obtain and maintain an OOGC gaming license.

Skills

Knowledge of safety procedures, including safe temperatures at which ingredients must be kept and to which food must be prepared to avoid foodborne illness.

Ability to work as part of a team.

Interpersonal skills to interact with a variety of other people, such as waitstaff, dishwashers, management and sometimes customers.

Calm demeanor to work in a high-stress, fast-paced environment.

Comprehension and organization to follow direct orders and recipes and to correctly prepare dishes to the standards of the restaurant.

Manual dexterity and hand-eye coordination to handle tools, such as knife techniques for chopping, slicing, cutting and dicing.

Ability to stand in one place for hours at a time, handle extreme heat and work shifts.

Physical/Mental Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The employee is frequently required to stand for prolonged periods of time, walk, sit, use hands to finger, handle, or feel, reach with hands and arms, and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance, stoop, kneel, or crouch. The employee may occasionally be required to lift more than 30 pounds. The employee must have close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision and the ability to adjust focus.

Mental Demands

The ability to work in a fast-paced environment and exercise good judgment in evaluating situations and taking effective action. Communicate and present ideas effectively and orally.

Working Conditions

Ability to work in a Casino environment, in the midst of noise, crowded situations, etc. Ability to work with diversified customers, ability to work independently and under customer demands.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Entry level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Management and Manufacturing

• Industries

  Gambling Facilities and Casinos

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