Pastry Artist for Historic Museum Bakery

The Crescent Hotels Group; Williamsburg (VA); On-site; USD 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Colonial Williamsburg Foundation is seeking a bakery pastry cook to produce a wide range of pastries for daily production, buffets, and special events within the historic hotel's culinary program.

Ideal candidates bring at least 2 years’ experience in restaurants or hotels and a pastry or baking degree, with strong skills in measurements, scaling recipes, and guest-facing hospitality.

Qualifications

• Applicants must be at least 18 years of age.
• Demonstrate acute knowledge of proper procedures of both weighted and volumed measurements.
• Ability to timely scale provided recipes.
• Demonstrate excellent public contact skills.
• Ability to be hospitable and courteous to guests.
• 2 years minimum experience in Restaurants or Hotels.

Responsibilities

• Maintain cleanliness and organization of bakeshops.
• Proper rotation and monitoring of raw and finished products.
• Proper following of production rotations.
• Proper wrapping and storage of all pastry products.
• Baking products fresh for daily production.
• Proper Cookie production.
• Basic knowledge of pastry production and products.
• Knowledge of special dietary requests.
• Maintain awareness of upcoming events through BEO’s.
• Knowledge of specialty fruits and vegetables.
• Basic mixing techniques.
• Retrieve daily orders from Pastry Chef.
• Finishing and sending of all daily production.
• Responsible for production of pastries, decorating and displays.
• Produce pastries according to required quantities (buffets, private parties, items included croissants, muffins, breads, cakes, cupcakes, cookies, pies, desserts, etc.)

Skills

Public contact skills

Hospitality

Teamwork

Adaptability

Education

Pastry or Culinary Education in Baking and Pastry Degree

Job description

Colonial Williamsburg Foundation is seeking a bakery pastry cook to produce a wide range of pastries for daily production, buffets, and special events within the historic hotel's culinary program.

Ideal candidates bring at least 2 years’ experience in restaurants or hotels and a pastry or baking degree, with strong skills in measurements, scaling recipes, and guest-facing hospitality.