Pastry Chef

Catawba Island Club; Port Clinton (OH); On-site; USD 25,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k)

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Professional development assistance

Employee discounts

Job summary

Catawba Island Club is seeking an experienced Pastry Chef responsible for preparing high-quality pastries, cakes, and desserts for various events. The ideal candidate will have proven experience in baking and a passion for the culinary arts.

This full-time position offers a dynamic environment, allowing the Pastry Chef to engage creatively with menu changes and special events. The role includes creating beautiful presentations and utilizing a variety of baking techniques.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Pastry Chef.
• Great attention to detail, creativity, organization, and leadership skills.
• In-depth knowledge of sanitation principles and baking techniques.

Responsibilities

• Prepare a wide variety of baked goods following traditional and modern recipes.
• Create new and exciting desserts for changing menus.
• Decorate pastries for beautiful presentation.
• Monitor stocks for baking ingredients and make orders.
• Maintain a sanitary work environment.

Skills

Attention to detail

Creativity

Leadership skills

Sanitation principles

Baking techniques

Education

ServSafe Certification

Job description

Position Summary: Catawba Island Club is looking for an experienced Pastry Chef to be responsible for preparing a variety of high quality pastries, pies, breads, fillings, tarts, bombes, decorated cakes, fancy cookies, and candies. This position will create specialty items for our restaurant, special events, large and small banquets. The ideal candidate is well-versed in culinary arts with a passion for the industry. He or she must be able to balance a la carte offerings and large scale banquet production. The Pastry Chef is critical in the delivery of a complete, balanced culinary experience. This is a full time position with hours varying seasonally.

Experience/Requirements

• Proven experience as a Pastry Chef
• ServSafe Certification preferred or the ability to obtain certification
• Great attention to detail, creativity, organization and leadership skills
• Willingness to gain professional knowledge through trainings and seminars
• In depth knowledge of sanitation principles, food preparation, baking techniques, and nutrition
• Working knowledge of baking with ingredient limitations (pastries that are gluten free, sugarless etc.)
• Ability to work independently but with guidance and support from the Executive Chef and Sous Chefs

Core Responsibilities

• Prepare a wide variety of baked goods such as cakes, cookies, pies, breads, etc. following traditional and modern recipes
• Create new and exciting desserts to support changing menus and engage membership
• Decorate pastries using different icings, toppings, etc. to ensure the presentation will be beautiful and exciting
• Monitor stocks for baking ingredients and make appropriate orders
• Check material quality and equipment condition used for preparation and cooking processMaintain a sanitary work environment
• Utilize knives, hand tools, utensils, and equipment to decorate, weigh, measure, maintain holding temperature, bake, cook, whip, refrigerate, fold, grate, pipe, coat, or otherwise produce food
• Support other culinary/kitchen operations as needed and assigned

Minimum Physical Job Requirements

• Must be able to communicate and maintain an effective rapport with management, employees and dining room staff.
• Must be able to stand and exert well paced mobility for periods up to four (4) hours in length.
• Must be able to carry up to 50-pounds.

Benefits

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Health savings account or Flexible spending account
• Paid time off
• Professional development assistance
• Vision insurance
• Employee discounts on merchandise and meals

Salary: $18 - $25 per hour