Pastry Chef

Gecko Hospitality; Rockford (IL); On-site; USD 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading hospitality company as a Pastry Chef, overseeing bakery operations and developing exquisite dessert menus. This role requires extensive experience in pastry management and a passion for culinary arts, providing an opportunity to showcase leadership in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Minimum 7 years in restaurants, hotels, or clubs, with at least 5 years as a Pastry Chef.
• Experience with upscale pastries, cakes, ice cream, and chocolate.
• Serv Safe Certification is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Manage team of 10/20 and daily bakery operations.
• Create dessert menus and maintain kitchen organization and cleanliness.
• Handle payroll, scheduling, and quality checks of products.

Skills

Leadership

Food Safety Awareness

Pastry Knowledge

Job description

The Pastry Chef is responsible for managing the daily operations of our bakery, hotel and restaurants, including the selection, development, and performance management of our team and to ensure that our guests have a world class customer service experience.

The Pastry Chef will be responsible for, but not limited to :

Management of a team of10 / 20

Management of all ordering and acceptance of daily deliveries, and ability to keep things within set cost margins with suppliers

Handles daily scheduling and hours and management of payroll

Management of interviewing, hiring, training and reviewing of BOH staff

The Pastry Chef will develop and create dessert menus and recipes with the team, including working on packaging

Management of organization of kitchen, including organization and cleanliness of dried storage, walk-ins, and dairy fridge

Daily quality checks of products

Attend certain outside events and programs

Qualification Requirements :

Minimum 7 years experience in Restaurants, Hotels or Clubs with a focus on bread, pastries and desserts, with at least 5 years of Pastry Chef experience.

A genuine passion and knowledge for food and pastries

Prior experience with Upscale Pastry, cakes, ice cream, and chocolate

Experience with service and expediting banquets up to 800

Sociable and friendly to staff and guests.

Must be meticulously clean and aware of all food safety standards (Serv Safe Certification is a plus)

In addition to these responsibilities, as the Pastry Chef, the most important thing is to maintain flexibility and jump in wherever you are needed, as various duties may arrive outside this list. We work in a hands-on industry. You are the leader for our culinary team, and a role model.Use this opportunity to show us your leadership, initiative, and personality.

If interested, please send your resume to [e-mail]