Pastry Chef

Cakes-By-Simona; Sea Girt (NJ); On-site; USD 21,000 - 30,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits after 12 weeks

15–20 hours per week

Job summary

Simona’s Bakery in Sea Girt, NJ seeks a Pastry Chef and Cake Decorator with experience to handle a wide range of desserts in a high-volume bakery. The role involves decorating cakes, preparing cookies and other pastries, and interacting with customers to guide orders.

Applicants should have piping and knife skills, be able to work weekends and holidays, and thrive in a fast-paced environment while maintaining quality and cleanliness.

Qualifications

• Experience using a piping bag required.
• Ability to lift at least 40 pounds.
• Must be able to work weekends and holidays.
• High volume, commercial bakery experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Prepare a wide variety of desserts, including cakes, cupcakes, cookies and brownies.
• Maintain reliability, cleanliness and honesty in daily tasks.
• Create visually appealing product displays and rotate pastry cases.
• Assist customers in making product selections with informed recommendations.
• Maintain proper stock of ingredients and ensure quality control.

Skills

Time management

Written communication

Reading skills

Math aptitude

Organization

Oral communication

Piping skills

Knife skills

Job description

Simona’s Bakery

Job title: Pastry Chef/ Cake Decorator with Experience

Summary

We are looking for a pastry chef and cake decorator to help out in our high volume, commercial bakery. Our decorators are responsible for the preparation of a wide variety of desserts including cakes, cupcakes, cookies, brownies and other items as needed. Should be creative and must have experience using a piping bag.

Duties and responsibilities

• Maintain a high level of reliability, cleanliness and honesty.
• Work cooperatively with others to complete tasks.
• Create visually appealing product displays
• Be able to lift at least 40 pounds on a regular basis
• Must work well with others and have good communication skills
• Must be able to talk to customers and assist them in making good choices with their order
• Must be able to work Weekends and Holidays
• Should be comfortable with large volume production and be able to work on several tasks at once with speed and precision.
• Must have piping skills and knife skills
• Should be able to use judgement to select appropriate ingredients for baked goods
• Assure adequate quantities of ingredients are in stock. Notify management when stock is low
• Oversee quality control and ensure appropriate variety and quality of products have been prepared daily
• Ensure the appropriate variety and quantity of products are in the cooler/ freezer for baking the following day
• Ensure when necessary, frozen products required for the following day are withdrawn from the freezer the night before
• Prepare the kitchen each morning to include all equipment and utensils are put away
• Bake/make all products instructed
• Refills and rotates pastry cases with fresh baked goods as needed
• Cleans and assures kitchen work areas have been properly cleaned at the end of each day to include wiping down all equipment, table tops, walls and floors
• Disassemble and assemble equipment parts for cleaning as necessary
• Preform other related duties as assigned
• Ability to take constructive criticism and work in a busy environment
• Must be able to Keep positive attitude

Appearance

• wear assigned uniform
• No excessive piercings
• No nail extensions
• Maintain good personal hygiene

Skills

• Time management
• Written communication skills
• Reading skills
• Math aptitude
• Organization
• Oral communication
• Piping skills
• Knife skills

Wages

Wages are based on experience

Benefits

• Benefits are available after a 12 consecutive week work period for employees working 30 hours or more per week
• GREAT learning experience
• Anywhere from 15-20 hours per week
• TUESDAYS, FRIDAYS and SATURDAYS - SUNDAYS if needed
• Friendly and welcoming work environment