Pastry Cook

Sundance Mountain Resort; Provo (UT); On-site; USD 28,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee discounts

Active Season Pass

Job summary

Sundance Mountain Resort, Provo area, is seeking a Pastry Cook to join our kitchen team. This full-time, year-round position requires weekend and holiday availability, with a pay rate of $20.00–$22.00 per hour DOE.

You will bake, prepare fillings, and decorate desserts to Sundance standards in a clean, sanitary environment. Responsibilities include measuring ingredients, following pastry chef recipes, maintaining station organization, and contributing to a positive work atmosphere while

Qualifications

• Minimum 6 months professional baking experience or culinary college/technical school student.
• Valid food handler permit within 30 days of employment.
• Must be able to stand, walk, and lift up to 50 pounds; weekend/holiday availability.

Responsibilities

• Measures and mixes ingredients for dough, batter, pastries and fillings.
• Prepares and cooks ingredients for pie fillings, custards, and other desserts.
• Decorates cakes and pastries under supervision of pastry chef.
• Cleans and sanitizes equipment and work station; follows health code standards.
• Maintains station and follows prep sheets; supports recycling and waste minimization.

Skills

Baking experience

Job description

Full time position/year round

Must be available to work weekends & holidays

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt/Hourly

• Prepares and cooks ingredients for pie fillings, custards, or other desserts.
• Mixes ingredients to make icings and decorates cakes and pastries.
• Follows recipes written by pastry chef.
• Cleans and sanitizes equipment and work station.
• Exhibits familiarity of chocolate work.
• Reads and follows basic recipes and procedures.
• Competent in basic knife skills.
• Exhibits understanding of basic salad preparation, and dressing preparation.
• Reads BEOS and understands prep sheets.
• Follows directions on plating of desserts.
• Fills out prep sheets clearly and accurately.
• Starts to train on other production tasks.
• Complies with health code standards at all times.
• Maintains station throughout shift to ensure smooth execution production list.
• Follows standards for rotating and labeling food.
• Stores food at the proper temperature.
• Cleans and organizes all coolers before end of shift.
• Cleans work area prior to checking out with the Chef.
• Supports recycling program.
• Minimizes waste.
• Contributes to a positive work environment.

Job Title: PASTRY COOK

Department: Kitchen

Rate of Pay: $20.00 – $22.00/hour DOE

Shift: Variable Shifts

Monday through Sunday

Full time position/year round

Must be available to work weekends & holidays

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt/Hourly

Summary

Properly bakes and prepares cakes, cookies, pies, custards, and plated desserts to the Sundance Standard in a timely manner and in a sanitary environment while honoring Sundance's environmental commitment.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Measures and mixes ingredients using commercial mixers to form dough, batter, cookies, pies, and fancy pastries.
• Prepares and cooks ingredients for pie fillings, custards, or other desserts.
• Mixes ingredients to make icings and decorates cakes and pastries.
• Follows recipes written by pastry chef.
• Cleans and sanitizes equipment and work station.
• Demonstrates basic understanding of breads, cake decorating, and cookies.
• Exhibits familiarity of chocolate work.
• Reads and follows basic recipes and procedures.
• Competent in basic knife skills.
• Exhibits understanding of basic salad preparation, and dressing preparation.
• Reads BEOS and understands prep sheets.
• Follows directions on plating of desserts.
• Fills out prep sheets clearly and accurately.
• Starts to train on other production tasks.
• Complies with health code standards at all times.
• Maintains station throughout shift to ensure smooth execution production list.
• Follows standards for rotating and labeling food.
• Stores food at the proper temperature.
• Cleans and organizes all coolers before end of shift.
• Cleans work area prior to checking out with the Chef.
• Supports recycling program.
• Minimizes waste.
• Contributes to a positive work environment.

Qualifications

• To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• Minimum 6 months professional baking experience, or current student of culinary college or technical school. Knowledge of basic dessert techniques, bread baking and dessert production. A desire to learn and improve pastry skills.
• Must possess or obtain a valid food handlers permit within 30 days of employment.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; talk or hear; and taste or smell. The employee is occasionally required to stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
• Must be 18 years of age or older.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to extreme cold and extreme heat. The employee is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, moving mechanical parts, fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, outside weather conditions, and risk of electrical shock. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. Employee will work with extreme hot and cold due to ovens and freezers.

Benefits

• Employee discounts on dining and resort amenities.
• Active Season Pass

DISCLAIMER

This is a general description of this job. All employees of Sundance Mountain Resort will be required to perform any task that is asked of him/her within legal and ethical parameters and company policy.