Pastry Cook 2

Omni Hotels & Resorts; Frisco (TX); On-site; USD 19,000 - 29,000; Full time

Job summary

Omni Hotels & Resorts in Frisco, TX is seeking a Pastry Cook 2 to assist Pastry Cook 1. You will prepare hot and cold pastry items for F&B outlets, support banquet productions, and maintain pars to Omni standards.

You will follow recipes, manage portions, and plate desserts, ensuring consistency and quality. The role requires at least 2 years in a fast-paced kitchen, ability to stand long shifts, and flexible scheduling including weekends.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 2 years culinary experience in a fast-paced hotel or restaurant kitchen.
• Ability to multi-task in a high-pressure environment.
• Stand for 8+ hours per day.
• Flexible scheduling including nights, weekends, and holidays.
• Intermediate math skills for recipes and measurements.
• Basic cake decorating skills.
• Understand safety, sanitation, and food handling procedures.
• Experience with pastry production including cakes, tarts, mousses, batters, doughs, and custards.
• Maintain cleanliness of work area at all times.
• Ability to prepare and plate pastry items to Omni standards.

Responsibilities

• Prepares designated pastry items as directed in a sanitary and timely manner.
• Follows recipes, portion controls, and presentation specifications.
• Assist in banquet and outlets production.
• Restocks and organizes kitchen and storage areas.
• Maintains consistency and quality of production.
• Ensures all items are served according to specification.
• Works with minimal supervision.

Skills

Pastry production

Baking techniques

Cake decorating

Plating and presentation

Food safety

Math for recipes

Multi-tasking

Teamwork

Education

Culinary degree

Formal pastry training

Tools

Kitchen equipment

Pastry tools

Job description

Pastry Cook 2 needs to be able to support Pastry Cook 1. Makes the baked goods for the F& B outlets, helps with banquet productions, and maintains pars. Prepare all hot/cold food items. Be responsible for consistency and quality production and ensure all food is served according to specification.

Responsibilities:

• Prepares designated food items as directed in a sanitary and timely manner
• Follows recipes, portion controls, and presentation specifications
• Responsible attendance and ability to work scheduled shifts and on time
• Assist in restocking all items as needed throughout the shift.
• Assists with the cleaning, sanitation, and organization of the kitchen, walk-in coolers, reach-in coolers and all storage areas.
• Performs daily responsibilities which include restaurant prep, banquet prep
• and plating, amenities, basic production
• Follow safety rules and practices
• Perform job functions with minimal supervision.
• Being knowledgeable and have the ability to prepare and plate all pastry and dessert items, to Omni standards, in a timely manner.
• Must have a intermediate understanding of baking skills and techniques.
• Follow all company procedures

Qualifications:

• Minimum of 2 years minimum culinary experience in a fast-paced hotel or restaurant kitchen.
• The ability to multi-task in a fast-paced high pressure work environment
• Must be able to stand for 8+ hours per day
• Flexible Scheduling to include nights, weekends, and holidays.
• Maintain cleanliness of work area at all times.
• Intermediate math skills needed to understand and implement recipes and measurements.
• Maintain a professional business appearance, attitude, and performance
• Move, bend, lift, carry, push, pull, and place objects weighing up to 70 pounds without assistance. Stand or walk for an extended period or for an entire work shift. Requires repetitive motion.
• Culinary degree and/or formal training preferred.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed written and/or oral instructions.
• Two years’ experience in bakery production preferred.
• Needs basic understanding of professional cooking and knife handling skills.
• General understanding and knowledge of safety, sanitation and food handling procedures required.
• Basic knowledge of how to produce cakes, tarts, mousses, batters, doughs, custards, frostings and ice creams required.
• Must have basic cake decorating skills
• Must have basic math skills to produce correct sized batches
• Must have a general understanding and knowledge of how to properly use and maintain equipment in the area