Pastry Cook 2

Casino Del Sol; Tucson, Northern (AZ, KY); Hybrid; USD 16,531 - 24,796; Full time

Job summary

RadNet, Inc. is seeking a Pastry Cook to join our kitchen team. You will prepare pastries, sauces, custards, breads, and desserts following established recipes and quality standards.

Ideal candidates have a high school diploma or GED, ServSafe certification, and the ability to work flexible shifts in a fast-paced environment; hospitality experience is preferred.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED with 6 months related experience.
• Valid Food Handler’s card and ServSafe certification within 3 months of employment.
• Demonstrated reliability and responsiveness.
• Able to work any shift, weekends, holidays, and overtime as needed.
• US employment eligibility.
• Must be able to obtain gaming license if required.

Responsibilities

• Follow quality predetermined methods in a timely and consistent manner.
• Assist in completion of production schedules to deliver high quality pastries.
• Ensure plating specifications are followed to the letter.
• Organize kitchen, gather ingredients, and plan dessert plate ups.
• Restock kitchen supplies and ingredients for service efficiency.
• Rotate pastries FIFO and label items properly.
• Identify and safely use all kitchen equipment.
• Follow safety policies and report incidents immediately.
• Finish, chill, wrap, label, and date produced items.
• Perform other job-related duties as assigned.

Skills

Measuring tools

Weights & measures

Sanitation regulations

Organizational skills

Time management

Multitasking

Reading instructions

Fast-paced environment

Lifting 50 lbs

Education

High school diploma or GED

Job description

Duties and Responsibilities (specific areas of responsibility include but be not limited to)

• Uses quality predetermined methods in a timely and consistent manner.


• Assists in completion of production schedules to deliver high quality, variety and the accurate quantity of goods.


• Assures that plating specifications and methods are followed to the letter.


• Organizes the kitchen, gathers and stocks ingredients, and plans dessert plate ups with carts, polished plates, covers, equipment, and ingredients.


• Assists in the maintenance of proper levels of necessary ingredients; restocks kitchen supplies and food items as needed for service efficiency.


• Ensures all pastries are rotated on a first-in, first-out schedule.


• Labels and dates all ingredients properly to ensure safekeeping and proper sanitation.


• Identifies and safely uses all kitchen equipment.


• Follows established safety and security policies and procedures including reporting accidents, injuries, and unsafe working conditions immediately to a supervisor.


• Assists in finishing, chilling, wrapping, labeling, and dating the produced items, such as pastry sauces, custards, and breads.


• Performs other job-related duties as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Basic knowledge of all measuring devices, mixing strategies, and equipment associated with preparing pastry goods.


• Basic knowledge of weights and measures.


• Basic knowledge of applicable food and beverage related sanitation regulations as well as the Gaming Enterprise Division’s internal controls, policies, and procedures.


• Basic organizational, planning, and time management skills.


• Basic mathematical skills necessary to understand recipes, measurements, requisition amounts, and portion sizes.


• Ability to work in a fast paced and sometimes stressful environment.


• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.


• Ability to follow recipes to the letter to ensure the consistency of all pastry goods that are prepared.


• Ability to distinguish bakery foodstuffs and accessory ingredients contributing to the consistent production of various types of pastries.


• Ability to read and process recipes in an efficient and timely fashion.


• Ability to effectively multitask.


• Ability to work in a fast paced and sometimes stressful environment.


• Ability to lift or move fifty (50) pounds, with or without a reasonable accommodation.


• Ability to push, pull, bend, stoop, squat, kneel, climb, reach, twist and grip throughout the shift.


• Ability to stand throughout a shift or for extended periods of time

Minimum Qualifications:

• High school or General Equivalency Diploma AND six (6) months of job-related experience in a comparable environment.


• Must either possess or obtain a valid Food Handler’s card and be ServSafe certified within three (3) months of employment.


• Demonstrated track record of reliability and responsiveness.


• Must be able to work any shift, weekends, holidays, special events, and overtime, as needed.


• Must have employment eligibility in the U.S.


• Must be able to obtain, maintain, and retain a valid gaming license.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Culinary degree with a baking and pastry emphasis.


• One (1) year of pastry cook experience in a comparable hospitality environment.

EEO is the Law