Pastry Cook - Catering

Bold Catering & Design; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 21,000 - 30,000; Part time

Job summary

Bold Catering & Design in Atlanta, GA is seeking a reliable pastry team member for a part-time bakery role. You will work closely with the pastry chef to bake breads, cakes, cookies, pies, and desserts according to recipes.

Responsibilities include measuring ingredients, shaping dough, decorating tarts and cupcakes, keeping a clean workstation, handling labeling and packaging for events, and assisting in tastings.

Qualifications

• 1+ years experience in pastry production preferred.
• Culinary pastry education preferred.
• Team player and works well in a collaborative environment.

Responsibilities

• Arrive on time and dressed appropriately in chef whites with a hat and non-skid shoes
• Prepare and bakes breads, cakes, cookies, pies, puddings, and/or desserts, according to the recipe or chef's instructions
• Measures ingredients, using scale, liquid and dry measuring cups
• Mix ingredients to form dough or batter, using stand mixers or mix by hand according to the recipe or chef's instruction
• Shapes dough for biscuits, cookies, pies, and assorted pastries, using rolling pin or sheeter and cutters
• Assist in bread production making quick breads, breadsticks, and assorted yeast doughs
• Properly Proof and/or bake breads/pastries in convection and deck ovens
• Properly use fryer for cooking pastries or garnish
• Adjust oven temperature based on the products needs prior to loading the oven
• Set timer in bakeshop for items in the proof box and the oven
• Prepare fillings, meringues, and icings based on recipe and proper procedure
• Decorate tarts, cupcakes, pies and cakes
• Assist pastry chef in setting up tastings
• Properly wrap and label all finished products that are not going to parties and store appropriately
• Properly wrap and label all products going to parties
• All products packaged and labeled for parties should be placed in the assigned areas. Baking instructions should be included if needed for the event chefs
• Maintain a clean work station
• Take all unnecessary/dirty dishes to the dish pit
• Clean and properly store all of the pastry chef's tools
• Assist in keeping the cooler, freezer, dry storage and bakeshop clean and organized
• Assist in the cleaning of the floor in all bakeshop areas
• Assist in cleaning all shelves, mixers, proof box, cooler and counters in the bakeshop
• Keep bins clean, filled and scoops in the proper location
• Be aware of product quantity and tell the pastry chef if we are low or out of any products
• Properly store all products based on health code regulations
• Wear gloves when handling ready to eat products

Skills

Team player

Education

Culinary pastry education

Job description

• Arrive on time and dressed appropriately in chef whites with a hat and non-skid shoes
• Able to lift and carry up to 50lbs when needed
• Measures ingredients, using scale, liquid and dry measuring cups
• Mix ingredients to form dough or batter, using stand mixers or mix by hand according to the recipe or chef's instruction
• Assist in bread production making quick breads, breadsticks, and assorted yeast doughs
• Properly Proof and/or bake breads/pastries in convection and deck ovens
• Properly use fryer for cooking pastries or garnish
• Adjust oven temperature based on the products needs prior to loading the oven
• Set timer in bakeshop for items in the proof box and the oven
• Prepare fillings, meringues, and icings based on recipe and proper procedure
• Decorate tarts, cupcakes, pies and cakes
• Assist pastry chef in setting up tastings
• Properly wrap and label all finished products that are not going to parties and store appropriately
• Properly wrap and label all products going to parties
• All products packaged and labeled for parties should be placed in the assigned areas. Baking instructions should be included if needed for the event chefs

Position Duties and Responsibilities

• Arrive on time and dressed appropriately in chef whites with a hat and non-skid shoes
• Able to lift and carry up to 50lbs when needed
• Prepare and bakes breads, cakes, cookies, pies, puddings, and/or desserts, according to the recipe or chef's instructions
• Measures ingredients, using scale, liquid and dry measuring cups
• Mix ingredients to form dough or batter, using stand mixers or mix by hand according to the recipe or chef's instruction
• Shapes dough for biscuits, cookies, pies, and assorted pastries, using rolling pin or sheeter and cutters
• Assist in bread production making quick breads, breadsticks, and assorted yeast doughs
• Properly Proof and/or bake breads/pastries in convection and deck ovens
• Properly use fryer for cooking pastries or garnish
• Adjust oven temperature based on the products needs prior to loading the oven
• Set timer in bakeshop for items in the proof box and the oven
• Prepare fillings, meringues, and icings based on recipe and proper procedure
• Decorate tarts, cupcakes, pies and cakes
• Assist pastry chef in setting up tastings
• Properly wrap and label all finished products that are not going to parties and store appropriately
• Properly wrap and label all products going to parties
• All products packaged and labeled for parties should be placed in the assigned areas. Baking instructions should be included if needed for the event chefs

Cleaning and Maintenance

• Maintain a clean work station
• Take all unnecessary/dirty dishes to the dish pit
• Clean and properly store all of the pastry chef's tools
• Assist in keeping the cooler, freezer, dry storage and bakeshop clean and organized
• Assist in the cleaning of the floor in all bakeshop areas
• Assist in cleaning all shelves, mixers, proof box, cooler and counters in the bakeshop
• Keep bins clean, filled and scoops in the proper location
• Be aware of product quantity and tell the pastry chef if we are low or out of any products
• Properly store all products based on health code regulations
• Wear gloves when handling ready to eat products

ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION

Consider a career with Fifth Group Restaurants or Bold Catering & Design companies with more than 25 years of experience working with the finest and most successful people in Atlanta's hospitality industry. Beyond that, we want it to be your home away from home; your #FGRfamily away from family. We invite you to be a part of a team where your co-workers care about your advancement as much as their own. Be a success. Be amazing. Be a FifthGrouper.

Working for us has its benefits. Some of our benefits (depending on your role) include:

• Paid time off
• Medical, dental, life, vision, and supplemental insurance
• 401(k) retirement plan with company matching funds
• Generous bonus plans
• Restaurant discounts and company-provided family meals
• Flex-spending and dependent-care accounts
• Cash-reward referral program
• Work anniversary gifts

Enjoy a harmonious work/life balance.

• Flexible schedules
• Collaborative work environment
• Opportunities to work for our catering company and other restaurants

We'll quench your thirst for knowledge. Learning opportunities such as...

• Detailed and ongoing training in hospitality, wine and spirits, and food-pairing

Position Requirements

• 1+ years experience in pastry production preferred
• Culinary pastry education preferred
• Team player

FULL-TIME/PART-TIME

Part-Time

EOE STATEMENT

We are an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.