Pastry Cook - Full-Time

Cedarbrook Senior Living; Rochester (MI); On-site; USD 22,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid Time Off

Earned Sick Time

Medical

Dental

Vision

Life

401(k)

Job summary

Cedarbrook Senior Living is seeking a Pastry Cook to craft and present a variety of desserts for our residents. The role focuses on batch dessert production, accurate portioning, and meticulous sanitation to support a high-volume kitchen.

The ideal candidate has at least 1 year of scratch dessert experience, solid cooking skills, and relevant Servsafe certifications. This is an on-site opportunity within a senior living community.

Qualifications

• Minimum 1-year experience creating desserts and baked goods from scratch in large volumes.
• Basic professional cooking and knife skills.
• Servsafe certifications preferred.

Responsibilities

• Performs all aspects of dessert preparation, cooking, and presentation.
• Prepares dessert items in a sanitary and timely manner with documented logs.
• Follows recipes, portion controls and presentation specs set by the Executive Chef.
• Restocks items as needed and completes order sheets to maintain supplies.
• Cleans and maintains station with safety and sanitation standards.
• Assists with washing pots, pans, and other kitchen tasks.
• Participates in daily lineup meetings.
• Adheres to local, state and government food safety guidelines.
• Works calmly under pressure in a team environment.
• Produces high-volume, high-quality desserts efficiently.

Education

Servsafe Certification

Servsafe Michigan Allergen Certification

1-year dessert baking experience

Job description

Pastry Cook

At Cedarbrook Senior Living, we work hard every day to find out what “Celebrating Life Every Day!” means to our residents and their families, then we help them achieve these goals. We are seeking a dynamic Pastry Cook for our community.

Responsibilities

• Performs all aspects of dessert preparation, cooking, and presentation.
• Prepares all dessert items as directed in a sanitary and timely manner. Keeps stations stocked, uses a batch cooking method for all food items with documented time/temperature logs.
• Follows recipes, portion controls and presentation specifications as set by the Executive Chef.
• Restocks all items as needed throughout the shift and completes an order sheet to maintain the appropriate level of supplies and inventory.
• Cleans and maintains station while practicing exceptional safety, sanitation, and organizational skills.
• Assists with washing pots and pans along with dishwasher on other projects.
• Assists with daily lineup meetings.
• Follows all local, state and government guidelines related to food safety, sanitation, and personal protection equipment (PPE) requirements.
• Ability to work calmly and effectively under pressure.
• Ability to work in a team environment and take direction.
• Ability to produce a high volume of work in a timely manner, which is accurate, complete, and of high quality.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, strong organizational skills with attention to detail.
• Self-motivated with a creative problem-solving aptitude.

Education/Experience

• Minimum of 1-year previous experience creating desserts and baked goods from scratch in large volumes.
• Basic understanding of professional cooking and knife skills.
• Servsafe Food Handlers Certification preferred.
• Servsafe Michigan Allergen Certification preferred.

Benefits

• Paid Time Off, Earned Sick Time, Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, 401(k), etc.