Pastry Cook III - Pastry Kitchen

Seminole Hard Rock; United States; On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

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Benefits package

Job summary

Seminole Hard Rock is seeking a culinary professional to lead kitchen stations and ensure high-quality plated desserts and entrees. You will follow recipes, supervise staff, and maintain cleanliness and safety in a fast-paced casino environment.

The role requires a culinary apprenticeship or an associate's degree and at least 5 years in the industry, with strong leadership, communication, and organizational skills to manage multiple tasks and events.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent required.
• Culinary apprenticeship or Associate’s Degree with minimum 5 years in the industry.

Responsibilities

• Prepares foods per recipe guidelines and ensures plates are appealing.
• Executes sauces, baking techniques, and desserts daily.
• Keeps workstation clean and leads others by example.
• Assists and directs coworkers for efficient kitchen operations.
• May assist for special events.
• Ensures proper storage and inventory, reports safety hazards.
• Orders support, maintains par levels, and outlet organization.
• Operates kitchen equipment including ovens, mixers, dough rollers.
• Closes down workstations and supports event setup/teardown.

Skills

Leadership

Interpersonal skills

Communication

Organizational

Attention to detail

Confidentiality

Food safety

Flexibility

Teamwork

Problem solving

Education

High School diploma or equivalent

Culinary apprenticeship

Associate's degree in culinary

Job description

Our team members are the key to our company's success, and their health and well-being, as well as that of their families, is very important to us. We offer a comprehensive benefits package that allows our team members stay healthy, plan for their future and maintain a healthy work-life balance. Benefits may vary with employment status. To see our fill list of Team Member Benefits please visit our career site: https://www.gotoworkhappy.com/benefits

Job Description

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Prepares foods that are to be according the recipe guideline or prepared in the pantry; ensures that all plates or pans served are aesthetically appealing and cooked to the specifications of the customer and the chef.
• Recognizes a variety of sauces, baking techniques, doughs, and frozen desserts and properly executes on daily menus.
• Keeps workstation neat and clean and inspect others workstations as a lead.
• Assists and directs co-workers to ensure efficient operation of the kitchen.
• On occasion may perform duties for special events/ parties.
• Ensures cleanliness of working area; reports all equipment for safety failures, hazardous areas and prevents accidents.
• Ensures the proper storing of any foods, equipment, and ingredients including those from a previous function.
• Ensures that items are fully stocked, and equipment is in good working condition.
• Assists with ordering process, maintaining par levels, and overall outlet organization.
• Ability to demonstrate proper use of baking and industry specific machinery (ovens, freezers, sheeters, gelato machine, dough rollers, mixers, fryers, decorating tools, etc.)
• Ensures the proper closing down of workstations.
• Assists with other duties at special events or parties and assisting where necessary to include but not limited to carving, cooking, set up and or teardown stations, action stations, or other duties as assigned.
• Attend and participate in meetings, completing follow-up as assigned.
• Communicate effectively with all levels of employees and guests.
• Be flexible and able to work varying shifts and days as needed.
• Perform work regularly and predictably.
• Other duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS

This knowledge and these abilities are typically acquired through a High School Diploma or Equivalent. A culinary apprenticeship, an Associate's Degree from a culinary institution or an equivalent with minimum 5 years same industry experience.

SKILLS

• Strong leadership and interpersonal skills
• Excellent interpersonal, oral and written communication skills.
• Meticulous, organized and accurate
• Extreme confidentiality.
• Familiarity with a variety of computer systems and applications.
• Be flexible to work varying shifts and time schedules as needed.
• Communicate effectively with all levels of employees and guests.
• Manage multiple details and tasks concurrently in a changing environment.
• Able to work effectively in a team environment.
• Analyze and think about how possible solutions impact on the entire operation.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

• Ability to stand and sit for extended periods of time.
• Ability to walk distances.
• Ability to lift 30 to 40 lbs.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms, talk or hear; and taste or smell. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close, distance, color, and peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
• The Casino environment is hectic, fast-paced and often crowded and noisy. May be exposed to casino related environmental factors including, but not limited to excessive noise and constant exposure to general public.