Pastry Sous Chef

Craft Restaurant; New York (NY); On-site; USD 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading restaurant in New York seeks a Pastry Sous Chef to prepare exquisite desserts and maintain culinary standards. This role involves supporting daily kitchen operations while ensuring a memorable dining experience. Ideal candidates will have substantial culinary experience, work well in teams, and demonstrate a passion for food preparation.

Benefits

Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance options

Paid Time Off

Daily family meal provided

Team outings, trainings, and speakers

Flex spending options

Bi-monthly restaurant dining vouchers

Qualifications

• 3-5 years culinary experience in fine dining.
• Strong knowledge of cooking techniques and food prep.
• Ability to communicate clearly and work in a team.

Responsibilities

• Prepare food items and maintain culinary standards.
• Participate in daily service prep and uphold kitchen values.
• Ensure a safe and sanitary work environment.

Skills

Cooking techniques

Food preparation

Knife handling

Communication skills

Teamwork

Job description

Temple Court, a Tom Colicchio Restaurant in the Beekman Hotel, is looking for Pastry Sous Chef to join their growing team

Responsibilities:

• Working the stations in the kitchen to prepare food items
• Accurately handling food items to minimize waste
• Ability to learn, understand, and to execute daily recipes and menus
• Preparing mise en place for daily service
• Taking part in pre-service duties and applicable closing duties
• Demonstrating a passion for details and a willingness to learn
• Upholding service preparation and culinary standards to ensure a memorable guest experience
• Maintaining and upholding our company's vision and values
• Participating in service/culinary education sessions
• Maintaining a safe, sanitary, and organized work environment

Qualifications:

• 3-5 years culinary experience in a fine dining restaurant
• Hotel experience is preferred
• Strong knowledge of cooking techniques, food preparation, and knife handling
• Demonstrate clear written and verbal communication skills
• Able to work in a team environment and welcome feedback and direction
• Capability to stand for prolonged periods of time
• Lift up to 50 pounds of weight
• Ability to reach, bend, stoop, climb up and down stairs, walk, carry multiple objects
• Ability to work in an environment with hot and cold conditions

Perks:

• Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance options for full time employees
• Paid Time Off, increases with length of service
• Daily family meal provided
• Team outings, trainings, and speakers
• Flex spending options (medical, transit, parking, dependent care)
• Bi-monthly restaurant dining vouchers ($720 annual value)

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that are to be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to stand; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; talk or hear and taste or smell. The employee is frequently required to walk. The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch. The employee must regularly lift and /or move up to 25 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.The statements in this job description are intended to describe the essential nature and level of work being performed. They are not intended to be all responsibilities or qualifications of the job.

Temple Court is an EEO Employer