PM Assistant Pastry Chef-Brookhaven

Capital City Country Club; Brookhaven (NY); On-site; USD 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A prestigious culinary department at a leading country club is seeking an enthusiastic Assistant Pastry Chef. This full-time position offers various benefits and aims to maintain high standards in pastry production. Ideal candidates should be career-oriented with creativity and a passion for culinary arts.

Benefits

Health, vision, life, and dental insurance

401(k) with company match

Hot meals provided

Free parking

Uniforms provided

Qualifications

• 2 years minimum experience preferred.
• Experience in high volume and fine dining settings.
• Willingness to learn and grow.

Responsibilities

• Assist in pastry production while maintaining cleanliness and organization.
• Help with banquet functions and maintain quality of dessert items.
• Collaborate with other departments and follow Chef's guidelines.

Skills

Creativity

Organization

Cleanliness

Teamwork

Communication

Education

Culinary Degree, Baking and Pastry or Certificate

Job description

Capital City Club

AssistantPastry Chef

Overview

Capital City Club -Brookhaven's Culinary Department is looking to hire an enthusiastic, self-motivated, and team-focused individual for a Full-time Pastry Cook position. The position includes full-time hours, health vision, life, dental insurance, 401(k) with a company match, hot meals, free parking, and uniforms.

The ideal individual is creative, career-oriented, well organized, works with cleanliness and sanitation procedures, and excels in a team environment. The operation is considered high volume with different styles of culinary operations available.

Job Summary

Assist the Pastry Chef to consistently maintain quality output from the pastry department.

Key Responsibilities

• • Maintain a clean, safe, and organized work environment
  • Assist in the production of pastry items, while maintaining adequate levels of mise en place
  • Maintain quality levels of dessert items for pantry line production
  • Assist with banquet functions, food production, plate-up, etc.
  • Understand the responsibilities of other departments and cooperate with them
  • Follows and enforces objectives, policies, standards, and procedures set by the Executive Chef
  • Inspect portioning, garnishing, and decorations meticulously
  • Maintain awareness of scheduled business as well as anticipated business
  • Makes recommendations and suggestions to the chef as to new concepts that can be incorporated into the Capital City Club menu
  • Ensure maintenance requests are passed to the chef in a timely manner
  • Assure that the pastry area is not left unattended
  • Perform other specific duties as assigned

Preferred Qualifications (not required)

• • 2 years minimum experience
  • High volume experience
  • Fine Dining
  • Hotel and/or Private Club setting
  • Plated Desserts experience
  • Bread Production experience
  • Willingness to learn and grow
  • Career oriented
  • Flexible work schedule (weekends and holidays)
  • Able to lift 50lbs
  • Able to stand for extended periods of time
  • Culinary Degree, Baking and Pastry or Certificate (preferred)
  • Servsafe Certified (not required to start)
  • Ability to communicate effectively with others
  • Ability to prioritize and complete daily tasks
  • Ability to follow recipes
  • Proficient at making pastry sauces

Reports to: Pastry Chef

All job applicants at this company who have been offered employment will need to undergo testing for the presence of illegal drugs as a condition for employment.