Scratch Made Ice Cream Chef

Ontario Trillium Foundation; Shirley (MA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Ontario Trillium Foundation seeks a lead ice cream and dessert chef to join our gourmet scratch kitchen. You will craft ice cream bases, sauces and pastry components while maintaining high standards of freshness and flavor in a fast-paced, creative environment where every input shapes our dessert program.

You should bring pastry and dessert experience, a team-first mindset, and a commitment to consistent excellence as we grow a dynamic kitchen led by Chef Alyssa and a hands-on management team.

Qualifications

• Experience in pastry and desserts is required.
• Creative mindset and high level work ethic.
• Commitment to consistent excellence and teamwork.
• Team-first mentality and willingness to lead a kitchen.
• Cooking great food is central to the role.

Responsibilities

• Create and produce ice cream bases from scratch.
• Create sauces and pastries for ice cream production.
• Manage production schedules and inventory in open kitchen.
• Supervise, develop and train staff.

Skills

Pastry & Desserts

Ice Cream Production

Job description

Do you want to work with positive people?

Do you like making food you can be proud of?

Do you like learning in a creative environment where your inputs are directly involved in our kitchen's success?

Get in on the ground level and help us create the future of dessert and ice cream as a lead ice cream and dessert chef.

We are opening a gourmet, scratch, ice cream and pastry kitchen incorporating fresh locally sourced ingredients. Our menu will arrive at the crossroad of the arts of craft cocktail mixology and gourmet ice cream creating a fresh take on the classic ice cream parlor.

Must have a creative mindset, high level work ethic, commitment to consistent excellence and a team first mentality. Experience in pastry and desserts is a must. Cooking great food makes us happy. Does it make you happy?

Our kitchen is led by Chef Alyssa, and our management team and run with a staff of 10+ energetic cooks. A positive attitude, healthy mind and body, and good energy means everything to us and is vital to someone who wants to be a member of our team.

A great ice cream chef should expect to:

• Come prepared to learn recipes and techniques that go into crafting our scratch made ice cream bases, sauces and ingredients and execute them after training.
• Understand what it means to work with a sense of urgency.
• Respect the food and equipment you are working with.
• Stay organized
• Keep themselves and the environment they are working in clean and sanitized.

Responsibilities include:

• Creating and producing ice cream bases from scratch.
• Creating and producing sauces, toppings and pastry needed for ice cream production
• Managing production schedules and inventory in our open kitchen
• Supervising, development and training of staff

Above all, working with us is an opportunity to learn from a dynamic team and grow one's culinary skills. As a young team, we are continuously committed to growing, and learning thus, holding each other accountable. Do you want to take the journey with us? Do you want to grow?