Oak View Group

Pastry Chef| Brulee Catering

Location US-PA-Philadelphia
Job ID
2024-15309
Location Name
Brulee Catering
Category
Culinary / Kitchen Management
Type
Regular Full-Time

Overview

Our Pastry Chef is a skilled culinary professional who specializes in creating a wide variety of delicious desserts, pastries, breads, and sweet goods. They have expertise in baking techniques, recipe development, and pastry decoration.

 

This role will pay a salary of $65,000 to $80,000.

 

For FT roles: Benefits: Health, Dental and Vision insurance, 401(k) savings plan, 401(k) matching, and paid time off (vacation days, sick days, and 11 holidays).

Responsibilities

-Preparing a wide variety of goods: This includes cakes, cookies, pies, bread, and other delectable treats, following both traditional and modern recipes.

-Creating new and exciting desserts: Our Pastry Chef will contribute to menu innovation by developing fresh and enticing dessert options that engage customers.

-Decorating pastries: Using different icings, toppings, and artistic techniques to ensure visually appealing presentations.

-Managing ingredient stocks: Ensuring a reliable supply of high-quality ingredients.

-Maintaining equipment: Regularly inspecting and maintaining kitchen tools and appliances.

-Guiding and training staff: Sharing expertise with other team members.

-Ensuring compliance with sanitation and safety standards: Upholding health and safety protocols in the kitchen.

-Stocking checking and ordering ingredients
-Weighing and measuring ingredients
-Decorating pastries and other desserts using a variety of different sauces, toppings and other items
-Contributing ideas to the menu
-Keeping accurate records
-Recruiting, hiring and training Assistants or Junior Chefs
-Operating a variety of kitchen equipment
-Maintaining a clean and hygienic work environment

Qualifications

-3-5 years of proven skill in baking, pastry preparation and decoration
-Extensive knowledge of health and safety procedures for kitchens and food preparation areas
-Excellent attention to detail
-Exceptional time management skills
-Ability to work autonomously, but also with a team
-A food hygiene certificate or any food handling or preparation qualification
-Ability to calculate costs and manage a budget

-Experience of working in a kitchen environment and baking commercially.

-Experience of working in kitchens where they will have had the opportunity to use a wide range of commercial cooking equipment. ---  ---Applicants who have completed apprenticeships will have gained experience in a kitchen environment.

-Prefer candidates to have attended culinary school and have completed courses such as Qualifications and Credit Framework (QCF) Diploma in Patisserie or a City and Guilds NVQ Diploma in Food Production and Cooking – Pastry.

-Prefer candidates to have completed internships under experienced professionals and to have received on-the-job training in the techniques and methods used to create a selection of dishes and desserts.

Vaccination Statement

We are committed to ensuring all our buildings and office locations are the safest in the world for artists, teams, employees, and fans. Based on recent encouraging trends in the U.S. and Canada. We highly encourage our employees to continue to get vaccinate and boosted against COVID-19.   Should circumstances change, we may need to reinstate vaccination requirements, in whole or in part, to safeguard the health of our employees, guests, performers, athletes, and partners.

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