Pastry Chef

320 Guest Ranch is seeking a pastry chef for the summer season. Position begins in April and ends in October and works night-shifts. We are looking for an experienced Pastry Chef to prepare a variety of desserts, pastries, bread, or other sweet goods. Your skill in baking high quality treats should be matched by your creativity to develop new amazing tastes and recipes. 

The ideal candidate will be well-versed in culinary arts with a passion for sweet and delicious creations. They must adhere to health and safety standards to provide clients with the best possible serving.

The goal is to enhance customer satisfaction so that we can maintain and expand our clientele.

Job Skills and Requirements:

• Creativity: You will be in charge of creating new and innovative breads and desserts that will bring in customers. Knowledge of ingredients and how to use them in a creative way will serve you well.
• Leadership Skills: You are in charge of the pastry staff of a kitchen. Being a good leader, who can assign tasks and motivate workers in a high stress environment will help immensely.
• Time Management Skills: Kitchens get busy quickly, food can get ruined easily if you cannot manage your time. Great time management will help you avoid burned or spoiled food.
• Business Acumen: Pastry chefs must understand the restaurant business. This means balancing expenses with profits, managing staff, minimizing waste, and more.
• Preparing a wide variety of goods such as cakes, cookies, pies, bread, etc, following traditional and modern recipes.
• Creating new and exciting desserts to nerew our menus and engage the interest of customers.
• Decorating pastries using different techniques to ensure the presentation will be beautiful and exciting.
• Monitor stocks for baking ingredients such as flour, sugar, etc, and make appropriate orders within budget.
• Check quality of material and condition of equipment devices used for cooking.
• Guide and motivate pastry assistants and bakers to work more efficiently.
• Identify staffing needs and help recruit and train personnel.
• Maintain a lean and orderly cooking station and adhere to health and safety standards.
• Proven experience as a Pastry Chef, baker or relevant role.
• Great attention to detain and creativity.
• Organizing and leadership skills.
• Willingness to replenish professional knowledge.
• In depth knowledge of sanitation principles, food preparation and baking techniques and nutrition.
• Working knowledge of baking with ingredient limitations (ex-gluten free).
• Certificate in culinary arts, pastry-making, baking or relevant field.