Dessert Chef Manager

Details:

Hospitality Staffing Solutions (HSS) is recognized as the largest national hospitality staffing company today serving over 900 hotels nationwide. Our commitment to quality in servicing hospitality clients has earned HSS the trust and respect of the best hotel brands in the business. We are committed to finding and placing the best hospitality talent in the industry!

Dessert Chef / Manager

Location: Tampa FL Openings: 2

Full-Time: $65000-$75000 annually Part-Time: $25-$30 per hour

We are seeking a Dessert Chef / Manager with strengths across all three stages of the product lifecycle: product conceptualization product development and product operations. This role will help create seasonal dessert offerings bring innovative ideas to market and support consistent efficient execution by store teams.

Key Responsibilities

Product Conceptualization

• Research social media food trends competitors and other sources to identify new product opportunities.
• Help conceptualize distinctive exciting seasonal menus with strong customer and social-media appeal.
• Develop an understanding of the dessert brand and create products that customers naturally associate with it.

Product Development

• Take product concepts from initial ideas through finished launch-ready recipes.
• Apply strong baking skills and experience working with chocolate.
• Ensure products deliver excellent flavor and compelling visual presentation.
• Learn and become proficient with specialized equipment and production processes.

Product Operations

• Lead train and coach team members to execute recipes consistently.
• Apply an understanding of store operations and high-volume production.
• Develop standardized recipes specifications and procedures.
• Manage recipe costing ingredient sourcing yields waste and production efficiency.
• Partner with operations teams to verify that new products can be executed at scale before launch.

Qualifications

• Strong baking skills and experience working with chocolate.
• Ability to develop and launch dessert products from concept through production.
• Leadership coaching and operational execution skills.
• Strong eye for presentation and understanding of current dessert trends.
• Culinary school preferred but not required.

Impact and Growth Opportunity

This role will support product innovation marketing appeal operational excellence and guest satisfaction. A key project is revamping the core dessert menu. The original posting identifies a potential growth path to Director of Desserts with compensation of $100000; this is a future opportunity not guaranteed compensation for this position.

How to Apply

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Equal Opportunity Statement

Hospitality Staffing Solutions (HSS) is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to creating a workplace where all individuals are treated with respect and dignity. Employment decisions are based on business needs job requirements and individual qualifications-without regard to race color religion sex national origin age marital status sexual orientation gender identity genetic information disability veteran status or any other status protected by federal state or local laws.

Required Experience:

Manager