PM Assistant Pastry Chef-Brookhaven

Assistant Pastry Chef

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.