Pastry Chef | Part-Time | Palm Beach County Convention Center

Oak View Group

Oak View Group is the global leader in venue development, management, and premium hospitality services for the live event industry. Offering an unmatched, 360-degree solution set for a collection of world-class owned venues and a client roster that includes the most influential, highest attended arenas, convention centers, music festivals, performing arts centers, and cultural institutions on the planet.

Position Summary

The Pastry Cook is responsible for preparing a variety of high-quality desserts and baked goods to be served throughout the venue. Working in a fast-paced environment, this role supports the culinary team in delivering beautifully crafted, delicious pastries for events of all sizes. The Pastry Cook may interact directly with guests in settings such as buffet lines or live preparation stations, and must maintain excellent attendance while being available to work event-based schedules according to business needs.

This role pays an hourly rate of $25.00-$27.00.

Benefits for Part-Time roles: 401(k) Savings Plan and 401(k) matching.

This position will remain open until August 8, 2025.

About the Venue

The Palm Beach County Convention Center is a multi-purpose facility in West Palm Beach, Florida, managed by the Oak View Group. The Center features a 100,000 square-foot exhibit hall, a 22,000 square-foot ballroom and 21,000 square feet of flexible meeting space, as well as connecting to the 400-room Hilton West Palm Beach.

Responsibilities

• Prepare a variety of pastries, desserts, breads, and other baked goods according to event menus and production schedules.
• Is able to work independently or with very minimal oversight and instruction by Lead Cooks, Supervisors, Sous Chefs, or the Executive Chef.
• Possesses intermediate culinary understanding of plating techniques and standards, assisting with the design and plating of desserts for banquets, buffets, and la carte service.
• Follow recipes and presentation standards, ensuring consistency and quality.
• Bake cakes, pastries, pies, cookies, tarts, bread, and other baked goods, making a variety of bases like pastry cream, crme anglaise, ganache, curds, mousses, and sabayons.
• Assemble multi-component desserts like entremets, plated restaurant-style desserts, or wedding cakes.
• Operate commercial ovens (convection, deck ovens, etc.).
• Develop new dessert recipes, innovate with flavors, and ensure presentation is appealing.
• Adapt to seasonal ingredients and create themed or special event desserts.
• Maintain cleanliness and organization of the pastry station and storage areas.
• Monitor inventory levels and assist with ordering supplies as needed.
• Ability to communicate with employees, co-workers, volunteers, management staff and guests in a clear, business-like and respectful manner which focuses on generating a positive, enthusiastic and cooperative work environment.
• Possesses a strong understanding of the Temperature Danger Zone and cooking temperatures of different meats and produce items to ensure Food Safety Standards.
• Seeks continued growth and initiative to improve upon culinary skills on a day to day basis by seeking knowledge from those in higher positions.
• Washes culinary and service dishes and utensils; cleans tables, walls, and floors, maintains the general cleanliness of the kitchen, and stocks food and other items using correctly written date labels.
• Has an active State Food Handlers Certification, and actively updates as necessary.
• Responsible for other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Minimum 1 year pastry experience in a high-volume kitchen, hotel, or catering environment.
• Culinary degree or pastry certification preferred, but not required.
• Ability to work weekdays and weekends, with availability for some morning, noon, and evening shifts on an on-call/event-based schedule.
• Must provide regular and consistent written availability to management.
• Knowledge of food safety and sanitation regulations.
• Must obtain and maintain a Food Handlers Card from ServeSafe, and other required compliance trainings.
• Ability to work effectively in a team-oriented, fast-paced, event-driven environment.
• Strong communication skills to interact with employees, management, and guests in a professional and respectful manner.
• Physical ability to lift and move heavy objects, such as boxes and equipment.

Strengthened by our Differences. United to Make a Difference

At OVG, we understand that to continue positively disrupting the sports and live entertainment industry, we need a diverse team to help us do it. We also believe that inclusivity drives innovation, strengthens our people, improves our service, and raises our excellence. Our success is rooted in creating environments that reflect and celebrate the diverse communities in which we operate and serve, and this is the reason we are committed to amplifying voices from all different backgrounds.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Oak View Group is committed to equal employment opportunity. We will not discriminate against employees or applicants for employment on any legally recognized basis ("protected class") including, but not limited to veteran status, uniform service member status, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, physical or mental disability, genetic information or any other protected class under federal, state, or local law.