Pastry Cook

Job Description

Job Description

Description:

Join a Culinary Team That Sets the Standard

At The Argyle, we’re more than a private club—we’re a team committed to exceptional dining, elevated service, and meaningful impact. Known for delivering one of the finest dining experiences anywhere, we combine culinary excellence with a purpose-driven mission supporting biomedical research.

If you take pride in your craft, thrive in a high-energy kitchen, and want to grow your culinary career, we want to meet you.

About the Position

The Pastry Cook supports the preparation and production of high-quality desserts, pastries, breads, and specialty baked goods for daily dining service and private events.

Working under the direction of pastry and culinary leadership, this hands-on position supports the production of cakes, plated desserts, breads, and other pastry items. The ideal candidate brings precision, creativity, and a genuine passion for pastry while consistently meeting The Argyle’s standards for taste, presentation, cleanliness, and service.

Essential Responsibilities

• Prepare and bake cakes, cookies, tarts, custards, mousses, breads, and other pastry items.
• Assist with assembling, finishing, and plating desserts for daily service and private events.
• Follow established recipes and instructions from pastry and culinary leadership, with careful attention to quality, consistency, presentation, and portion size.
• Complete daily preparation assignments to support à la carte dining, banquets, and special events.
• Maintain a clean, organized, and efficient workstation throughout each shift.
• Properly label, date, rotate, and store ingredients and finished products.
• Monitor pastry inventory and promptly communicate shortages or product needs to pastry and culinary leadership.
• Help receive, inspect, and properly store deliveries.
• Rotate inventory to maintain freshness and minimize waste.
• Clean and sanitize work areas, tools, and equipment in accordance with food-safety and health regulations.
• Follow proper hygiene, food-handling, sanitation, and workplace-safety procedures.
• Assist with end-of-shift cleaning and dishwashing responsibilities as needed.
• Work collaboratively with the pastry and culinary teams to meet production and service timelines.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Culinary or pastry certificate, degree, or equivalent training preferred.
• One to two years of experience in a pastry, bakery, or professional kitchen preferred.
• Fine-dining, hotel, banquet, or private-club experience is a plus.
• Current food-safety certification or ability to obtain certification as required.
• Passion for pastry arts and a willingness to learn new techniques.
• Strong attention to detail and precision when following recipes and plating desserts.
• Ability to work efficiently under pressure and meet service deadlines.
• Strong communication, organization, and teamwork skills.
• Dependable, professional, and committed to maintaining high standards.
• Ability to work a flexible schedule based on business needs, including mornings, evenings, weekends, and holidays.

Physical and Work Requirements

• Regularly stand, walk, talk, hear, reach, bend, stoop, kneel, crouch, and use hands to handle tools, equipment, and ingredients.
• Frequently lift, carry, push, or transport packages, cases, and other objects weighing up to 50 pounds.
• Possess the close and distance vision necessary to prepare, inspect, and present food safely and accurately.
• Work in hot, cold, damp, and variable-temperature environments.
• Work around ovens, mixers, sharp utensils, cleaning products, dust, and smoke.
• Work primarily indoors, with occasional outdoor duties as business needs require.
• Perform frequent handwashing and follow all sanitation requirements.
• Safely work in an environment where potential hazards include burns, slips, trips, cuts, broken glass, and metal containers.

Why Join The Argyle?

At The Argyle, you’ll have the opportunity to refine your pastry skills, work alongside talented culinary professionals, and contribute to memorable dining experiences in a respected private-club environment. Your work will also support a larger mission that helps advance lifesaving biomedical research.

The Argyle is an equal opportunity employer.