Pastry Cook 1, Lobby Cafe & Hotel Bar

Pastry 1 Cook

A day in the life of our Pastry 1 Cooks it demands high levels of energy in order to keep up. They need consistency even though the days are never alike; and creativity to tackle daily adventures. Listing all of the tasks that our Pastry 1 Cooks accomplish would be lengthy but the list below is essential to know.

Our Pastry 1 Cooks are responsible for preparing breads and pastries, including preparing dough and fillings, proofing, baking and decorating as appropriate in meeting and or exceeding Guest 'expectations.

Review production sheet to understand variety of baked goods to be produced daily. Prepare and cook foods according to recipes, quality and presentation standards, and food prep checklists.

Maintain kitchen logs and manage /maintain inventory for food safety program compliance internally and with the State. Keep the management informed of excess food items that need to be utilized. Safely and appropriately use baking and measuring tools/equipment/appliances to prepare baked goods.

Follow and ensure compliance with food safety handling policies and procedures, including personal hygiene. Check to ensure correct temperatures of kitchen appliances and food, and report issues to management. Monitor the quality of food prepared and portions served throughout the shift.

Assist Chefs on managing and controlling restaurants and banquets operations and bread production.

Pastry cook 1 Demonstrates flexibility with scheduling and production demands, adapting quickly to changing priorities and operational needs to ensure our guests receives nothing but the best experience.

Pastry Cook 1 must possess comprehensive knowledge of the shift, with the ability to view operations holistically while proactively identifying and addressing departmental needs.

Sometimes our guests have special requests involving food allergies, dietary restrictions and special occasions. Most of these requests are fulfilled by our Pastry 1 Cooks.

Our hotels are truly luxury hotels. This requires preventing and correcting the imperfections and blemishes that tend to come up. Our Pastry 1 Cooks are relied upon to report these and work with several other positions to correct.

Communication is what keeps our departments running perfectly. Our Pastry 1 Cooks must communicate with other departments and extended hotel team in order to ensure the alignment remains.

The items shared are essential. However, to ensure consistency, our Pastry 1 Cooks are provided with specifics on how we care for their department and our hotel.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk, and hear. The employee frequently is required to walk and stand for up to 8 hours. Ability to bend, stoop, crouch, use hand, finger and wrist dexterity. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.