Key Largo , Florida
Hilton Head Island, South Carolina
Jackson, Mississippi
Posted: 31-Dec-24
Location: Houston, Texas
Type: Full Time
Salary: Competitive Compensation
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Pastry Sous Chef
Are you passionate about pastry arts and eager to learn from the best? River Oaks Country Club is seeking a Pastry Sous Chef to join our exceptional culinary team. This is a unique opportunity to work alongside award-winning Olympic Chef Darrin Aoyama and to hone your craft in an environment of excellence and creativity. The Pastry Sous Chef is responsible for all pastry production for the Club dining outlets and banquet events.
Excellent benefits | World-Class Training| Beautiful location | Complementary employee meals & parking
Duties and Responsibilities
- Trains and supervises the Bake Shop team.
- Plans, prepares and/or decorates special pastry items as necessary.
- Approves the requisitioning of all products and supplies needed for the bakery.
- Ensures that high standards of sanitation and cleanliness are maintained throughout the bake shop at all times.
- Establishes controls to minimize food and supply waste and theft.
- Safeguards all bake shop employees by implementing training to increase their knowledge about safety, sanitation and accident prevention principles.
- Develops bake shop recipes and techniques for pastry production which help to assure consistent high quality; exercises portion control over bake shop items.
- Evaluates bake shop products to assure that quality standards are consistently attained.
- Schedule Bake Shop employees.
- Assist with maintaining harmony in the kitchen and relationship with front of the house at all times.
- Enter updated weekly schedules on Fridays for upcoming week.
- Manages employee time and payroll.
- Assume all responsibilities in the absence of the Pastry Chef.
Qualifications
- 4-6 years in pastry with supervisory responsibilities.
- A passion for pastry and culinary arts.
- Relevant professional experience in pastry or baking.
- Strong attention to detail and commitment to quality.
- A collaborative team player with a desire to learn and grow.
Personal Characteristics
- Comfortable to delegate both routine and important tasks to direct reports.
- Able and willing to correct and coach performance of the team.
- Enjoys working hard and seizing opportunities as they present themselves.
- A clear communicator; Able to establish clear direction for the team.
- Able to prioritize effectively and concentrate on the most critical tasks.