Pastry Cook

The Otesaga Resort Hotel • Cooperstown, NY • 1d ago

Job Summary

Produce high quality pastry and bread products as well as other items related to baked goods from scratch.

Attention to detail is of utmost importance in this role.

Essential Job Functions

To successfully perform this job, an individual must perform each essential duty listed below. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this job.

· Responsible for upkeep of accurate and up to date menus and recipes.

· Comply with all health, safety, and hygiene standards and policies.

· Perform baking responsibilities in a safe and quality manner while following systems in place.

· Perform all steps in the baking process including but not limited to; set-up, measuring, scaling, mixing, proofing, finishing, baking, clean up.

· Maintain a safe and sanitary work environment.

· Ensure proper handling and labeling of food products in accordance with State Health Code guidelines.

· Responsible for recipe creation and development of pastries and other baked goods as well as following pre-established recipes and guidelines.

· Establish and maintain a positive, professional relationship with co-workers and management through effective, accurate, timely and reliable communication and action.

· Perform any other job-related duties as assigned.

Education: High school diploma or general education degree (GED)

o Culinary degree in baking and pastry preferred.

Required Experience:

The person in this position needs to:

· Ability to read and communicate in the English language.

· Ability to read, understand and utilize recipes that are developed for scratch baking.

· Ability to prepare, test and taste pastry products for quality and consistency.

· Reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities

· Ability to work nights, weekends & holidays as required

· A passion and love of food must be evident and innovative; 'out-of-the-box' thinking are essential.

· Excellent organizations and time management skills

· Set a positive tone and strong work ethic, leading by example.

· Knowledge of various dietary restrictions

· Possess basic math skills and ability to scale recipes up and down in volume.

· Maintain professional presentation (must adhere to company and department dress code)

· Ability to clearly communicate both verbally and in writing

Physical Requirements:

These physical requirements for this position may be accomplished with or without reasonable accommodations.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, and/or move for extended periods of time (approximately 8 to 10 hours), twist at the neck and trunk, bend at the waist and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee is frequently required to reach with hands and arms, reach overhead, above shoulders and horizontally. Employees will frequently use hands to handle objects and tools and operate service equipment. The employee must regularly lift and/or move/push/pull up to 50 pounds. The employee will also frequently ascend and descend stairs when moving between the dining rooms and the storage areas. Vision abilities required by this job include close vision and color vision. Employees may use vision to monitor beverage and food quality and quantity.

Work Conditions: The position will be required to work evening, weekend, and holiday hours. While performing the duties of this job, the employee generally works in an indoor and outdoor front of restaurant and kitchen environment with exposure to heat from ovens, hot foods and steamers and cleaning chemicals, fumes, equipment, and metal objects. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate but may be loud dependent on specific work site and/or equipment operation. The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

This job description should not be interpreted as all-inclusive; it is intended to identify major responsibilities and requirements of the job. The employee in this position may be requested to perform other job-related tasks and responsibilities than those stated above.

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