Looking for a pastry chef to join our team!
Bite Catering Couture is seeking a part-time pastry chef who loves variety, beautiful presentation and catering events!
It’s a role that will cross-over to savory, beverages, and events. If your sole focus/interest is pastry, and you are not flexible, then this is likely not the right role for you.
Expect a part-time role in a company that is organized, focused on a high quality product/ service, creates a lot of custom/ themed items, invests in a well-equipped kitchen with natural light, and is focused on continuous improvement.
It’s a mix of:
- batch production runs for dessert assortments (bars, cups, cookies, tarts etc)
- event specific production (branded, plated desserts, action stations)
- R&D to help us scale and grow for catering needs from deliveries to action stations and better utilize our equipment (e.g., pacojet, combi, blast chiller, tempering machine, anti-griddle)
- Bar product prep (mixers, fresh juices, garnishes, syrups, etc)
Success in this role generally looks like:
- Fantastic attitude and strong work ethic
- Solid Pastry Experience
- Math Skills
- Attention to detail - tuned aesthetic sense
- A sense of urgency (Works clean, moved efficiently - clean as you go)
- Ability to multitask
- Ability to give and take instruction/ feedback without ego
- Excellent food delivered on time and to specification
- Previous experience in catering, banquet, or fine dining kitchen
- "athlete" able to utilize many different skills and techniques
- Excited about working events and putting on a show in front of customers!
- A flexible schedule, especially during the holidays
Why work at Bite
We offer a great work environment centered in our Culver City-adjacent kitchen (with natural light!). We're a woman and (pastry) chef-run company with a focus on high quality productive work (without babysitting) with great colleagues.
We keep a collegial, respectful and organized kitchen.
What we're about:
Our tagline is “Designed Thoughtfully. Crafted Lovingly. Presented Beautifully.” Our events reflect this across a range of different service levels.
Requirements
- Deep understanding of pastry technique and ability to play with alternatives
- Must be able to lift 50 lbs
- Be able to work independently with large batches while managing multiple projects
- Fluent in English
- Able to use Microsoft Excel and kitchen software/ applications
- Solid math skills
- Proven experience in leveraging recipes to create consistently high quality product and/ or enable scaled production
Preferred Education/ Experience
- Culinary Degree from a notable institution with a proven record of high achievement (preferred but not required)
- Experience in high end catering operations and/or fine dining, banquets, or other demanding culinary environments
- Demonstrated experience making lasting changes in places - you've left each company better and stronger than you found it
- You are solution-oriented
Compensation
Prep: Starting at $23 per hour
Opportunity to work deliveries and events starting at $25 per hour plus event bonus starting at $50/event or delivery.
Days, Hours & Flexibility
A commitment of 16-24 hours per week with the ability to commit to Fridays and additional hours Tuesdays - Thursdays. Schedule can be flexible - AM or afternoons - once trained and working independently, evening shifts are also fine. Days can be split into shorter shifts (i.e. 4-6 hour shifts instead of 8 hours id that is preferable). Come the holiday season, expect an increase in hours with the option to flex up to full time in the last quarter.
You also have the option to work additional shifts if you are available as well as events.
Job Type: Part-time
Pay: From $23.00 per hour
Expected hours: 16.0 – 24.0 per week
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Flexible schedule
- Food provided
Compensation Package:
Schedule:
- 10 hour shift
- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
- Evening shift
- Morning shift
- Night shift
Application Question(s):
- (Answer required) What did you see in the job description that appealed to you?
- (Answer Required) Please describe your pastry experience.
- (Answer Required) Will you be able to reliably commute or relocate to Los Angeles, CA 90034 / Culver City for this job?
- (Answer Required) Are you interested in working events and able to commute to events? (Includes Long Beach)
- (Answer Required) How many years of professional pastry kitchen experience do you have? Describe any catering experience (please explain if not on resume)
- (Answer Required) This is a part-time position - does that work for you? Why?
- (Answer Required) What's you're favorite cookie or bar?
Experience:
- pastry: 3 years (Required)
Ability to Relocate:
- Los Angeles, CA 90034: Relocate before starting work (Required)
Work Location: In person
