Assistant Pastry Chef || Afternoon - Evening
JOB DESCRIPTION
The Market Pavilion Hotel and Grill 225 is currently seeking a skilled and detail-oriented Pastry Assistant to join our dynamic team. In this role, you will contribute to our hotel, restaurant, and retail café operations by crafting an array of pastries, artisan breads, cakes, pies, and desserts. All our creations are meticulously hand-crafted using only the finest ingredients, guided by our Executive Chef's expertise.
POSITION DETAILS
Ideal candidates will have working experience as a Pastry Chef, Pastry Assistant, or in a baking position in a hotel, restaurant, or retail baking environment. Applicants must have a stable work background, demonstrating the ability to maintain a pastry/baking position with a previous employer for at least 1 full year. Recipients of this position will possess good food knowledge, must be detail-oriented, and motivated. The Evening Pastry Chef Assistant will be responsible for preparing the pastry department for Grill 225 dinner service and will actively be involved in plating desserts to order in our fast-paced environment. Additionally, the Evening pastry assistant will work closely with the Executive Chef to produce breads, desserts, and cakes for the Market Pavilion Hotel, Grill 225, Pavilion Bar, and our retail store Café Pavilion.
RESUMES
To set yourself apart, drop off your resume in person at the Market Pavilion Hotel Guest Services desk Monday - Saturday from 1 pm - 4 pm. Please add a date and time stamp in the upper right-hand corner of your resume.
POSITION DETAILS
Ideal candidates will have prior experience in baking within a hotel, restaurant, or retail baking environment. A stable work background, demonstrating at least 1 year of continuous employment in a baking position, is essential. Successful applicants will possess a strong understanding of food, attention to detail, and motivation.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OVERVIEW
- Plating a wide array of house made desserts to order and ensuring attractive presentation and creativity in our restaurant Grill 225.
- Production baking of artisan breads, pastries, croissants, donuts, cookies, pies, and cakes.
- Glazing and preparing fillings for cakes, pies, and pastries.
- Scaling recipes and ingredients.
- Understanding various types of doughs, yeasts, and fermentation.
- Utilizing baking ovens, steam injection, and techniques for desired crusts and
consistencies.
- Following recipe guidelines, including mixing ingredients and forming pastries and breads.
- Building recipes according to company standards.
- Practicing safe food handling procedures in accordance with S.C. DEHC regulations.
- Potential cross-training for food and beverage counter sales.
QUALIFICATIONS
- Pastry experience
- Baking skills
- Restaurant or hotel experience
- Food preparation expertise
- Customer service abilities
- Knowledge of food handling and safety practices
- Culinary background
- Cake decorating proficiency
- Packaging experience
- Familiarity with food production processes
PHYSICAL JOB REQUIREMENTS
Candidates must be able to perform the following essential physical job functions daily:
- Stand or move continuously for 8 hours.
- Climb, balance, bend, stoop, and kneel frequently.
- Crouch, push, pull, squat, and work above the shoulders.
- Use both hands for shaping and kneading doughs, with continuous firm grasping.
- Comfortably use a cutting knife to slice breads and baguette rolls.
- Carry up to 40-50 pounds continuously and occasionally lift up to 40-50 pounds between the floor and waist.
- Push and pull various items weighing 40-50 pounds over distances up to 150 feet.
- Tolerate required protective equipment such as gloves and safety glasses continuously.
OTHER QUALIFICATIONS AND OPERATIONAL SKILLS
- Professionalism and dignity.
- Guest services driven, detail-oriented, warm, and amiable.
- Strong adherence to operational structure and detail.
- Aptitude and willingness to efficiently utilize operational software.
- Personal commitment to continuous improvement for operational efficiencies and company growth.
SCHEDULE FLEXIBILITY
Afternoon and Evening Schedule Flexibility:
The ideal candidate will have good schedule flexibility, with a willingness to work weekdays, weekends, and occasional holidays. Hours vary from afternoon to evening, typically from 2 pm to 11 pm. Full-time applicants with wide-ranging schedule flexibility will be given first consideration for this position. The individual must be available to work occasional major holidays such as Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day. This position typically requires an average workweek of 32-40+ hours, with overtime hours possible based on business demands.
COMPENSATION
- Competitive hourly compensation.
- Health insurance.
- Daily shift meals.
- Paid vacation.
- On-site parking.
- Development and growth opportunities.
BENEFITS
Meals are provided at no charge to the recipient with this position.
401(k)
Health Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Disability Insurance
Term Life Insurance
Paid Vacation
Development and Growth Opportunities
PRE-EMPLOYMENT DRUG SCREENING PROCESS
Pre-employment drug testing is a definite reality in our company and is a mandatory requirement for all eligible candidates. Contingent upon the candidate's ability to advance beyond the interviewing and background screening process, eligible employees will then be instructed to report to our company's designated drug testing facility in person. An eligible candidate who successfully passes the drug screening test at our approved testing facility will then be provided a Passing Certificate of Documentation. This Passing Certificate of Documentation on record will be required before the candidate is potentially offered a final position within our company. Applicants are encouraged to be aware of their ability to successfully pass our pre-employment drug screening test before investing any aspect of their valuable personal time with respect to our company's comprehensive application process.
RESUMES
To set yourself apart from other candidates, we encourage and happily accept resume drop offs via in-Person delivery at the Market Pavilion Hotel Guest Services desk Monday - Saturday from 1pm-4pm. If you are dropping off your resume in person, then please add a date and time stamp in the upper right-hand corner of your resume.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $20.00 - $23.00 per hour
Expected hours: 32 – 40 per week
Benefits:
- Dental insurance
- Disability insurance
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Compensation Package:
- Hourly pay
- Quarterly bonus
Schedule:
Education:
Experience:
- Culinary Experience: 1 year (Required)
Language:
Shift availability:
- Night Shift (Required)
- Day Shift (Preferred)
Work Location: In person
