Pastry Chef

Position – Pastry Chef

Specific Duties and Responsibilities

• Continually liaise with bakery Front-house staff to meet guests’ requests.     
• Check the quality of raw materials to ensure that standards and specifications are met.
• Ensuring all baked goods are completed on time for opening.
• Weigh flour and other ingredients to prepare dough, cake and pastry batter, fillings, or icings.
• Operate cooking, baking, or other food preparation equipment.
• Set oven temperatures and place items into hot ovens for baking.
• Prepare and bake different types of pastries, cakes, and desserts as per the requirement.
• Decorate baked goods, such as cakes or pastries.
• Estimate baking requirements and estimate food costs.
• Help the bakery Supervisor/Manager for inventory estimation and purchase.
• Control wastage and try to keep the food and baking cost low.
• Co-ordinate with other pastry chefs, bakers, and kitchen helpers.
• May need to open and/or close the bakery time to time.
• Ensure that hygiene and kitchen safety procedures are followed.
• Make everything ready before the actual baking starts.
• Ensure cleanliness of the workplace all the time.
• May need to train new or existing baking personnel and/or kitchen staffs about the items and baking procedures.

Experience/Qualifications

• Completion of a college/trade school diploma or degree
• 3+ years of relevant work experience
• Food safety certificate

Other Requirements

• Flexibility to work overtime as required from time to time
• Knowledge of English is essential

Location of work

2678 Lancaster Rd, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

Salary

$36.00 per hour.

Job Type:

Full-time permanent.

How to apply:

Please email resume at: hannabakeryjobs@gmail.com

No phone call please. Due to higher volume, only qualified candidates will be contacted.