Banquet Pastry Cook | Spark'd Creative Pastry | HOTEL DU PONT
Banquet Pastry Cook | Spark'd Creative Pastry | HOTEL DU PONT
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Job Description
JOB OVERVIEW: The ideal candidate will share in our passion for high quality creative from-scratch pastries and is committed to furthering a service culture of exceeding our guests expectations in an inspired and detail-oriented environment. Commercial high-volume baking experience and pastry school credentials are strongly preferred.
ABOUT THE BAKE SHOP: The bake shop creates bespoke pastries breads desserts and more for Banquet and Catering functions in the HOTEL DU PONT from 5 to 500 people and beyond. Also brought to you by the creative minds in the HOTEL DU PONT bake shop Sparkd Creative Pastry Coffee opened in 2019 as Wilmingtons most delightful destination to grab your morning coffee and pastry. Located in the heart of the city it is the goal of the team members at Sparkd to create a truly unique and memorable experience. The offerings at Sparkd include pastries baked fresh daily cakes and tarts for special events and a variety of coffee drinks to give you the caffeine rush of your dreams. Our Baking & Pastry Artists work as a team to create custom breads sweets and treats for guests within the hotel and beyond. Have we Sparkd Your Sweet tooth yet
REPORTS TO: Pastry Chef
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:
- Excited to learn ready to work with a productive and passionate team willing to share your creativity!
- Daily bake-offs for retail banquet and restaurant desserts breads and other pastries ensuring product quality and consistency.
- Scaling mixing shaping baking of cakes cookies laminated doughs quickbreads Viennoiserie fillings breads etc from scratch by correctly following recipes provided.
- Filling decorating and finishing of cakes and specialty pastries.
- Production of sauces custards ice creams and garnishes by correctly following recipes provided.
- Maintenance of pars of pastries desserts and breads per requisitions sent by restaurant or coffee shop.
- Plan production schedule on a daily and weekly basis in order to maintain stock of the freezer.
- Ability to read and follow a Banquet Event Order and fulfill the menu needs detailed within.
- Contribute creatively to recipe development following a consistent high standard of flavor and aesthetic set by the Pastry Chef.
- Keep work area clean and orderly; help clean and maintain kitchen in accordance with food safety and sanitation guidelines.
- Ensure refrigerated foods and inventory are properly stored rotated and labeled according to food safety guidelines.
- Communicate with the Pastry Chef when equipment needs servicing or when ingredients supplies or smallware products need to be restocked.
- Operate maintain and properly clean stove food processor mixers dough sheeter ovens tilt kettle bread slicer tempering machines and other specialty bakery equipment.
- Ability to adhere to deadlines self-manage and adapt to change.
REQUIRED SKILLS AND ABILITIES:
Must have the ability to communicate in English. Self-starting personality with an even disposition. Maintain a professional appearance and manner at all times. Can communicate well with guests and co-workers. Must be willing to pitch-in and help co-workers with their job duties and be a team player. Ability to lift/carry weight up to 50 pounds. Ability to push/and pull wheeled carts of products weighing up to 150 pounds.
ABOUT THE FOOD DRINK GROUP
The FD Innovation Group Vision:
Curating extraordinary yet approachable food drink experiences that inspire memorable moments
The FD Innovation Group Mission:
- To develop design and deliver innovative authentic and differentiated FD experiences for the local community and travelers alike
- To foster passionate knowledgeable team members who deliver consistent thoughtful and engaging service by providing mentorship and growth opportunities
- To inspire loyalty in customers by consistently delivering on promises and exceeding expectations
- To ensure strong profitability through a commitment to excellence and a suite of solutions and best practices.
PERFORMANCE STANDARDS
Customer Satisfaction:
Our customers are what we are about. One of the keys to a positive guest experience is positive interaction with PM Hotel Group associates. It is essential that you remain professional at all times and that you treat all guests and associates with courtesy and respect under all circumstances. Every PM Hotel Group associate is a guest relations ambassador every working minute of every day.
Work Habits:
In order to maintain a positive guest and associate experience your work habits should always meet and strive to exceed hotel standards for work procedures dress grooming punctuality and attendance. You should be adaptable to change in your work area and in hotel procedures with a willingness to learn new skills and/or improve existing ones have the ability to solve routine problems that occur on the job and ask for help whenever you are not sure how to do something.
Safety & Security:
The safety and security of our guests and associates is of utmost importance to PM Hotel Group. Every PM Hotel Group associate should adhere to the hotel security policies and procedures particularly regarding key controls lifting heavy objects using chemicals and effectively reporting safety hazards and safety concerns.
NOTE:
This description excludes non-essential and marginal functions of the position that are incidental to the performance of the fundamental job duties. Furthermore the specific examples in each section are not intended to be all-inclusive. Rather they represent the typical elements and criteria considered necessary to perform the job successfully. Other job-related duties may be assigned by the associates supervisor. Furthermore this description is subject to change in the sole discretion of the Company and in no way creates an employment contract implied or otherwise; each associate remains at all times an at will associate.
Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about discussed or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge (b) in furtherance of an investigation proceeding hearing or action including an investigation conducted by the employer or (c) consistent with the contractors legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)
Employment Type
Full Time
