About This Role
Working as a Pastry Chef, you will prepare all desserts and baked goods to ensure a high-quality culinary experience for residents in a senior living community. This includes fresh bread, morning pastries, pizza, dough, cakes, and pies, all while adhering to recipes and production specifications. The role requires creativity, attention to detail, efficiency, and a customer-oriented approach to ensure residents have a memorable dining experience.
Responsibilities
- Prepare all desserts and baked goods, including fresh bread, morning pastries, pizza, dough, cakes, and pies
- Adhere to recipes and production specifications outlined by the Culinary Service Director
- Scrutinize all prepared foods to ensure proper flavor, texture, and consistency, meeting established quality standards
- Ensure proper presentation, food quality, portion control, and serving temperatures
- Maintain sanitation, safety, and orderliness of all equipment, supplies, and utensils within the work area
- Display pastries and breads in a visually appealing manner in the café and other assigned areas
- Handle food items appropriately and with all safety regulations in mind during preparation and service
- Interact with residents and resolve residents’ complaints in a friendly and customer-service oriented manner
- Relay relevant concerns from residents directly to supervisors
- Review and be familiar with residents’ dining restrictions
- Calmly, efficiently, and accurately maintain production and service at peak hours
- Assist with the completion of production records, including waste tracking, used and unused portions, and product shortages
- Inform supervisors when supplies are low
- Assist with all other duties as assigned by the Culinary Service Director
Requirements
- Regular attendance, defined as being on time and present to all scheduled shifts, for the entire shift
- Value the importance of timeliness, punctuality, and dependability
- Willingness to lend a helping hand to co-workers, direct reports, and supervisors
- Customer-focused: dedicated to meeting and exceeding the needs of the customer by establishing and maintaining effective relationships, as well as gaining trust and respect of customers
- Strong communication skills: clearly and accurately provides pertinent information to individuals in verbal and/or written form, able to accurately convey information in a way that engages the audience and helps them understand and retain the message
- Patience: works hard to understand people and process before making judgments and acting
About the Company
Waltonwood provides nourishing and delicious meals served in a warm and inviting environment within its senior living communities. The culinary department operates with the knowledge that meals and food activities are a crucial part of every resident’s day, prioritizing a memorable dining experience.
