About This Role
This Pastry Chef role involves leading dessert production, menu development, and pastry innovation for Amazing Brands. It suits a creative and experienced chef who thrives in a fast-paced environment, values quality and consistency, and enjoys bringing fresh ideas to the table.
Responsibilities
- Prepare bakery favorites from scratch, including cookies, muffins, babka, hamantaschen, danishes, brownies, bars, crumb cake, loaf-style pastries, and other signature sweets
- Execute recipes consistently with close attention to flavor, texture, portioning, and presentation
- Mix, shape, bake, finish, and properly store pastry and bakery items according to company recipes and standards
- Plan daily production based on business levels, pars, special orders, catering needs, and upcoming events
- Lead, train, and support bakery team members while maintaining a productive, organized, and positive kitchen
- Monitor product quality throughout production and help reduce waste through accurate prep, rotation, and inventory practices
- Maintain a clean, safe, and sanitary bakery while following food-safety, labeling, storage, and sanitation standards
- Partner with culinary and restaurant leadership on seasonal features, special orders, catering, and bakery needs
Requirements
- 3-5 years of professional pastry, bakery, or scratch-baking experience in a high-volume kitchen or bakery
- Strong working knowledge of pastry and baking techniques, production planning, recipe execution, and proper food handling
- Experience leading, training, and developing bakery or culinary team members
- A strong eye for consistency, quality, and presentation, with the ability to perform under tight production deadlines
- Ability to follow established recipes and standards while identifying opportunities to improve execution and efficiency
- Experience with inventory, ordering, product rotation, waste control, and maintaining appropriate production pars
- Southern Nevada Health District Food Handler’s Card (or the ability to get one)
- Legal eligibility to work in the U.S. under State and Federal guidelines
- Ability to stand for extended periods while working in a fast-paced bakery and kitchen environment
- Ability to lift and carry up to 50 lbs of dough, ingredients, or equipment
- Ability to bend, reach, lift, and move safely throughout the bakery and production areas
- Ability to work efficiently around ovens, mixers, racks, hot surfaces, and other commercial bakery equipment
Important Details
- Schedule: early mornings, weekends, and holidays based on bakery production and business needs
- Other conditions: stick to uniform and hygiene policies
