Pastry Chef

Job description

Key tasks

• Produces high-quality desserts, puddings, icings, fancy pastries and creates new designs & recipes to prepare confections.
• Assigns specific baking tasks and directs workers in task performance.
• Measures and mixes ingredients, such as flour, flavoring, and fruit, to form concoctions.
• Kneads dough into desired shape and places dough in oven.
• Turns oven controls to regulate temperatures and to set time cycle for baking products.
• Decorates products with icing designs, using spatula and cream bag.
• Inspects pastry shop, baking equipment and workers for cleanliness.
• He/she will have to prepare their own inventory list for their station.
• He/she should have the ability, knowledge and skill to fill in for another chef when he or she is absent from another station. Thus, basic overall knowledge is required.
• Has to make sure that standard recipes and plating guides are followed at all times in her/his outlet