Lead Pastry Cook

Sqirl is looking for a full-time lead pastry cook. This is a rare position to join our exception pastry team and help the development of our dinner service pastry program.

Pastry Lead

Job Description and Responsibilities

The Lead Pastry Cook is responsible for producing pastry products, fabricating pastry stock, assisting with, and individually creating new pastries as assigned by the Pastry Chef, and leading the team through production when the Pastry Chef is out.

Please only apply if you have a) Lamination experience b) 2+ years in pastry c) looking forward to support PM pastry service.

This will include, but not limited to the following :

• Acting MOD when the Pastry Chef is out.
• Guiding pastry cook(s) through production.
• Following and upholding meal break schedules.
• Communicating with FOH manager in regards to any and all flavor updates and counts on products.
• Ensuring that product quality is consistent.
• Signing for and checking in product deliveries.
• Fulfilling any special orders, cake orders or cateringings.
• Communicate all product needs with the Pastry Chef, Chef de Cuisine and Sous Chef respectively.
• Communicate to the Pastry Chef any and all updates regarding pastry product preparation, loss of product, and EOD notes via email, phone call or text message.
• Individually, as well as assist, in the development of seasonal desserts for the restaurant, bakery, catering and holiday menus as assigned by the Pastry Chef.
• Focus on the creative development of our PM pastry program.
• Be adept at the production of basic mixtures, recipes and products through complex methods of desserts and pastry production.
• Prepare properly and consistently such items as creams, icings, mousses, sauces, fillings, doughs-including bread, batters, ice cream and sorbet with little or no supervision.
• Fabricate or assemble most cakes for special orders and production with some higher finishing work capabilities.
• Produce a wide variety of pastries, cookies,and cakes.
• Decorate with chocolate.
• Prepare all products ensuring optimal quality and visually appealing products. I.e pastries and bread production as relates to the pastry team.
• Properly store, package and handle all bakery products with regard to maintaining optimal quality.
• Mark, date and rotate all bakery products according to existing standards.
• Maintain production and cleaning schedules.
• Work with all FOH staff to help properly organize, condense and package bakery products prepared for sale.

Bread experience and / or Lamination experience is a PLUS.

We pride ourselves in experimenting so the right candidate likes to conceive of new ideas. Decorating Cakes, working with whole grains, working with an understanding of seasonality - appreciator of ice cream : ), developing NEW crave-able items - specifically for dinner service.

Please email reseume and what makes you excited in pastry and why.

Benefits include healthcare options and 401k benefits.