Pastry Sous Chef

Buzz Bakeshop
Alexandria, VA, US
$50K-$55K a year
Full-time
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Buzz Bakeshop in Alexandria is looking for an experienced pastry sous chef!

This position includes, but is not limited to the following responsibilities :

Pastry and Confection Production Skill Set :

  • Cake decorating including tiered cakes
  • Mousses, buttercreams, glazes
  • Cookie production, quick breads, biscuits
  • Pie and cheesecake production
  • Basic displayed desserts such as tarts, pastry creams, various bars, curds, meringue

Physical Plant Management :

  • Manage daily kitchen activities, ie : inventory, cost control, labor management, production
  • Ensure that the kitchen operates in a timely way that meets our quality standards
  • Enforce kitchen rules and standards
  • Ordering of ingredients and ensuring they arrive to standard and stored properly with the help of the team.

Employee Management :

  • Personal and team time management
  • Ability to organize and prioritize self and staff
  • Train kitchen staff
  • Maintain a positive and professional approach with coworkers and customers
  • Maintain proper food and health sanitation
  • Ensure orders and production are being produced to standards

Financial Management :

  • Familiar with MarginEdge (Invoicing Software for ingredient pricing)
  • HotSchedules- Inputting schedules
  • Manage BlueCart and printing of Wholesale Invoices / Updating Invoices
  • Costing / Menu Development
  • COGs Management
  • Assist in inventory as well as entering inventory
  • Attend weekly manager meetings

Personal Management :

  • Update production as new orders come in
  • Organize and manage production / cupcake production
  • Ensure orders are in production and completed on time
  • Proficiency with all aspects of production
  • Ability to cover all shifts at any time.
  • Work weekends
  • Ability to be flexible and help where it is needed
  • Strong problem solving skills
  • Oversee the activities of pastry staff and production while Pastry Chef is away
  • Positive and can-do attitude
  • Effective communication with Pastry Chef and Coworkers
  • Ability to help with special events

We are looking for the following characteristics in our next teammate!

  • Reliable
  • Ability to follow instructions
  • Exceptional time management
  • Detail oriented
  • Basic understanding cake decorating and mixing methods
  • Basic ability to follow time and temperature guidelines
  • Ability to work by yourself and with a team
  • Available on weekends and holidays

If you feel like you are the right candidate for this position, please send us your resume with a little note about why you think you would be a great fit for the Buzz Team!

Job Type : Full-time

Pay : $50,000.00 - $55,000.00 per year

30+ days ago
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