Pastry Sous Chef
Buzz Bakeshop
Alexandria, VA, US
$50K-$55K a year
Full-time
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