Sous Chef - Pastry

SUMMARY: 

Responsible all preparation of required baked goods, desserts, and confections are prepared in accordance with property specifications and standards and for providing supervision to all pastry employees.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following:

• Provide supervision to the pastry shop operations.
• Administers production schedules and determines the workflow for all pastry shop production employees.
• Ensures all specs in all recipes and food apportionment are met.
• Maintains excellent kitchen hygiene conditions at all times.
• Assists with recommendations on hiring, terminating, suspending and counseling to the Executive Pastry Chef or Director of Culinary Operations.
• Has knowledge of all state health department regulations and ensures all conditions and standards are met. 
• Monitors sanitation practices to ensure that employees follow standards and
• Inspects supplies, equipment, and work areas to ensure conformance to established standards
• regulations.
• Estimates amounts and costs of required supplies, such as food and ingredients.
• Coordinates and assists in the preparation, portioning and garnishment of all baked goods, desserts, and confections.
• Orders or requisitions food and other supplies needed to ensure efficient operation.
• Ensures smooth and efficient operations on a continual basis.
• Assists in providing all pastry shop employees with proper training and coaching as needed in accordance with policy and procedures.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by individuals assigned to this position.  They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities, and skills required of personnel so classified.

Promotes the following within the department and among all employees:

• Creates an atmosphere of fun for all casino guests.
• Encourages mutual respect, dignity and integrity with all employees, by setting positive examples at all times.
• Instills an atmosphere that encourages employees to share ideas, discuss concerns and resolve conflicts.
• Retains employees through involvement in training and development.
• Explains why we do things, in advance of doing them.

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.  The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE:

High school diploma or G.E.D. preferred and two to four years baking experience.  Prefer ACF apprenticeship or accredited culinary program. 

SPECIAL QUALIFICATIONS:

Appropriate licenses, as required. ServSafe® certification, or ability to become certified, required.  Knowledge of HACCP standards required.  Strong attention to detail skills required.

This position requires a Level 4 Gaming License.

LANGUAGE SKILLS:

Ability to read, analyze, and interpret documents, such as policy and procedure manuals, maintenance instructions, and other related documents.  Ability to respond to inquiries from employees or guests.   Ability to communicate effectively in one-on-one and small group situations.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS:

Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.   

REASONING ABILITY:

Ability to apply common sense reasoning to variety of situations.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls, reach with hands and arms, and talk or hear.

The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works near moving mechanical parts.

The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.  A casino environment is typically smoky.