Pastry Chef - Toronto, Canada - Gerhard's Cafe

Description

We are Gerhard's Café looking for a pastry chef with passion for desserts who is energetic, motivated, responsible, team player, creative with ability to pay attention to details.

Willing to learn and grow and be able to work in fast pace environment.


Key Attributes and Skills:

The ability to create with locally sourced ingredients and adaptability to seasonal change

Able to inspire teams by sharing refined techniques, with the desire to mentor and teach others

Consistently managing performance of chefs and providing areas of growth and opportunity

Encourages others to create and share ideas / recipes

Demonstrates personal integrity, strong work ethics and takes every opportunity for continuous learning

Ensures ordering, inventory and receiving practises are maintained

Practises proper health and safety procedures and maintains a clean working environment

Ensures all relevant reporting and menu development responsibilities are met

Bake breads, pastries and tarts

Glaze and decorate cakes, tarts and entremets

Prepare fillings, creams and dough

Temper chocolate and create chocolate decorations

Keep track of inventory and reorder accordingly

Maintain cleanliness of the pastry kitchen


The following is considered mandatory for this position:

Drive and passion - Passion for food, take personal pride in Pastry profession and strive to exceed expectations for excellence.

Technical competency - Demonstrated European pastry competence, professional knowledge of cooking techniques, ingredients, procedures and presentation.

Communication - 100% fluency in verbal and written English.

Decision making - Able to prioritize, making prompt and reasonable decisions.

Problem solving - Adept at juggling multiple needs, calmly, respectfully, creatively and successfully resolve problems, as required.

Safety Focus - Demonstrate safe work practices.

Physical Requirements - Constant lifting, pushing and pulling as well as excessive walking, standing, reaching and bending.


Other Requirements:

Minimum 5 years of professional pastry experience in European/Austrian/German style cakes and chocolate

Must have knowledge in preparing a wide variety of cakes, pastries, tarts, cookies and chocolate decor.

Knowledge in filling and masking cakes, piping, glazing and decorate cakes and pastries.

Be able to follow recipes, scale and follow instructions.

Must maintain work area organized and clean.

Must be available on weekends and holidays

Ability to work early morning shifts

Must be able to multitask, remain cool and keep up in a fast-paced environment.

Ability to stand for extended periods of time

Able to bend and lift up to 30lbs


Job Types:
Full-time, Part-time


Salary:
From $20.00 per hour


Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Every Weekend
• Holidays
• Weekend availability

Experience:

• European/German/Austrian pastry: 5 years (preferred)

Work Location:
In person