Cook Pastry, Banquet

Position Overview

The Banquet Cook, Pastry assists all chefs from the banquets department and supporting venues and outlets across the resort. This role involves preparing a variety of baked goods and pastries, decorating and presenting them, and ensuring food quality and cleanliness.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Prepare a variety of baked goods
• Follow and execute all plate and food items according to company specifications
• Decorate and present pastries and baked goods in a tasteful and beautiful way
• Keep the Executive Pastry Chef and Executive Pastry Sous Chef informed of all pertinent information and any irregularities
• Ensure food quality according to department standards and maintain cleanliness and sanitation of work areas and equipment in accordance with Health Department standards

Qualification Requirements

• At least 18 years of age
• 2 years’ experience in a high volume/high quality pastry production kitchen, familiar with classic and modern techniques (preferred)
• Some knowledge in artistic sugar and chocolate making, creative and passionate
• Culinary/pastry training degree is preferred, but not required
• Absolutely willing and able to work a flexible schedule including nights, weekends, holidays, and evenings
• Willing and able to work in a creative, fast-paced, and somewhat stressful environment

Diversity Commitment

Fontainebleau Las Vegas is committed to ensuring an inclusive space and sense of belonging for our Members. We believe our workforce should reflect the vast diversity of the communities we serve, and that diverse voices should be intentionally integrated into our work. We foster a culture of difference and diversity of identity, experience, and perspective, while actively striving for inclusive behaviors across our Company.

Reasoning Abilities

• Apply commonsense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form
• Deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations

Physical Demands

• Regularly stand and use hands and fingers to handle or utilize objects, tools, or controls
• Frequently reach with hands and arms
• Talk or hear
• Regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds
• Push, pull, reach, bend, twist, stoop, stack, crouch, kneel, and balance when performing job duties in varying work areas such as confined spaces

Work Environment

• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate
• Member could be exposed to an environment containing unrestricted secondhand tobacco smoke

PAY TRANSPARENCY

Salary will be commensurate with experience and skill set, considering a candidate's qualifications, skills, competencies, and experience, as well as internal equity and market data alignment. In alignment with our Company culture, we will strive to communicate openly about the goals of the Company and the design of the compensation program. The compensation process is designed to be fair and simple so that all Members and managers understand the Company's goals and future career development opportunities for upward mobility.

Pay

$29.01 per hour