Pastry Cook

Rate of pay: $20.00 – $22.00/hour, depending on experience. Variable shifts Monday through Sunday; full-time, year-round position. Must be available to work weekends and holidays.

About the role

Properly bakes and prepares cakes, cookies, pies, custards, and plated desserts to the Sundance Standard in a timely manner and in a sanitary environment while honoring Sundance's environmental commitment.

Responsibilities

• Measures and mixes ingredients using commercial mixers to form dough, batter, cookies, pies, and fancy pastries.
• Prepares and cooks ingredients for pie fillings, custards, or other desserts.
• Mixes ingredients to make icings and decorates cakes and pastries.
• Follows recipes written by pastry chef.
• Cleans and sanitizes equipment and work station.
• Demonstrates basic understanding of breads, cake decorating, and cookies.
• Exhibits familiarity of chocolate work.
• Reads and follows basic recipes and procedures.
• Competent in basic knife skills.
• Exhibits understanding of basic salad preparation and dressing preparation.
• Reads BEOS and understands prep sheets.
• Follows directions on plating of desserts.
• Fills out prep sheets clearly and accurately.
• Starts to train on other production tasks.
• Complies with health code standards at all times.
• Maintains station throughout shift to ensure smooth execution production list.
• Follows standards for rotating and labeling food.
• Stores food at the proper temperature.
• Cleans and organizes all coolers before end of shift.
• Cleans work area prior to checking out with the Chef.
• Supports recycling program.
• Minimizes waste.
• Contributes to a positive work environment.

Requirements

• Minimum 6 months professional baking experience, or current student of culinary college or technical school.
• Knowledge of basic dessert techniques, bread baking, and dessert production.
• A desire to learn and improve pastry skills.
• Must possess or obtain a valid food handlers permit within 30 days of employment.
• Must be 18 years of age or older.

Work environment

• Regularly exposed to extreme cold and extreme heat.
• Occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, moving mechanical parts, fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, outside weather conditions, and risk of electrical shock.
• Works with extreme hot and cold due to ovens and freezers.
• Noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Physical demands

• Regularly required to stand, walk, use hands to finger, handle, or feel, reach with hands and arms, talk or hear, and taste or smell.
• Occasionally required to stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• Must regularly lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Benefits

• Employee discounts on dining and resort amenities.
• Active Season Pass.