**Mina Group**

**Pastry Cook**

**Mother Tongue Los Angeles - Los Angeles, CA - Part Time to Full Time**

**JOB TITLE:** PASTRY COOK Operates the pastry kitchen on a daily basis with professionalism, respect, efficiency, knowledge and awareness. Responsible for overseeing all prep production for dessert stations and service. Responsible for leading basic preparation procedures. Oversee all mis-en-place, requiring pastry skills and technique. Ensure consistent excellence in work product. Lead pastry team in time management, task accomplishment with regards to daily prep list. Continuous interaction with pastry staff. Responsible for overseeing station, workplace cleanliness, sanitation and safety. Understand the philosophy of Mother Tongue, RSG Group, and Mina Group and adheres to all restaurant policies. Mentors junior staff members. Uphold restaurant standards for quality and cleanliness. Act with integrity, honesty and knowledge that promote the culture, values and mission of Mother Tongue. *

* Ensure that all guests feel welcome and are given responsive, professional, gracious service at all times.

* Performs all aspects of position with efficiency, respect, friendliness, professionalism, teamwork, knowledge, patience, awareness, compassion, courtesy and initiative.

* Understand philosophy of management and owner. Displays consistent attention to detail and follow through of all restaurant policies.

* Represents the restaurant professionally through effective communication, cooperation and relationships with the all business partners.

* Collaborates with team to create a culture and restaurant work environment based upon respect; fosters opportunities for team to learn, grow and develop their abilities.

* Understand completely all programs, procedures, standards, specifications, guidelines and training programs.

* Most work tasks are performed indoors. Temperature generally is moderate and controlled by restaurant environmental systems; however, must be able to work in extreme temperatures like freezers (-10F) and kitchens ( 110F), possibly for one hour or more.

* Must be able to stand for at least 8 hours per day. Must be able to sit at a desk for the remaining portion of the shift. Length of time of these tasks may vary from day to day and task to task.

* Must be able to exert well-paced ability in limited space and to reach other locations of the building in a timely basis.

* Must be able to lift up to 30 lbs. on a regular and continuing basis.

* Must be able to push and pull carts and equipment weighing up to 250 lbs. occasionally.

* Must be able to bend, stoop, squat and stretch to fulfill cleaning tasks occasionally.

* Requires grasping, writing, standing, sitting, walking, repetitive motions, bending, climbing, listening and hearing ability and visual acuity.

* Talking and hearing occur continuously in the process of communicating with guests, supervisors and subordinates.

* Vision occurs continuously with the most common visual functions being those of near and color vision and depth perception.

* Requires manual dexterity to use and operate all necessary equipment.

* Must have finger dexterity to be able to operate office equipment such as computers, printers, 10-key adding machine, electric typewriter, multi-line touch tone phone, filing cabinets, FAX machines, photocopiers, dolly and other office equipment as needed.