What are the responsibilities and job description for the Pastry Cook position at Puff 'N Stuff Catering?
Are you a dynamic leader with a passion for food, customer service, and operational excellence. Do you thrive in a fast-paced environment where creativity and trust are at the heart of everything you do. If so, we want you to join our team as a Pastry Cook at Puff ‘n Stuff, a premier catering company dedicated to delivering exceptional experiences.
At Puff ‘n Stuff, we don’t just cater events—we create memorable experiences. Our team is driven by four core values:
• Passion: We love what we do and take pride in delivering exceptional food and service.
• Customer Focus: We go above and beyond to exceed client expectations.
• Trust: We build lasting relationships with clients, partners, and team members through integrity and reliability.
• Creativity: We embrace innovation to craft unique culinary and event experiences.
Puff 'n Stuff Catering is looking for talented bread bakers and part time pastry cooks to join our onsite kitchen team preparing baked goods for events of all sizes and working with us to "passionately perfect life's celebrations".
Basics
- Prepare, bake, and decorate various food items in substantial volume
- Use scales, large mixers, and commercial ovens to make cakes, cookies, breads, etc.
- Ability to bake goods according to finishing requirements.
- Inspect the quality of the ingredients, measure, and scale them for specific recipes.
- Organize incoming supplies in the appropriate places.
- Store, organize, label, and rotate all products as necessary.
- Clean equipment and utensils and maintain the kitchen in clean and good order.
Qualifications
- 2 years experience in a working pastry department or bakery
- Comfortable working in a large and fast-paced kitchen
- Proven verbal, organizational and interpersonal communication skills.
- Must be able to stand for long periods of time, work in a cooler and freezer, and regularly lift push, pull, or carry up to 50 pounds.
- Facility operates primarily from 7am to 4 pm – Monday-Saturday based on scale and complexity of events.