.Exhibits creative baking and decorating talents by personally performing tasks while leading the staff in preparing quality and consistent pastries for all areas. Works to continually improve guest and employee satisfaction while maintaining the operating budget. Leads development and training of team to improve results while maintaining standards. Must ensure sanitation and food standards are achieved.CANDIDATE PROFILEEducation and ExperienceHigh school diploma or GED; 4 years experience in the culinary, food and beverage, or related professional area.OR2-year degree from an accredited university in Culinary Arts, Hotel and Restaurant Management, or related major; 2 years experience in the culinary, food and beverage, or related professional area.CORE WORK ACTIVITIESLeading Pastry Culinary TeamUtilizes interpersonal and communication skills to lead, influence, and encourage others; advocates sound financial/business decision making; demonstrates honesty/integrity; leads by example.Supervises and manages employees. Manages all day-to-day operations. Understands employee positions well enough to perform duties in employees' absence.Encourages and builds mutual trust, respect, and cooperation among team members.Serves as a role model to demonstrate appropriate behaviors.Ensures and maintains the productivity level of employees.Ensures employees understand expectations and parameters.Establishes and maintains open, collaborative relationships with employees and ensures employees do the same within the team.Solicits employee feedback, utilizes an "open door" policy and reviews employee satisfaction results to identify and address employee problems or concerns.Leads shifts while personally preparing food items and executing requests based on required specifications.Supervises and coordinates activities of cooks and workers engaged in food preparation.Ensuring Culinary Standards and Responsibilities are MetDevelops, designs, or creates new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions.Recognizes superior quality products, presentations and flavor.Maintains food preparation handling and correct storage standards.Maintains purchasing, receiving and food storage standards.Supports procedures for food & beverage portion and waste controls.Follows proper handling and right temperature of all food products.Supervises pastry preparation shift operations and ensures compliance with all Food & Beverage policies, standards and procedures.Ensures compliance with all applicable laws and regulations.Prepares and cooks foods of all types, either on a regular basis or for special guests or functions.Checks the quality of raw and cooked food products to ensure that standards are met.Assists in determining how food should be presented and creates decorative food displays.Ensuring Exceptional Customer ServiceProvides services that are above and beyond for customer satisfaction and retention