1st Cook - Pastry

Job Description

Do you love to cook? Are you passionate about food? As a Cook on our team, you’ll help bring recipes to life while being able to flex your creativity! Surrounded by fresh ingredients and the best equipment, you’ll be immersed in a world that goes beyond food preparation – experimenting with different cuisines, flavors, and cooking styles. At Aramark, we care about your health, so we have production guidelines and safety procedures in place to help you do what you love. Get ready to reach new heights, ignite your passion, and pursue what matters by cooking with us!

About Aramark

Our Mission

Rooted in service and united by our purpose, we strive to do great things for each other, our partners, our communities, and our planet.

At Aramark, we believe that every employee should enjoy equal employment opportunity and be free to participate in all aspects of the company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, gender, pregnancy, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, military status, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by applicable law.

About Aramark

The people of Aramark proudly serve millions of guests every day through food and facilities in 15 countries around the world. Rooted in service and united by our purpose, we strive to do great things for each other, our partners, our communities, and our planet. We believe a career should develop your talents, fuel your passions, and empower your professional growth. So, no matter what you're pursuing - a new challenge, a sense of belonging, or just a great place to work - our focus is helping you reach your full potential. Learn more about working here at or connect with us on  Facebook ,  Instagram and  Twitter .

Job Responsibilities

Reporting to the Executive Chef, Executive Sous-Chef, Pastry Chef, Sous-Chefs and Chef de Partie, responsibilities and essential job functions include but are not limited to the following:

• Oversee and support Prep cooks in synchronizing food preparation tasks within the Pastry
• Read and follow recipes – prepare, cook and bake.
• Ensure there is sufficiently prepared food quantities to ensure the banquets run as smoothly and efficiently as possible
• Support the Pastry Chef de Partie in their planning role, support the culinary team in the absence of Chef de Partie
• Prepare and plate final food products ensuring an attractive presentation is achieved
• Ensure all food orders are completed in an efficient manner
• Maintain a strong working knowledge of culinary trends and use them where appropriate
• Participate in menu elaboration
• Ensure proper handling of all food products and equipment is maintained, to ensure food safety and kitchen standards are adhered to at all times
• Ensure cleanliness and high sanitation standards are maintained at all times
• Organize and maintain stock rooms and walk-in refrigerators
• At the end of the shift return all food items to designated storage areas - cover and date all perishable items
• Train Prep Cooks on all aspects of the role, helping to enhance their cooking skills
• Understand and ensure HACCP guidelines are strictly followed.

Qualifications & Essential Functions

• Experience as a cook or in a related role required
• Validated knowledge of the basic principles of food preparation, various cooking methods, and food safety regulations such as accurate food handling, sanitation, and storage
• Must be able to acquire food safety certification
• Demonstrate basic math and counting skills
• Demonstrates interpersonal communication skills, both written and verbal Ability to frequently move about a large facility, which could span several hundred thousand feet, to perform work responsibilities, and inspections
• Ability to constantly handle, lift, and operate kitchen equipment
• Ability to constantly discern food quality and palatability
• Ability to constantly identify and rectify hazardous situations in the workplace 
• Ability to constantly communicate, verbally and in writing, with clients, component management, ARAMARK staff, and vendors
• Ability to occasionally operate office machinery
• Ability to frequently handle objects weighing 50 lbs or less
• Ability to frequently withstand high and low room temperatures and handle hot equipment.
• Ability to constantly work irregular hours, nights, and weekends

This role may have physical demands including, but not limited to, lifting, bending, pushing, pulling and/or extended walking and standing. This role may also require uniforms and/or usage of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).

Education

The pay range for this position is $19.00 - $20.91.