The Pastry Chef is responsible for maintaining the daily functions of a training center kitchen at a high level of quality. This position requires a thorough knowledge of pastry ingredients and their functions in baking, pastry, and frozen dessert applications. This person will be required to travel, approximately 40-50% of the time, for various tradeshows and demonstrations with sales reps as needed to support sales. This position will be based out of Concord, NC.

REQUIRED SKILLS

· Must be familiar with Microsoft office programs such as Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, and Excel.
· Must be able to operate copiers, scanners, and other office technology.
· Must be able to independently research, analyze, organize, and prioritize work.
· Maintain a current knowledge of pastry ingredients and their functions in baking and pastry.
· Skilled in all areas of baking, pastry production, frozen dessert production, and cooking techniques.
· A strong commitment to a team culture and positive attitude is required.
· Ability to gain, maintain and update a thorough knowledge of all PreGel AMERICA’s products.
· Must be able to communicate proficiently in English.
· Interpersonal communication skills are a must.

REQUIRED EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATION

· Requires a degree or diploma in pastry/culinary field with 1-3 years of job-related experience or any equivalent combination of experience and training that provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the job as outlined above.
· ServSafe Certified is preferred.

• Using classic and modern techniques, properly produce a variety of pastry and dessert items as needed for recipe testing, classes, tastings, presentations, tradeshows, etc.
• Prepare for and instruct customers, leads, and/or coworkers in pastry and frozen dessert classes and demonstrations, with an emphasis on supporting the sales of PreGel America products.
• Recommend products to customers and potential customers based on their needs and interests.
• Research, test, and develop recipes for PreGel AMERICA’s products as needed to produce innovative applications, and present all research to the Corporate Pastry Chef.
• Properly use a variety of equipment including but not limited to ovens, mixers, chocolate tempering machines, batch freezers, blast freezers, display cases, soft serve machines, scales, immersion blenders, dishwashers, etc.
• Follow industry standards for food safety procedures; regularly check ingredient quality, expiration dates, etc.; maintain clean storage areas for all food products including dry storage, refrigerators, and freezers.
• Adapt the quantity of ingredients used to match the amount of finished products needed.
• Check equipment to ensure that it meets health and safety regulations.
• Maintain a clean and sanitary work environment, regularly clean tools, small equipment, large equipment, workstations, etc.
• Follow Training Center policies and procedures.
• Work closely with your direct team members, as a contributing team player.
• Work closely with other departments within the organization to accomplish daily tasks which can include but are not limited to ingredient, tool and equipment inventory; purchase order requisitions, purchasing, and filing expenses; calculating food costs; planning, preparing, and traveling to tradeshows and demonstrations; communicating with employees, customers, leads, partners, sponsors, and equipment vendors.
• Support PreGel AMERICA in a variety of other duties and responsibilities as required by supervisors.