Since 1982, La Rose Specialty Foods & Fine Italian Bakery (www.larosebakery.com) in Milton has been serving our community and surrounding areas with freshly baked from scratch breads, pastries, cookies and cakes as well as offering full service deli counter, hot table for lunch, catering services, espresso bar, selection of cheeses from around the world, fresh produce and specialty grocery items. We are still family owned and operated and put our heart and soul into everything we do and create. We love what we do and all of our amazing customers.
We are currently hiring a full-time Pastry Chef to join our team in Milton. Candidates must be available to work on the weekends and to start work at 6:00am.
In this role, the successful candidate will have a passion for making delicious desserts and creating/testing new recipes. Your experience allows you to easily create cakes, pastries and cookies of all kinds, while adhering to health and safety standards to provide clients with the best possible serving.
You are a leader and set the example by your own actions. People follow your directions happily and you clearly communicate recipes. You easily mentor the junior chefs on the team.
You care about the final product you are providing to your customers. You care about the type of ingredients you use. You take great pride in your work. You are a dedicated team player, and work well with your team. You can inspire the people around you to achieve higher quality.
Our Goal
To provide exceptional desserts made from scratch, using high-quality ingredients, and presenting them beautifully to our customers.

Your Responsibilities:

• create daily offerings of cakes, pastries and cookies
• contribute to generating new recipes seasonally
• contribute to creation of specialty lineups of offerings during various holidays
• test new recipes and present to management
• record new recipes and communicate the instructions to the team
• test any recipe amendments; present test to management; record any approved recipe amendments and communicate the change to the team
• contribute to the design final decor of product
• maintain quality and freshness of all product offerings
• ensure a safe and clean workspace
• always work within health and safety requirements
• guide and motivate pastry assistants and bakers to work more efficiently
• be a team player in the production of baked goods, pastries, cakes, desserts, cookies, custom orders
• ensure production is complete in a time-efficient manner
• share knowledge with the team where applicable
• be on time, enthusiastic and reliable

Requirements:

• previous experience as a pastry chef
• experience in a team setting
• experience in a bakery setting is a bonus
• extensive baking/mixing/assembling knowledge
• attention to detail and knowledge of various decorating techniques
• experience working with cakes, individual pastries, cookies and chocolate
• sound knowledge of recipe development
• understands and can execute the testing process
• education in pastry/culinary arts

La Rose is an equal opportunity employer. If you require any accommodation to fully participate in our recruitment process, please let us know.

• create daily offerings of cakes, pastries and cookies
• contribute to generating new recipes seasonally
• contribute to creation of specialty lineups of offerings during various holidays
• test new recipes and present to management
• record new recipes and communicate the instructions to the team
• test any recipe amendments; present test to management; record any approved recipe amendments and communicate the change to the team
• contribute to the design final decor of product
• maintain quality and freshness of all product offerings
• ensure a safe and clean workspace
• always work within health and safety requirements
• guide and motivate pastry assistants and bakers to work more efficiently
• be a team player in the production of baked goods, pastries, cakes, desserts, cookies, custom orders
• ensure production is complete in a time-efficient manner
• share knowledge with the team where applicable
• be on time, enthusiastic and reliabl