Description
Base Salary: $65,000 - $75,000 / year based on experience + Quarterly Bonus Potential
Ready to elevate your career with a company that values work-life balance, competitive pay, and a positive work environment?
Join Clyde’s Restaurant Group as a Pastry Chef at 1789 Restaurant, a prestigious Michelin-rated fine dining establishment known for its refined cuisine and elegant ambiance.
WHY JOIN THE CLYDE'S TEAM AS PASTRY CHEF
- Reputable Company: Strong stability and performance.
- Positive Culture: Courtesy, dignity, and respect.
- Retirement Plans: 100% company-funded pension (vesting after 1 year) and immediate 401k participation.
- Bonuses: Quarterly eligibility.
- Flexible Schedule: 5-day work week.
- Career Growth: Rapid advancement opportunities.
- Comprehensive Health Plan: Medical, dental, vision, life, disability, telemedicine, wellness coach, and reduced rates on wellness services.
- Insurance: Hospital indemnity, critical illness, accident coverage.
- Generous Paid Time Off: Includes sick pay, medical/family leave (up to 8 weeks), special leaves (jury duty, voting, school activities for DC).
- Therapy Resources: Access to behavioral and digital cognitive behavioral therapy.
- Dining Discounts: Half-price off-duty dining and complimentary shift meals.
- Convenient Parking: Available parking benefits.
- Employee Assistance: Legal, emotional, financial support with 5 sessions per issue.
- Financial Assistance: Assistance fund for employees in need.
- Training & Education: Best-in-class training program and tuition reimbursement.
- Flu Shots & Discounts: Annual flu shots and access to thousands of exclusive brand discounts.
- Charity Matching: Up to $4,000 yearly.
WHAT WE LOOK FOR IN A PASTRY CHEF
- Hardworking, attentive, and hospitality-driven with a desire to excel and maintain the highest level of service.
- 2-3 years’ experience as a Pastry Chef.
- Great verbal and written communication skills.
- Think and act creatively to provide guests with exceptional service and value.
- Conceptual understanding of American food and the culinary ability to deliver American food through menu, food preparation, and production.
- Disciplined and firm about standards of performance, yet fair and personable in developing employees.
WHAT YOU WILL DO AS A PASTRY CHEF
- Creates pastry menu.
- Directs pastry team in food handling practices, food preparation and production, and delivery.
- Inventories prepared foods and determines portion sizes and cooking “specs” for all menu items.
- Assists in monthly inventories: counting, weighing, recording and extending food items in storage.
- Monitors, prints out computer reports daily to review and control kitchen labor costs.
- Delegates food preparation assignments for pastry team.
- Checks quality of all prepared foods by taste, temperature, portioning, and appearance.
- Demonstrates food preparation assignments to pastry team.
- Expedites food orders from kitchen stations to dining rooms.
- Trains and develops pastry team in procedures, policies, and the safe operation of equipment, utensils, and machinery; assigns and enforces weekly operational goals for kitchen staff.
- Manages pastry team by hiring, scheduling, and providing job development.
- Walks and inspects the facility, the equipment, and machinery in compliance with safety, health, and sanitation regulations; directs and assists personnel to correct any safety or health hazards; sets maintenance schedule for complete repairs of kitchen equipment and machinery.
ABOUT US
Since 1963, Clyde's Restaurant Group has been a leader in the DMV restaurant scene, known for exceptional guest service and fostering a positive culture for employees. Our 13 properties include Clyde's, Old Ebbitt Grill, The Hamilton, 1789 Restaurant, Fitzgerald’s, The Tombs, Rye Street Tavern, and Hamilton Live.
Apply now and take the first step towards a rewarding career! Even if you don't meet every requirement, we encourage you to apply. We are committed to building an inclusive team and welcome applicants from all backgrounds.
Contact us at [email protected] if you need any special accommodations to apply.
Baking, Pastry, Dessert, Pâtissier, Baker, Cake, Artisan, Confectioner