Pastry Specialist Position Available In Bronx, New York

Pastry Specialist
Req #18254
Bronx, NY, USA Job Description
Posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 10:00 PM
About The Chefs’ Warehouse
The Chefs’ Warehouse, Incbines exceptional quality and brand building with broadline food service distribution for more than 40 years. With Protein, Specialty, Produce, and Broadline offerings, we service the most discerning chefs in a hybrid approach of convenience and superior quality. We introduce more than 4,000 artisan producers of the world’s finest ingredients from over 40 countries to the finest chefs in the world. We passionately consult, sell, and build relationships with more than 50,000 customers through the most experienced network of over 600 consultive sales associates, best-in-breed technology, rapid service, and support levels that solidify our long-standing ties to both established and up-and-coming premium restaurants.

Mission:

The mission of The Chefs’ Warehouse is to provide the world’s greatest ingredients to the world’s best chefs.
Our

C.H.E.F.S.

Values:

Curious & Creative Hungry For Food & Results Entrepreneurial Forward Thinking & Flexible Supportive (Of Peers & Chefs)

Position Summary:

The Pastry Specialist will be responsible for strategically utilizing foodservice knowledge and expertise, in combination with industry trends and familiarity with The Chefs’ Warehouse products, to provide talking points for our Pastry & Baking lines to our Sales reps and Customers.
What you’ll do:
Promote the versatility of our Pastry solutions to operators.
Collaborate with Sales to determine the best way to highlight and coordinate the Pastry & Baking portion of vendor presentations Marketing Events.
Heighten awareness of Pastry & Baking inventory through weekly Hot Sheet for items to focus on and push.
Work closely with Sales and Customers to create interest and solve challenges for operators.
Research and be current on food trends and provide Pastry & Baking insight both internally and with external customers.
Participate in food shows, presentations, and other strategic events.
About you:
Pastry or food-related degree preferred (Food Science, Culinary Arts, etc.).
At five years of prior experience in a commercial/production kitchen or other professional cooking or food environment, ideally with a focus in Pastry & Baking
Ideal candidate would have prior experience as a Pastry Chef.
Knowledge of chocolate, recipes, basic mixing and blending skills and the ability to communicate easily with customers and operators.
Working knowledge of how food ingredients function in pastry and baked goods.
Demonstrated success communicating food trends and their applications to a wide variety of audiences and platforms including food shows and virtual presentations.
20% of travel
The above job description is not an all-inclusive list of duties and standards of the position. Incumbents will follow any other instructions, and perform any other related duties as assigned by their supervisor.

Perks & Benefits:

Paid Vacations, Paid Holidays
Health, Dental and Medical Benefits
Weekly pay
Life Insurance
5% above cost for our high-quality food products
Employee discounts for travel and events
401k
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
The Chefs’ Warehouse is an Equal Opportunity Employer that does not discriminate based on actual or perceived race, creed, color, religion, alienage or national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, disability or handicap, sex, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, pregnancy, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. Our management team is dedicated to this policy with respect to recruitment, hiring, placement, promotion, transfer, training, compensation, benefits, employee activities and general treatment during employment. We are dedicated to building an inclusive and diverse workforce.
Job Details
Pay Type
Salary
Hiring Min Rate
80,000 USD
Hiring Max Rate
90,000 USD