Pastry Chef

About the role: The Auro Pastry Chef will report to the Auro Executive Chef and will be responsible for creating high quality pastry dishes for our fine dining Michelin starred restaurant, Auro. Manage daily kitchen activities, including overseeing staff, aiding with menu preparation, ensuring food quality, freshness, and cost, and monitoring ordering and stocking. Plan, organize, control and direct the work of employees in the Pastry Department responsible for food preparation while ensuring superior quality and consistency.

What you will do:

Manage all day-to-day operations of the pastry/bakery section of the kitchen. Oversee prep, plating, and timely service of all pastry items during service. Manage team members in the kitchen to attract, retain and motivate the employees while providing a safe environment; hire, train, develop, empower, coach and counsel, conduct performance reviews, resolve problems, provide open communication vehicles and discipline and terminate as appropriate. Lead the execution and development of all pastry and dessert components for the tasting menu. Collaborate with Executive Chef on the creation of menus, incorporating seasonal ingredients, culinary trends, and guest preferences. Control labor and operating expenses through effective scheduling, ordering, budgeting, purchasing decisions, and inventory control. Manage all procurement and ordering processes for the department through Birchstreet, ensuring accuracy, vendor consistency, and adherence to purchasing specifications. Properly use systems to manage labor and payroll (OnTrack, Workday, ADP). Attend labor meeting to explain labor, staffing, business. Manage department labor/schedule and complete payroll for department. Organize and lead restaurant events (buyouts, outside catering, holiday activations). Work closely with other departments and/or clients to discuss upcoming events. Attend various organizational meetings (BEO, Resume, morning meeting) and outline culinary deliverables. Properly communicate and collaborate with restaurant managers to ensure guest expectations are met.