Executive Pastry Chef jobs in Monterey, CA

Company Background:

For over a century, friends and family, celebrities and athletes, world travelers and locals alike, have flocked to Pebble Beach Resorts. This stunning slice of California’s Monterey Peninsula is a wondrous place that we are proud to share. Pebble Beach Company, located in Pebble Beach, California, owns and operates the world-famous Pebble Beach Resorts, including The Lodge at Pebble Beach, The Inn at Spanish Bay and Casa Palmero at Pebble Beach. The company also operates five renowned golf courses: Pebble Beach Golf Links, Spyglass Hill Golf Course, The Links at Spanish Bay, Del Monte Golf Course and The Hay.

Its other famed properties include scenic 17-Mile Drive, The Spa at Pebble Beach, Pebble Beach Golf Academy & Practice Facility and Pebble Beach Equestrian Center. It annually hosts premier events such as the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, TaylorMade Pebble Beach Invitational, Pebble Beach Food & Wine and PURE Insurance Championship Impacting The First Tee.

Job Summary:

The Pastry Chef will ensure the highest quality preparation and presentation of fine pastries in all Spanish Bay outlets and for banquets and special parties.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Oversee the design, production, quality, quantity, and freshness of items made in the pastry and bake shop.
• Responsible for the set-up of pastry and dessert items served at banquets.
• Collaborate with Chef de Cuisine’s on Restaurant dessert ideas.
• Observe and enforce the objectives, policies, and standards of quality set forth by the executive chef.
• Provide staff and executive chef with appropriate recipe cards of all food produced in pastry and bake shop.
• Prepare daily food orders.
• Approve special items before service.
• Ensure the cleanliness and order of pastry shop.
• Review employee Kronos time detail on a regular basis for accuracy and completeness.
• Assist the executive chef with a weekly schedule for cooks in accordance with business needs, avoiding over staffing and overtime.
• Schedule employee breaks in accordance with company policy.
• Prepare and submit daily requisitions.
• Train all pastry and bake shop employees in their individual duties, required knowledge and skills.
• Counsel, discipline and evaluate pastry and bake shop employees.
• Complete employee performance reviews.
• Check completeness of mise en place of each station before service.
• Maintain schedule of pastries.
• Control waste and spoilage through constant attention to detail.
• Assist in periodic menu review and revisions.
• Prepare pastries and baked goods.
• Report any faulty equipment or unsafe conditions directly to the Engineering Department.
• Communicate effectively with staff from both the front and back of the house.

• Comply with all Pebble Beach Company safety and health policies and procedures.
• Assist with special events as needed.
• Other duties as assigned by executive chef.

Required Skills:

• Graduate of accredited culinary program or apprenticeship under highly respected chef at a premier restaurant, resort or hotel property.
• Excellent pastry, supervisory and sanitation skills.
• Knowledge of all stations, plus experience with show pieces.
• Broad knowledge of varied cuisines and ability to integrate regional ingredients to menus.
• Able to perform demonstration cooking.
• Ability to create decorative pieces in sugar, chocolate and pastillage.

Desired Skills:

• Certification by the American Culinary Federation and certification as a pastry chef preferred.

Why work for us:

• Enjoy world-class health and wellness benefits after the 90th day of employment. Comprehensive health and life insurance allow you peace of mind. Our state of the art Health and Wellness Center provides employees with unlimited access to a physician and medical team to tend to you and your family’s health needs free of cost.
• We encourage YOU to be our guest. When you work for Pebble Beach Company, we encourage you to experience what our guests experience at a 30% discount in all our amazing restaurants, retail and spa.
• Golf on the greatest courses. Even if you don’t golf, you’ll quickly become the most popular member of the family and your circle of friends with our amazing employee golf benefits.
• Grow your career with Pebble Beach University. We understand the need and desire to continually grow and develop, and we provide opportunities for ongoing learning through our Pebble Beach University training programs.
• Lunch is on us. Enjoy a meal in our Employee Dining Room for every shift you work.

COVID UPDATE: All employees agree the health and safety of our team and guests is our number one priority. All employees may be required to submit to a temperature test and health survey process daily, prior to the beginning of their shifts. Employees agree to complete a comprehensive training program that outlines new standards on COVID-19 safety and sanitization protocols before the beginning of the employee’s first scheduled shift. Employees must commit to wearing their required departmental Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) during their shifts and to adhere to social distancing protocols, as well as all PBC health and sanitation guidelines.

We are proud to be an EEO/AA employer M/F/D/V. We maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing.