| Key Relationships:
· Internal: Head Cook, Restaurant Manager, Store Manager, Supervisors; Logistics Teams
· External: Customers, Regulatory Authorities, Contractors, Suppliers; |
| Function: This role is responsible for preparing and decorating a wide variety of goods such as cakes, cookies, pies, bread etc. following traditional and modern recipes
- Health, Safety, Security & Environment (HSSE)
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- Ensures the kitchen is compliant to all applicable policies and food handling and safety standards.
- Adheres strictly to hygiene protocols.
- Operational and Service Standards:
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- Ensures that diners and customers who order have a positive experience with the pastries.
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| Key Responsibilities |
| Category |
Activity & Objective |
| Customers First
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- Ensuring customer order has the correct food (types and quantity)
- Dressing order for appealing presentation
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| Operational Excellence & Safety
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- Prepare a wide variety of goods such as cakes, cookies, pies, bread etc. following traditional and modern recipes
- Create new and exciting desserts to renew Wazobia menus and engage the interest of customers
- Decorate pastries using different icings, toppings etc. to ensure the presentation will be beautiful and exciting
- Monitor stocks for baking ingredients such as flour, sugar etc. and make appropriate orders within budget
- Check quality of material and condition of equipment and devices used for cooking
- Maintain a lean and orderly cooking station and adhere to health and safety standards
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| Effective and Motivated Teams |
- Guide and motivate pastry assistants and bakers to work more efficiently (If Supervisor)
- Identify staffing needs and help recruit and train personnel (If supervisor)
- Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.
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| Requirements:
Experience:
- Certificate in culinary arts, pastry-making, baking or relevant field
- Proven experience as Pastry Chef, Baker or relevant role
- In depth knowledge of sanitation principles, food preparation and baking techniques and nutrition
- Working knowledge of baking with ingredient limitations (pastries that are gluten free, sugarless etc.)
- Knowledge of (African) culinary trends
Skills and competencies:
| Skills |
Behaviours |
| · Fluent in local business language
· Proficient in English is desirable
- Working in a fast-paced environment
- Multitasking, prioritizing, and managing time efficiently
- Physical endurance to stand for an entire shift
- Great attention to detail and creativity
- Organizing and leadership skills
- Self-motivated and self-directed
- Ability to work early mornings, nights, and weekends
- Ability to stand and move during the length of shift; able to bend and kneel through shift; able to lift up to 25 pounds or more
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- Customer Oriented
- People & Staff Development
- Respect
- Consistent
- Hardworking
- Trend-Setter
· Results driven:
· Solves Problem and makes timely, quality decisions
· Resilient
· Planning, organizing, implementing:
· Professional
· Tasks and processes driven
· Collaborating with others
- Communicate with clarity (Internally & externally. Written & oral)
- Effective follower of leader and standards
- Willingness to replenish professional knowledge
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