Cuba, NY · On-site
$16/hr
... to assist other departments as needed Expected to monitor cleanliness and safety throughout the entire store, not just the "home" department Other related duties as assigned Special Instructions ...
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Cuba, NY · On-site
$16/hr
... to assist other departments as needed Expected to monitor cleanliness and safety throughout the entire store, not just the "home" department Other related duties as assigned Special Instructions ...
$10.49 - $12.04
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$15.65 is the 25th percentile. Wages below this are outliers.
$15.13 - $16.67
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The median wage is $17.44 / hr.
$16.67 - $18.21
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$19.50 is the 75th percentile. Wages above this are outliers.
$18.21 - $19.76
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As a Pastry Assistant, your everyday tasks often include preparing ingredients, assisting with mixing and baking, assembling desserts, and ensuring cleanliness in the kitchen area. You may set up workstations, help decorate pastries, monitor baking times, and package finished goods according to the chef's instructions. In many kitchens, Pastry Assistants also help with inventory management by tracking supplies and alerting the team when ingredients run low. Working closely with pastry chefs and other kitchen staff, you'll play a key role in maintaining efficiency and delivering delicious, visually appealing pastries to customers.
To thrive as a Pastry Assistant, you need a solid understanding of baking techniques, attention to detail, and basic food safety knowledge, often acquired through culinary school or on-the-job training. Familiarity with commercial kitchen equipment, proper handling of ingredients, and following standardized recipes is typical, while a food handler's certification is sometimes required. Strong teamwork, effective communication, and time management skills help you collaborate efficiently in a busy kitchen environment. These abilities are critical for consistently producing high-quality pastries, ensuring food safety, and supporting the smooth operation of the pastry team.
A Pastry Assistant helps pastry chefs with baking, decorating, and preparing ingredients for pastries, desserts, and other baked goods. They follow recipes, maintain kitchen cleanliness, and ensure ingredients are stocked. Their role is essential in maintaining efficiency in a bakery or pastry kitchen. Pastry Assistants may also assist in plating desserts and learning advanced pastry techniques from senior chefs.
$16/hr
Part-time
Posted 17 days ago
Please note- this position starts at 3AM.
An employee in this position is responsible for preparing and frying donuts by following set recipes and department standards. This individual may also measure, mix, cut, roll, press, proof, bake, fry, fill and frost as necessary to provide customers with a variety of visually appealing, appetizing, high-quality baked goods
Creates baked goods following set department recipes and standards
Maintains adequate level of supplies in the bakery by replenishing ingredients and other items as needed
Provides friendly and prompt service to customers
Answers questions and assists with locating products by taking a customer directly to said products
Assists customers in placing special orders in person and by telephone
Ensures cleanliness of bakery aisles, storage areas, and work areas; includes but is not limited to: cleaning/organization of shelves and products, keeping floors free of spills, removing hazardous debris from floor, sweeping/mopping
Maintains proper rotation of all bakery products and supplies
Receives and inspects deliveries to ensure proper inventory and accuracy
Requires operating and using equipment such as, but not limited to, fryers, mixers, knives, scales, slicers, rounders, wrappers, compactors, garbage disposals, pallet jacks, carts, and labeling machines.
Maintains a positive work environment with fellow employees throughout the store
Maintains excellent communication with managers
Expected to be familiar with the entire store and its layout to ensure top customer service even if approached while not in the “home” department
Expected to assist other departments as needed
Expected to monitor cleanliness and safety throughout the entire store, not just the “home” department
Other related duties as assigned
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