Brad Metzger Restaurant Solutions
R&D Pastry Chef – Mexican Desserts Orange County CA
Salary: $80000 – $100000
Incredibly rare opportunity for a Mexican pastry and dessert specialist! This is a new creative role to innovate for a longstanding brand that is restructuring and elevating offerings. A strong knowledge of and experience with Mexican pastry is required, including but not limited to: cake, pan dulce, gelatins, flan, and more. While primarily focused on R&D, this role also collaborates closely with other departments like training to ensure the recipes can be executed at a high level.
**Primarily Monday-Friday and 40 hour work week!**
R&D Pastry Chef Responsibilities:
- Create and innovate new recipes, seasonal specials, menus and programs for pastry team
- Effectively communicate and build relationships across corporate and field leadership
- Develop and collaborate on training materials and SOPS – including but not limited to providing instruction for other pastry team members at both leadership level and hourly, that may include hands-on demonstration
- Actively stay abreast of market trends, guest feedback, and industry offerings
- Work with marketing to implement new ideas, offerings, and corresponding milestone calendars for upcoming launches
R&D Pastry Chef Qualifications:
- Mexican pastry and baking experience required, including knowledge of regional foods of Mexico
- Spanish speaking ideal, but not required
- 3 years experience as a Pastry Chef, Head Baker, Pastry Sous Chef
- Ability to collaborate with diverse teams, including ability to speak to individuals at different corporate and field levels
- High attention to detail, organization, and able to prioritize different projects
Compensation includes:
- Base salary
- Medical benefits
- PTO
- 401k