Job Description & Requirements
Job Description: The ideal candidate should have a background in art or cake/dessert decorating and a passion for crafting beautiful and delicious cotton candy creations. This role involves working retail hours, and comprehensive training will be provided.
Requirements and skills
- Proven experience as Pastry Chef, cotton candy artist or relevant role
- Great attention to detail and creativity
- Organizing and leadership skills
- Willingness to replenish professional knowledge
- 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.)
- Certificate in culinary arts, pastry-making, baking or relevant field
Responsibilities
- Prepare a wide variety of goods such as cakes, cookies, pies, cotton candy. following traditional and modern recipes
- Create new and exciting desserts to renew our menus and engage the interest of customers
- Create and design unique cotton candy creations that captivate our customers.
- Operate cotton candy machines and other equipment safely and efficiently.
- 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
- Identify staffing needs and help recruit and train personnel
- Maintain a lean and orderly cooking station and adhere to health and safety standards
