Pastry Cook/garde Manger

As part of our hardworking and dedicated Victus Catering team, you will take responsibility for a range of tasks from daily mise en place to pastry productions, and serve them with a smile to our customers.

**Role Details**
- Location is a major international school in the Bukit Merah/Alexandra area
- Required shift: Monday - Friday, Start 6:45am or 7:15am, typical end around 4pm
- Must be willing and able to work occasional Saturday or Sunday shifts
- The kitchen is not Halal-certified, however there is strictly no pork/lard and most ingredients are Halal.

**Benefits**
- Full daily staff meal
- Comfortable uniform and fully air-conditioned work environment
- Excellent consistent working hours (most weekends off)
- Optional extended unpaid leave in school holidays (December, April & July)
- Growth + development opportunities and career advancement

**Prerequisites/Requirements**
- At least 2 year's experience in a busy caterer, restaurant, cafes or hotel is required.
- Good knowledge of different types of pastry, dessert, sandwiches, salads, cake decorating, and handling hot kitchen departments (preparing & marinating meats, vegetable mise en place, sauce making)
- Flexibility to work in both hot and cold kitchens is preferred.
- Valid Food Hygiene/Safety Certification with no record of prior violations.
- Willing and eligible to undergo a criminal background check before working around children.

**Personal Attributes**
- Professional disposition;
- Good interpersonal skills, including the ability to work with a variety of people and in cooperation with co-workers efficiently and effectively;
- A positive, self-motivated attitude;
- Good organisation skills and punctuality;
- Good verbal/written communication skills in English.

**Role and Responsibilities**

Daily Preparation and Production
- Coordinate, manage and prepare all day-to-day mise en place for the pastry/cold and the hot section of the kitchen
- Prepare a wide variety of goods such as cakes, cookies, pies, bread, quiches, sandwiches, salads, sauces etc, following modern recipes.
- Complete all production in a timely manner, following proper handling and temperature controls.
- Maintain a lean and orderly cooking station and adhere to health and safety standards.
- Ensure excellent quality throughout the food offerings, including checking the quality of raw and cooked food products to ensure that standards are met.
- Decorate pastries and desserts using different types of icings, toppings etc. and ensure the food presentation will be beautiful and exciting.
- Assists in determining how food should be presented and creates decorative food displays.
- Able to recognize superior quality products, presentations and flavours.

Administrative Duties
- Monitor stocks for baking ingredients such as flour, sugar etc. and make appropriate orders to Head Chef within budget.
- Check quality of material and condition of equipment and devices used for cooking.
- Operates and maintains all department equipment and reports malfunctions, equipment problems and maintenance issues, known safety hazards, etc to supervisor immediately.
- Monitors health and safety, and reports unsafe practices and procedures to supervisor immediately.

Leadership Duties
- Attends all scheduled employee meetings and brings suggestions for improvement.
- Encourages and builds mutual trust, respect, and cooperation among team members.
- Serves as a role model to demonstrate appropriate behaviours.
- Ensure compliance with food hygiene and Health and Safety standards.
- Guide and motivate pastry assistants and bakers to work more efficiently.
- Ensures compliance with all applicable laws and regulations.