Innocent Yesterday is seeking an Executive Pastry Chef to join our company’s team. We opened our first location in NYC last summer and are currently opening a Miami location next month.This role requires an individual with a passion for quality and the ability to deliver exceptional customer service! We follow an authentic style and high quality ingredients. We are looking for a hard-working, dedicated and creative manager to be part of an intimate and close-working team. Aside from our everyday dishes we are looking for someone with a pastry background. We strive to create baked goods that are not only indiscernible from traditional desserts, but superior in flavor and quality. Teamwork needed, this is a lifestyle job and nothing is beneath you!ant-based baking. Teamwork is needed, this is a lifestyle job and nothing is beneath you!

Responsibilities

• Working very closely with general managers and owners
• Hands-on working with the Kitchen team leading our day to day operations and training.
• Manage a tight kitchen that will not only pride itself in  being internally organized, but will also be producing creative, yet approachable & healthy menus
• Responsible in the the creation and development of Menus and menu additions
• Creating new and exciting specials 
• Plan and oversee the production and presentation of all breads, morning pastries, cookies and desserts.
• Prepare items for special diets as needed for vegan, gluten free, nut allergies, etc.
• Participate in the cooking and preparation of all types of food items including savory food items. 
• Shape dough to prepare different types of pastries
• Prepare custom-made pastries based on customers’ preferences (e.g. special occasions like birthdays)
• Work closely with the Events Department to keep the menu updated to current restaurant menu trends.
• Assisting customers with orders and ensuring exceptional customer service
• Measure, weigh, and properly use recipes in order to produce quality products
• Other reasonable assigned duties/tasks as per business needs
• Demonstrate good math and English skills for calculating, communicating, writing requisitions/completing food inventories and for retrieving information as needed.
• Continuously monitor daily labor and food cost reporting sheets to ensure costs are trending within budgeted parameters.
• Responsible for Vendors sheets, Inventories (monthly) and ordering

Qualifications

• 3+ years of Back of House Management experience in high- volume, fine-dining restaurants
• 2+ years of baking experience REQUIRED.
• Strong experience in baking and special diets is REQUIRED
• Minimum of 1+ years’ food preparation and food handling experience is REQUIRED
• Ensure A+ standards for kitchen cleanliness and follow all Health Department Guidelines to ensure proper food handling from the beginning to the end when the food is leaving the kitchen.
• Must be reliable and dependable 
• Experience working in a high volume, fast paced food and/or retail environment
• Knowledge of a variety of styles of pastries and different preparation methods
• Ability to take direction from all levels of management
• Must be able to meet physical demands of position including: standing for extended periods of time, bending, pulling, pushing, carrying up to 50 pounds, etc.