Dish Food and Events
We are looking for a creative, talented, passionate, punctual, and detail oriented and organized Executive Pastry Chef to join our amazing culinary team.
Dish Food & Events is an award-winning, full-service catering and events company serving all of New York City and The Hamptons for over 15 years. Recognized for our warm hospitality and delicious food, Dish creates remarkable weddings, social gatherings, and corporate events. What truly differentiates Dish is our diverse team. We are committed to creating an awesome place to work while taking great care of each other, our partners and our guests.

As an Executive pastry chef for Dish, you will need a variety of skills and experience such as leadership, production & purchasing and research & development. 

Leadership

• Create a positive and inspiring environment for the commissary team. 
•  Maintain a safe and sanitary kitchen as per NYC Dept of Health guidelines including Covid-19 safety requirements
•  Lead kitchen when executive chef is absent with sous chef and Pastry chef
•  Assist in hiring, training, scheduling and managing kitchen and event staff
•  Attend off premise full service events on an as needed basis
• Delegate team on event production, commissary cleaning, and organizing. 
• Alongside, the Executive Chef prepares event questions and changes for production meetings. 

Production

• Collaborate with Executive Chef to develop daily prep lists and then execute food production in our kitchen, resulting in quality work and delicious food
•  Oversee daily, weekly, and monthly inventory of food product and supplies
•  Assist the Executive Chef in meeting financial goals for food and labor costs
•  Responsible for overseeing the packing and expediting of outgoing events
•  Communicate efficiently and effectively with kitchen team, operations department, event staff, sales team and vendors
•  Execute Client tastings and lead at a high performance level on an as needed basis
• Update and maintain recipes, costing, and other menu details in catering software.

Research & Development 

• Test out flavors of dishes that include sub recipes.
• Measure and weigh individual ingredients using a scale. 
• Keeping all records up to date and organized. 
• Creating the recipe to make sense and use of preparation volume. 
• Learning software program of entering Inventory items and creating the recipe format in the system. 
• Using the recipe templant and using consistency with each new recipe. 
• Experienced with measuring ingredients in a gram scale and/or ounce. 

Cleaning & Sanitation

• Maintaining cleanliness and participating in deep cleaning of any BOH work areas, including and not limited to refrigeration, cooking equipment, and prep areas
• Ensure that food preparation, refrigerators and storage areas meet the Department of Health and Dish’s food safety and sanitation standards.

CORE VALUES

• Exemplify Dish’s Core Values.
• Embrace + promote Dish’s Mission Statement, Core Values, Hospitality Standards + Culture.
• Foster positive communication with the entire Dish team, front and back of house.

• Adhere to mission, policies and core values as described in the Dish Food & Events Employee Handbook.
• Actively participate in Dish’s Continuous Performance Management program including weekly 1:1s, quarterly check ins and annual performance reviews.

SALARY, BENEFITS AND PERKS

As a valued member of our team, your compensation will include the following salary, benefits and perks.

• Competitive salary
• Health and Dental insurance options (full time)
• Pre Tax Commuter Benefit option
• 401(k) to help you invest in your future
• Paid Time Off to support work life balance and outside interests 
• Paid Family Leave & Sick Pay in accordance with NY State Law
• Company dining program (aka Family Meal!)

Dish provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws.

If you are interested in this position, please attach your resume and a short cover letter.  Please also include 3 references (manahers, chefs or a person that managed you in your past).  CANDIDATES WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED WITHOUT A COVER LETTER.