Pastry Cook

Castell’s is seeking a highly skilled Pastry Cook with a minimum of 5 years of professional pastry experience and strong technical and plating knowledge to execute our in-house dessert program at the highest level. This is a focused execution role within a precision driven, fine dining kitchen. Recipe development is not the primary function. Consistency, speed, and flawless presentation are mandatory.

Key Responsibilities
• Execute all house desserts exactly to spec with consistency and accuracy
• Daily mise en place, baking, finishing, and plating for service
• Maintain elite standards of presentation and portion control
• Handle service calmly under high volume and fine dining pressure
• Proper labeling, rotation, storage, and inventory awareness
• Maintain strict cleanliness, sanitation, and food safety standards
• Communicate effectively with pastry leadership, chefs, and management
• Support holiday, banquet, and private event dessert production

Requirements
• Minimum 5 years professional pastry experience in high level kitchens
• Advanced knowledge of pastry techniques: creams, custards, cakes, glazes, frozen desserts, chocolate work, etc.
• Strong plating, finishing, and visual presentation skills
• Proven ability to execute existing recipes with zero deviation
• Highly organized, disciplined, and clean workstation habits
• Dependable, punctual, and service focused
• Comfortable in a fast paced, high standards environment
• Fine dining background strongly preferred