Executive Pastry Artisan

Gecko Hospitality is a fast-paced organization renowned for its innovative and high-quality desserts. We value teamwork, customer satisfaction, and continuous improvement.

We offer a competitive salary of $75k to $85k, plus an annual bonus, and a comprehensive benefits package including medical insurance, dental insurance, and vision insurance.

The Pastry Chef will play a vital role in our bake shop, overseeing all aspects of food production and execution. This includes managing the bake shop staff, ensuring they work within designated labor budgets while maintaining high-quality standards. The Pastry Chef will be responsible for training and leading the team to ensure consistency, quality, and technique.

This role also involves updating food track recipes as needed and attending pre-shifts to educate staff on new desserts or specialty items. Building positive relationships with restaurant managers, chefs, and vendors is crucial. Maintaining health and safety standards is also essential.

• Oversee all aspects of food production and execution
• Manage bake shop staff, ensuring they work within designated labor budgets
• Train and lead the team to ensure consistency, quality, and technique
• Update food track recipes as needed
• Attend pre-shifts to educate staff on new desserts or specialty items
• Maintain positive relationships with restaurant managers, chefs, and vendors
• Maintain health and safety standards

• Culinary experience in a supervisory or management role with at least 5 years of pastry preparation and 3 years in management
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Able to work holidays, weekends, events, and other peak periods of the restaurant business
• Ability to work with others to design, implement, and continuously improve systems and procedures