Assistant Baker

As an Assistant Baker at Mount Nelson, a Belmond Hotel, you are part of a team that brings culinary visions to life through immersive, unique, and hand-crafted gastronomic experiences. In this role, you will work alongside your team of skilled colleagues to prepare the highest quality food from recipes.

Primary Responsibilities Include:

• Assisting the Pastry Chef in creating menu items, recipes, developing dishes and costing.
• Creating recipes, ordering ingredients and coordinating baking schedules to produce breads, cakes, pastries, pies, cookies and other goods
• Use tools such as hand mixers, electric mixers and cooking machinery to blend together ingredients to create high-quality baked goods.
• Cook prepared dough in ovens or on grills as needed, using molds, pans or sheets, depending on the proper baking technique for the item.
• Ensure all baked goods are stored and packaged correctly.
• Measure, weigh and prepare ingredients in accordance to recipes.
• Weighing flour and other ingredients to prepare dough. Knead, roll, cut, and prepare dough as needed.
• Monitor oven temperatures, speed settings, mixing machines, and other baking equipment throughout the baking process.
• Estimate the daily production needs, establish a production schedule and set quota for the number of goods to be produced on daily basis.
• Ensure proper storage of baking utensils and supplies.
• Closely monitor baking process to ensure final products meet set standards.
• Prepare garnishes as needed for baked goods.
• Ensure that allocated section is always kept clean and all prep is completed.
• Pro-active ordering, maintaining minimum par levels of food for your section of the kitchen.
• Maintaining quality and quantity control in all aspects, from portion control to freshness.https://career.belmond.com/job.html?shortcode=DF5121F8AC