Sodexo has an opportunity for a Pastry Sous Chef to support a High-End Corporate Client that rapidly growing. This role focuses on creating and baking a variety of desserts and pastries, developing new recipes, and ensuring high-quality presentation. It also includes leading hands-on pastry classes, hosting seasonal pop-ups, and designing pastries for catering events that highlight regional or seasonal themes.
What You'll Do Prepare and Bake: Create a wide range of desserts, pastries, and baked goods, following both traditional and modern recipes.Recipe Development: Innovate and develop new recipes to enhance the menu and engage customers.Decoration and Presentation: Decorate pastries and desserts to ensure they are visually appealing and meet quality standards.Lead Chef Test Kitchen Classes - hands on class showing guests to make a specific pastry itemOnsite Pop Ups -showcase a seasonal item and interact with guestsCatering - design creating pastries for catering events highlighting a specific region or season What We OfferCompensation is fair and equitable, partially determined by a candidate's education level or years of relevant experience. Salary offers are based on a candidate's specific criteria, like experience, skills, education, and training. Sodexo offers a comprehensive benefits package that may include:
Medical, Dental, Vision Care and Wellness Programs401(k) Plan with Matching ContributionsPaid Time Off and Company HolidaysCareer Growth Opportunities and Tuition Reimbursement
More extensive information is provided to new employees upon hire.
What You Bring 2+ years of experience as Pastry Chef for high volume dining and high end catering. Strong leadership ability and successful supervisory backgroundProven Culinary knowledge: purchasing, inventory, production schedules and cost controlsPassion for food and innovationAbility to think out of the box Who We AreAt Sodexo, our purpose is to create a better everyday for everyone and build a better life for all. We believe in improving the quality of life for those we serve and contributing to the economic, social, and environmental progress in the communities where we operate. Sodexo partners with clients to provide a truly memorable experience for both customers and employees alike. We do this by providing food service, catering, facilities management, and other integrated solutions worldwide.
Our company values you for you; you will be treated fairly and with respect, and you can be yourself. You will have your ideas count and your opinions heard because we can be a stronger team when you’re happy at work. This is why we embrace diversity and inclusion as core values, fostering an environment where all employees are valued and respected. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to individuals regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, gender identity, pregnancy, disability, sexual orientation, military status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. If you need assistance with the application process, please complete this form.
Qualifications & RequirementsMinimum Education Requirement - Associate's Degree or equivalent experience
Minimum Management Experience - 2 years
Minimum Functional Experience - 2 years work experience in food or culinary services including restaurants, fast food, vending, catering services, institutional services, mall food courts, etc.