Pastry Chef

Are you looking for a “Sweet” opportunity?

Norman Love Confections is currently looking to hire an Assistant Pastry Chef. This position will be based at our corporate headquarters located in Fort Myers, Florida. The Assistant Pastry Chef is responsible for managing all aspects of pastry and gelato production at Norman Love Confections. This role is a key role within our organization and has a direct impact on our customers and our company standards. It is a working supervisory role in which daily jobs will vary depending on production needs. Duties that you will be supervising as well as directly performing can include but are not limited to scaling, mixing, baking, glazing, decorating, pasteurizing, spinning, chocolate tempering, and storing as related to the production of pastry and gelato. Since this is a production facility, this role will typically be scheduled to work a day shift Monday through Friday!

An ideal candidate will have 3-5 years of related experience in a leadership capacity. Key responsibilities for the position are as follows:

Customer Service:

• The overall goal is to maintain high quality products and consistency as per the company standards.
• Complete understanding of pastry and gelato operations.
• Uphold and ensure all company and department procedures.

Sales & Financial:

• Responsible for maximizing sales and minimizing waste.
• Responsible for implementing new products, which as a result, will help maximize sales revenue.
• Manage proper production scheduling and cost control.
• To ensure proper use and operation of machines to minimize repairs.

Business Operations:

• Manage proper production scheduling to accommodate business needs.
• Maintain a clean and organized work environment.
• Responsible for maintaining cleanliness standards throughout the pastry shop.
• Responsible for following FIFO inventory management.
• Responsible for reporting accurate production and dispatch of all pastry items.
• Effectively communicates all equipment issues.
• Ability to follow standardized recipes.

Training & Development:

• Strong leadership qualities and ability to train other staff members.
• Responsible for holding a Serve Safe Certification.
• Knowledge of the food service industry and safe food handling practices
• Develop new products in cooperation with the Director, while following the proper R&D procedures.

At Norman Love Confections we offer competitive wages, a comprehensive benefits package and the ability for personal and professional growth. The pay rate listed for this position is the starting range and actual pay is based on experience. For consideration reply to the ad or contact Kim Rowe, our Corporate Director of Human Resources directly at nlc.hr@normanloveconfections.com.

About Norman Love Confections:

Founded in 2001, Norman Love Confections is an ultra-premium chocolate manufacturer who has received tremendous national and international recognition. In addition to its signature collection chocolates and limited-edition holiday flavors, Norman Love Confections offers an extensive variety of innovative novelty products, gelato, signature bakery & pastry items as well seasonal specialties.

Norman Love Confections, which is based in Fort Myers, currently operates six Chocolate Salons located in Lee, Collier and Sarasota County. Our corporate teams of artisan chocolatiers currently produce over seven million pieces of chocolate annually and our acclaimed pastry team creates over three million pastry items annually.

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Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From $70,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Employee discount
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Restaurant type:

• Bakery
• Café

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Monday to Friday

Work Location: In person