Baker, Full-Time - Land's End Resort (Wage DOE & Benefits - Homer, AK

Job Description

The Hotel Baker position is responsible for preparing and baking bread, pastries and a variety of other baked goods.

This position will support the Land’s End Resort, a 117-room hotel, in Homer, AK.

• Prepare food as indicated by par level sheets.
• Follows standardized recipes to meet nutritional needs.
• Attractively presents all items with appropriate garnish and correct portion size if applicable to product.
• Participate in daily temperature and taste panels to assure quality and provide suggestions for continuous improvements.
• Prepares and produces a wide variety of bakery products.
• Assists with pastry preparations including mixing, baking, and frying as indicated by production sheets.
• Portion control on all items produced.
• Assists in the preparation of bakery and specialty products such as pastries, bread, rolls, biscuits, and may also prepare cakes, pies, muffins, breads, puddings, parfaits, frosting, cookies, rolls etc.
• Communicates any adjustment that needs to be made to the bakery production records or sheets.
• Coordinates with supervisor personnel for ordering products.
• Responsible for a clean, neat storeroom area, with all products appropriately labeled and dated and rotated.
• Adheres to proper sanitation, safety, and operational procedures for assigned area. Cleans personal work area.
• Must be able to operate dish-washing machine to clean pots, pans, and baking sheets if needed.
• Actively supports and participates in performance improvement activities. May assist coworkers during staffing shortages.
• Performs other duties as assigned by the Management Team.
• This position has no supervisory responsibilities.
• Other duties that are pertinent to the department or unit’s success may also be assigned.

• Must have a High School diploma or GED equivalent.
• At least two (2) years of demonstrated baking experience with documented knowledge of scratch baking and baking management.
• Must be able to follow standardized written recipes.
• Must have knowledge/training of usage of food production/baking equipment.
• Alaska Food Handler's Card required contingent upon 30 days of hire.
• Contract requires employees to speak, understand, read and write English.

• Preference will be given to the candidate with a minimum of three (3) years of consecutive employment in a similar operation with comparable responsibilities.
• Associate’s degree in baking and/or culinary arts.
• Cake decorating experience.

Weather:
Indoors: environmentally controlled; requires most or all work to be done inside.

Noise level:
Moderate to loud.

Description of environment:
This is a commercial kitchen in a hotel setting.

Physical requirements:

Employee is required to lift and/or move up to 50 lbs. Frequently required to sit, stand, walk, use hands/fingers to handle or feel, climb, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl, talk/hear, see, taste/smell, and carry weight/lift.

Travel:
None