Pastry Cook 3

French Lick Resort • Fort Lauderdale, FL

87d

About The Position

Be a part of the pre-opening team for the Omni Ft. Lauderdale Hotel! Opening Fall 2025, the Omni Ft. Lauderdale Hotel is a 29-story hotel, located at 1950 Eisenhower Blvd, and connected directly to the Broward County Convention. The property offers 801 guest rooms and suites, multiple restaurants, a vibrant rooftop bar, a sprawling pool, spa, and fitness center. The hotel will also have over 120,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor meeting and event space, including a grand ballroom, junior ballroom, 25 breakout rooms and pre-function meeting space with waterfront views. Provide high quality standards and procedures in preparing/serving all pastries.

Requirements

• Minimum 6 months (for entry level) to 3 years (advanced) relevant pastry/culinary experience.
• Must be familiar with all pastry cooking techniques.
• Culinary degrees and/or formal training preferred.
• Must be familiar with batch and quantity cooking.
• Must be able to utilize culinary tools (knives, commercial equipment, etc.) and taste/smell.
• Eye/hand coordination needed to use all kitchen equipment.
• Basic math skills needed to understand and implement recipes and measurements.
• Ability to multi-task and work in fast paced environment.
• Ability to produce high volumes of work while maintaining quality per Omni standards.
• Maintain a professional business appearance, attitude, and performance.
• Flexible schedule to include nights, weekends, and holidays.

Responsibilities

• Control quality and consistency of all food served.
• Ensure functions are completed 30 minutes prior to service.
• Ensure all food supplies necessary for service are in appropriate supply on a timely basis.
• Responsible for production of sweet items, pastries, cakes, fruit compotes, breads, chocolates, etc. for all outlets as well as banquets and amenities.
• Assists in producing and plating Banquet pastries.
• Maintain high quality at all times.
• Inspect all food products for quality when working on prep list and service line.
• Check portion control, weights and counts prior to function.
• Maintain/check cooking times and temperatures.
• Follow all storage procedures when taking food out of walk-in and when returning food to walk-in.
• Maintain cleanliness of work area at all times.
• Keep walk-in, prep area and equipment up to Health Department and EcoSure standards at all time.
• Prepares all food items according to standard recipes and as specified on guest check, to ensure consistency of product.
• Work well under pressure of meeting production schedules and timelines for pastry needs.
• Work effectively in a team environment, assisting where needed, and offering assistance to others.
• Perform other duties as assigned by culinary management.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed