Pastry Chef - Daikin Park

Job Description

Aramark is currently seeking a Pastry Chef to support Daikin Park (formerly known as Minute Maid Park), home of the Houston Astros! This position will focus on the oversight of planning, preparing, and executing pastry operations for games and special events.

This Salaried Full-Time position offers a wide array of comprehensive benefit programs and services. We designed our benefits to promote a culture of health and wellbeing. Additional information below or click here to learn more.

Job Responsibilities

• Oversee the culinary team supporting daily operations and special events
• Manage menu design, development, and costing, create production sheets with a consistent focus on margin improvement, understanding performance metrics, data, order, and inventory trends
• Maintain effective client and customer rapport
• Coach and develop culinary and kitchen employees on best practice food production techniques
• Collaborate with Human Resources to maintain all staff records including training records, shift opening/closing checklists and performance data
• Ensure proper culinary standards are met for food production, presentation, and service
• Full compliance with Operational Excellence fundamentals: managing waste, standard menus, recipes and ingredients through managing customer driven menus and labor standards
• Ensure accuracy of estimated food consumption for appropriate requisitions and/or food purchase
• Comply with all applicable safety, health, and union policies, rules and regulations

At Aramark, developing new skills and doing what it takes to get the job done make a positive impact for our employees and for our customers. In order to meet our commitments, job duties may change or new ones may be assigned without formal notice.

Qualifications

• Culinary degree preferred or at least 3 years of related culinary leadership experience required in catering, special events, or high-volume settings
• Requires advanced knowledge of the principles and practices within pastry-focused food profession
• Must have ability to maintain effective client and customer rapport for mutually beneficial business relationships
• Must have excellent communication and organizational skills
• Must be comfortable working in a collaborative team dynamic
• Requires occasional lifting, carrying, pushing, and pulling up to 50 lbs. and ability to walk and stand for extended periods of time
• Must have availability to work event-based hours including evening, weekend, and potentially holiday hours

Education

About Aramark

About Aramark
We are a leading global provider of food, facilities and uniform services to education, healthcare, business & government, and sports & leisure. Spanning over 20 countries across 4 continents around the world with a team, we are a team of over 250,000 employees dedicated to creating experiences that matter through our culture of inspired hospitality.

We believe a career should develop your talents, fuel your passions, and empower your professional growth. So, no matter what you're pursuing - a new challenge, a sense of belonging, or just a great place to work - our focus is helping you reach your full potential. Click here to learn more about working with us, or connect with us on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram and X.

Our Mission
"Be Well. Do Well." is our global sustainability plan and vision for the future. Rooted in service and united by our purpose, we strive to do great things for each other, our partners, our communities, and our planet. We have an ongoing commitment to equality, inclusion, empowerment, and respect. As part of our Be Well. Do Well. platform, our Diversity, Equity & Inclusion leadership and our newly founded Executive Diversity Council are building strategic focus to advance diversity, equity, and inclusion among our workforce and our wider communities. Click here to explore our vision and what we?re doing to create real change.

Our Benefits
We designed our benefits to promote a culture of health and wellbeing. No one knows what you need better than you, so we provide you with the necessary tools to help you take care of your health, family, finances, and future Please note that eligibility may vary depending on your role, hours worked and location. Click here to learn more.