Job Description

Job Location: Legal Address - HIGHLAND PARK, IL 60035
Position Type: Full Time
Salary Range: $21.00 - $23.00 Hourly

The Club
Founded in 1896 as Illinois third golf club, Exmoor is a private, full-service country club, located in Highland Park, Illinois, 28 miles north of Chicago. With a championship golf course designed by Donald J. Ross, Exmoor continues to fulfill its original mission as a family club devoted to the game of golf, while offering a growing range of sports and social opportunities. Sports at Exmoor include golf, curling, tennis, swimming, ice skating, platform tennis, cross country skiing and the fastest growing sport in America pickleball. Members of all ages enjoy a year-round schedule of exciting social activities.
The Clubs mission is to provide the finest golf, sporting, and social experiences for its community of member families and their guests all year long.
Position Description:
Prepare all baked goods, including bread and pastries and desserts according to club’s standard recipes.
Responsibilities:
- Assesses daily bakery needs with Pastry Chef and/or Executive Chef.
- Schedules production of bread, rolls, biscuits and muffins to maintain a proper inventory of freshly baked goods.
- Prepares all baked goods, puddings, gelatins, frozen desserts, stewed and baked fruits, pies, cakes, and other bakery items.
- Prepares and serves items in accordance with established recipe and presentation standards.
- Responsible for operating with budgeted food cost guidelines under supervision of Pastry Chef or Executive Chef.
- Review bakery needs for special events in conjunction with the Pastry Chef and/or Executive Chef as they occur.
- Informs management of any problems concerning food quality production.
- Assists the Pastry Chef with daily quality control checks.
- Assists Pastry Chef with equipment evaluations.
- Reports all maintenance and/or repair needs to Pastry Chef or Executive Chef.
- Supervises special pastry orders including decorated cakes.
- Oversees pastry cart and buffet dessert table set-up and presentation.
- Keeps walk-in organized.
- Sets-up, maintains, cleans and breaks down pastry station.
- Notifies Pastry Chef in advance of expected product shortages.
- Properly stores all food, which must be covered, dated and rotated daily to ensure proper portion control and quality.
- Attends kitchen employee and staff meetings.
- Assists Pastry Chef in completion of other duties as assigned.

Qualifications
- High School graduate or GED.
- Certificate or diploma from a recognized bakery and pastry arts training program.
- At least two years of experience as a commercial baker.
Note:
This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee(s) incumbent in this position. Employee(s) will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by any person authorized to give instructions or assignments. Management reserves the right to change, rescind, add, or delete the functions of this position at any time. This position may require to work weekends and some holidays given the nature of the business.
All offers of employment are based upon satisfactory completion of background and drug screening results.