Pastry Sous Chef (Grand Californian Hotel)

As a Pastry Sous Chef, you will apply knowledge with experience to grow pastry making strategies while providing guidance, knowledge and development to cast. You will also create a positive, inclusive pastry-kitchen environment that encourages a positive environment, and meets our requirements. You will also help to create and develop unique pastries and desserts that provide our Guest with a variety of offerings. You will report to: Chef De Cuisine

You Will:

• Foster a positive environment which builds on relationships, community and trust by delivering the Five Keys Basics and modeling the Disney Leader Basics.
• Ensure maintenance and cleanliness of equipment and facilities.
• Be a mentor to leads, trainers and cast.
• Provide culinary specific leadership to support and develop Cast members with a hands-on approach.
• Maintain in-depth knowledge of menus.
• Sustain operational vision, including improvement projects to gain Guest satisfiers, Cast retention and financial results.
• Maintain in-depth knowledge of ingredients, pastry products and vendors.
• Ensure that products are properly ordered, received and stored.
• Operate the pastry kitchen in compliance with TWDC Global Resort Standards, TWDC Global F&B Standards, DLR Food Safety Standards.
• Gain trust of others through integrity and authenticity.
• Ensure show quality of the operation.
• Knowledge, application and presentation of the locations pastry offerings.
• Use broad view perspectives for development, authenticity and storytelling.
• Ensure production, quality, presentation, application, and continuous development of pastries and desserts.
• Engage directly with Cast to create an integrated Guest and Cast experiences.
• Manage culinary concepts in the pastry kitchen environment.
• Respond to special dietary needs.

You Have:

• Understanding of HACCP.
• Minimum of five years of pastry experience
• Knowledgeable in union contracts.
• Basics of pastry making.
• Experience in pastry high-volume production, themed pastries and plated desserts.
• Knowledge of ingredients and inventory practices.
• Flexibility to work a varying schedule, with variable days off.
• Knowledge of computer work, Word, Excel, PowerPoint
• Understand and demonstrate fundamentals of pastry arts.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Food Safety Certification.
• Demonstrate knowledge of food cost techniques.
• Demonstrate knowledge of working in a union environment.
• Demonstrate high creativity and consistency.
• Can source, order and receive food procedures.

Our Benefits: Disney offers a rewards package to help you live your best life. This includes health and savings benefits, educational opportunities and special extras that only Disney can provide. Learn more about our benefits and perks at https://jobs.disneycareers.com/benefits

The hiring range for this position in Anaheim is $77,080 to $94,000 per year. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidate’s geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to the full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered.