We currently have a full-time Executive Pastry Chef opportunity to join the team of world class Executive Chef, Laurent Pillard! You would be working alongside Chef Laurent, a Michelin Star awarded Executive Chef, and his dedicated culinary team.

We are seeking an experienced pastry professional who has experience with wedding cakes, banquets and a la carte. We strive to be the best in our quality of food, service, and facilities. We have a positive work environment with a dedicated, hardworking, fun-spirited team. Our Executive Pastry Chef fosters a teaching environment with the goal of developing tomorrow’s leaders. Must be available during the week, evenings, weekends, and holidays.

Essential Functions:

• Exhibits creative baking and decorating talents by personally cooking food items while leading the staff in preparing quality and consistent pastries for all areas.
• Manages day-to-day operations, ensuring the quality, standards and meeting the expectations of the customers on a daily basis.
• Supervises and coordinates the activities of the pastry staff. Understands pastry staff positions well enough to perform duties in team members absence.
• Maintains the productivity level of pastry team by ensuring team members understand expectations and parameters.
• Assess team member satisfaction by soliciting team member feedback and utilizing an "open door" policy to identify and address concerns.
• Emphasizes member satisfaction and excellent customer service during all departmental meetings and focuses on continuous improvement.
• Trains staff on menu items including ingredients, preparation methods and unique tastes.
• Reviews staffing levels to ensure that member service, operational needs, and financial objectives are met.
• Recognizes superior quality products, presentations, and flavor.
• Maintains food preparation handling, temperature of food, and correct storage standards.
• Maintains purchasing, receiving, and food storage standards.
• Supports procedures for food & beverage portion and waste controls.
• Ensures compliance with all applicable laws and regulations.
• Prepares and cooks baked goods of all types on a regular basis for members as requested and Club events.
• Checks the quality of raw and cooked food products to ensure that standards are met.
• Determines how pastries should be presented and creates decorative food displays.
• Trains pastry team in safety procedures and supervises their ability to follow loss prevention policies to prevent accidents and control costs.
• Utilizes interpersonal and communication skills to lead, influence, and encourage others.
• Advocates sound financial/business decision making, by demonstrating honesty, integrity, and leading by example.
• Encourages and builds mutual trust, respect, and cooperation among all team members.
• Works to continually improve member and team member satisfaction while maintaining the operating budget.
• Leads development and training of pastry team to improve results while maintaining standards. Must ensure sanitation and food standards are achieved.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• A minimum of 5-7 years as an Executive Pastry Chef with experience in a high-quality property, luxury brand hotel, or high-volume private club setting comparable to the scale and sensibility of Charlotte Country Club.
• Must have a formal pastry education with a preference in pastry certifications (or in pursuit of certifications) through organizations such as the American Culinary Federation.
• Ability to present a range of pastry styles, and an in-depth knowledge of pastry and industry trends; will demonstrate constant research and development into food products and ideas to stay current.
• Creativity with pastry menu development and membership pastry programs, along with the ability to understand and implement a program that exceeds the expectations of the membership is critical.
• Equal strength in high volume pastry banquet production and overseeing excellent a la carte programming.
• Strong knowledge of maintaining an organized, efficient, safe and properly flowing kitchen especially with coordinating higher volume banquet production.\
• A team spirit and positive attitude are a must.
• Able to work flexible schedule including days, evenings, weekends, and holidays as a full-time employee.
• Perform physical demands of the job, including standing, lifting and walking stairs daily.
• High standards of CCC as a workplace.
• Experience in restaurant operations.
• Experience in wedding cakes.

Physical Requirements

• Ability to physically perform the job including lifting up to 50 lbs. regularly.
• Ability to stand, walk, and sit for extended periods of time.
• Ability to taste and smell various types of cuisine.

Benefits: Our team members are a friendly group of professionals! We enjoy a beautiful working environment, free meals, employee outings & events. We also offer an assortment of medical benefits & perks for eligible team members, including paid time off, free long-term disability insurance, free group life and accidental death & dismemberment insurance, 401(k) match and health savings account contributions from the Club. We have a positive work environment with a dedicated, hardworking, and fun-spirited team and polite and respectful leadership.

Pre-Employment

Candidates must pass a thorough background check and drug screen. We are a drug free workplace.

REQUIREMENTS

Charlotte Country Club was founded in 1910 and is located four miles east of uptown Charlotte, in the historic Plaza-Midwood neighborhood. Charlotte Country Club is known as a top 20 private club in the US. The club was also recognized as a Top-50 Platinum Club of the World by the Club Leaders Forum.