Pastry Chef Jobs

Required or preferred licenses and certifications for Pastry Chef positions.

The following top skills are often required or desired to land a Pastry Chef position

• a la carte
• American Cuisine
• Baked Goods
• Baking
• Banquet Catering
• Brand Consistency
• Bread Baking
• Breakfast
• Buffet
• Cake Decorating
• Cake Making
• Catering
• Chocolate
• Communication Skills
• Confections
• Cookie Making
• Cooking
• Culinary Arts
• Customer Service
• Dessert Making
• Dessert Plating
• Development
• English
• Events
• Food and Beverage Management
• Food Cost Management
• Food Handling
• Food Plating
• Food Preparation
• Food Safety
• French Cuisine
• Gluten Free Cuisine
• Handling
• Inventory Management
• Kitchen Equipment Maintenance
• Knife Skills
• Leadership
• Management
• Menu Planning
• Mise en Place
• Organization
• Orientation
• Pastry Making
• Petit Fours
• Policy Administration
• Portion Control
• Presentation
• Recipe Development
• Sanitation
• Scheduling
• Scratch Cooking
• Seasonal Menus
• Staff Supervision
• Stand Up Reach Forklift
• Teamwork
• Training and Development
• Wedding Cakes

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Top hiring companies for Pastry Chef positions

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