Pastry Chef, Catering

Help a great team put out high end food & events! (PT or FT through the holidays)

We're looking for a catering pastry chef who wants to put out high quality pastries and desserts. We have an ongoing need for on-call/ part-time prep chefs and also a seasonal full-time position.

We are a generalist shop focused on development. As much as you show you are capable, we will make sure you get a chance to try new things, play with new equipment (we have a lot of chef toys), and even work events (at a higher rate). We're probably not the right spot for someone hesitant.you should like constantly stretching your boundaries.

We're a catering company who's customers ask us to do very different things in any given week, so we need chefs who can wrap their head around different approaches based on what makes sense for the week.

Looking for pastry chef who can play with lots of different food!

Bite Catering Couture offers a pastry chef role designed for smart, ambitious pastry chefs who can do a bit of everything and likes constantly stretching their boundaries.

It’s a flexible role that can be adapted to an existing morning or evening schedule and can expand to full time if you cross-over to savory and events.

It’s a mix of:

• batch production runs for dessert assortments (bars, cups, cookies, etc)
• event specific production (branded, plated desserts, action stations)
• R&D to help us scale and grow for catering needs from deliveries to action stations and better utilize our equipment (e.g., pacojet, combi, blast chiller, tempering machine, anti-griddle)
• adapting our bread program for off-prem and venue needs
• event chef work

We also offer a kitchen full of chef toys to play with, R&D work to make it valuable, in-house recipe tech to communicate, and a general focus on improving every day.

We're looking to provide you a space where you can put your passion and energy into doing something meaningful both for your development as a chef and the events that our customers entrust to us.

Success in this role generally looks like:

• Works clean and moves quickly (without hurrying)
• Ability to give and take instruction/ feedback without ego
• Excellent food delivered on time and to specification (can vary for same product based on event formats)
• Previous experience in catering, banquet, or fine dining kitchen (or a fast learner with good underlying technique and understanding of fundamentals)
• Chef "athlete" able to utilize many different skills and techniques appropriate to the item or situation or scale of production

Why work at Bite

We offer a great work environment centered in our Culver City-adjacent kitchen (with natural light!). We're a (pastry) chef-run company with a focus on high quality productive work (without babysitting) with great colleagues who are adults who can manage their own mise en plus, work clean, and follow recipes.

Also note: we value teamwork, curiosity, process, planning, and coaching over yelling and flying by the seat of our pants. We keep a collegial, respectful, quiet kitchen filled with self-motivated chefs.

What we're about:

Our tagline is “Designed Thoughtfully. Crafted Lovingly. Presented Beautifully.” Our events reflect this across a range of different service levels (delivery to high end full-service) and themes (we’re known for a number of our thematic menus like high tea, small bites, and holidays).

Also note: we value teamwork, curiosity, process, planning, and coaching over yelling and flying by the seat of our pants. We keep a collegial, respectful, quiet kitchen filled with self-motivated chefs.

Requirements

• Deep understanding of pastry technique and ability to play with alternatives
• Must be able to lift 50 lbs/ work independently with large batches

• Fluent in English
• Able to use Microsoft Excel and kitchen software/ applications

Preferred Education/ Experience

• Culinary Degree from a notable institution with a proven record of high achievement - Preferred but not required
• Experience in high end catering operations and/or fine dining, banquets, or other demanding culinary environments
• Demonstrated experience making lasting changes in places you have worked or taking intelligent risks in side projects or other endeavors. (would love to hear about how you built something or changes something rather than just talked/complained about it)

Compensation

Prep: $18.00-$20/hr for prep

Events: $25-$27/hr (depending on role) for event work plus event bonuses or tips.

(Event work is prioritized for chefs who do the prep work to prepare it)

Job Types: Full-time, Contract, Temporary

Pay: $20.00 - $27.00 per hour

Benefits:

• Flexible schedule

Schedule:

• 10 hour shift
• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Holidays
• Monday to Friday
• Night shift
• Overtime
• Weekend availability

Supplemental Pay:

• Tips

COVID-19 considerations:
yes

Application Question(s):

• (Answer Required) What in our job description appealed to you? Why do you think you would fit well with our kitchen?
• (Answer Required) What puts you in the top 25% of applicants at executing whats on your prep plan?

Experience:

• Chef: 1 year (Required)

License/Certification:

• Food Handler Certification (Required)

Work Location:

• One location

Work Remotely:

• No

Work Location: One location