Cake Decorator in Tampa, Florida at Wright's Gourmet House

The Market Cake Decorator greets guests as they enter the restaurant. They promote menu items and services, take orders & settle transactions.Knows and understands Wrights commitment to always say yes to nearly every guest request. Frosts, decorates, customizes, and prepares cakes, cupcakes, and other baked goods.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Food prep and stocking holding cases and food display.
• Frosts, decorates andcustomizes cupcakes, cakes, and other baked goods as needed.
• Stock the market with cakes, cupcakes, dessert slices, pies, etc.
• Process guest orders in the POS system and accurately settle all transactions.
• Prepare each order the Wright way, meeting the guests expectations.
• Ensure quality and portion size over maximizing yields. Minimize needless waste.
• Promptly greet and assist guests and visitors anywhere on-premises. Share general information on Wrights: history, business hours, and directions.
• Follow safe food handling and sanitation procedures; assist all other areas with meeting these standards.
• Maintain ones workstation and other associated areas in a clean, safe, and organized condition; assist all other areas with meeting these standards.
• Cheerfully participate in a workplace filled with warm greetings, friendly smiles, helping hands, and freely shared knowledge.
• May be required to work during special events.
• Perform daily and weekly administrative tasks e.g. checklists, station counts, etc.

Key Skills & Requirements

• Excellent guest service skills.
• Extensive knowledge of food and beverage menus.
• Operate a variety of culinary equipment and tools when assisting other stations.
• Preferably six (6) months of experience within the past twelve (12) months as a cake decorator for a high-volume restaurant, catering company, bakery, or similar food service operation.
• Skillful use of pastry bags for piping decorative borders and lettering, as well as ornamental flourishes such as leaves, shells, roses, or basket weave.
• Communicate with effective verbal and written skills with guests, managers, and staff
• Calm, flexible demeanor for handling the pressure of simultaneously coordinating a wide range of tasks, especially during high-volume times.
• Solve problems with minimal disruption to guests; seek assistance as needed to ensure guests receive a great experience.
• Work productively with limited supervision.
• Attentive to detail. (Note that some tasks require a very high level of accuracy to properly meet the standards of that task.)
• Basic math skills.

Physical Requirements:

• High standards of personal hygiene & appearance.
• Balancing, twisting, bending, stooping, walking, reaching, lifting, pulling, pushing, and climbing.
• Frequently lifting or moving heavy items up to 50 pounds.
• Standing in place for long periods of time.
• Comfort with working in a very fast-paced, crowded environment with co-workers and guests.
• Must be able to tolerate considerable exposure to unusual elements, such as extreme temperatures, fumes, smoke, cold, unpleasant odors, and loud noise.

Other Requirements:

• Consent to both pre-employment and post-hire reasonable suspicion drug testing.
• Consent to a pre-employment background check (criminal and driving).
• Tobacco-free, smoke-free, e-cigarette-free facility and grounds.

Benefits:

• Health, Dental, Life, and Disability Insurance (subject to applicable waiting periods)
• PTO benefit (begin accruing at 10 days off, based on average hours)
• Sick Days & Paid Leave benefit
• Tuition Reimbursement
• 401(k) with matching
• Discounts
• Opportunity for Growth and Advancement

An Equal Opportunity Employer

We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, genetic information, or any other status protected by law or regulation. It is our intention that all qualified applicants are given equal opportunity and that selection decisions be based on job-related factors.

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