Victory Coffee + Kitchen is Hiring a Pastry Chef

This position is for Victory Coffee + Kitchen, a social enterprise cafe/restaurant initiated by KCM and Go Victory Channel Society.

As a Pastry Chef, you will assist and implement the Executive Chef’s vision and standards. You will provide the café with a wide variety of in-house made pastry items as well as making enough buns for the kitchen menu. Hamburger buns and English muffins for example. You are able to lead and train interns from our social enterprise. These individuals may have been previously incarcerated or have had recently completed a rehabilitation program. You will also oversee inventory and product ordering for all needs in the baking department.  

This is an onsite job in a brand new cafe/restaurant that will open in Langley, BC in the summer/fall of 2023.

 

Principal Duties & Responsibilities:

  • Bake a variety of pastry/breakfast items to sustain the needs of a 30-40 seat cafe
  • Train support staff to help in production while maintaining established standards of practice
  • Ensure food safety and all health department requirements are met and exceeded
  • Ordering and receiving

 

Job Requirements:

Education and Experience:

  • 3 years’ experience in Food Service Industry
  • Foodsafe Level 1

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

  • Must have the knowledge of procedures relating to high volumes, catering, sanitation, safety, product rotation and cost factors. Must have good customer and working relations. Needs to be a self-motivator with an attitude of excellence
  • Must be creative, strategic and a resourceful thinker
  • Have the ability to problem solve and think analytically
  • Must be team oriented and a motivator
  • Results based
  • Ability to gain respect of and influence others

 

Equipment To Be Used:

  • Dishwasher, Slicer, Carts, Ovens, Grill, Griddle, Stoves, Knives and any other kitchen tool available to fulfill the duties

 

Typical Physical Demands

  • Be able to lift 60 lbs
  • Stand a minimum of 8 hours
  • Able to pull, push, stand, sit stoop, bend, reach, and move or carry equipment
  • Requires manual dexterity sufficient to use hand tools

Typical Mental Demands

  • Must be able to function in a highly stressed and ever-changing environment
  • Ability to give, receive and analyze information, formulate work plans, and prepare written materials and articulate goals and action plans
  • Must be very organized and require a modicum of instruction
  • Must understand vague and implicit instructions, and react favourably in all work situations
  • Must be detailed, organized and communicative
  • Must be task and goal oriented
  • Requires the ability to multi-task
  • Must adapt well to changing work situations
  • Must be able to grasp and apply new ideas
  • Must be able to resolve problems, handle conflict and make effective decisions

 

Working Conditions:

  • Works indoors 95%, with some outdoor work 5% of the time. Must be comfortable being filmed as we will be creating content for the marketing and promotion of the café as well as telling an authentic story of who we are and why we do what we do.

Other Qualifications:

  • Preference to someone personally connected to Kenneth Copeland Ministries, agreeing with the ministry mission and message
  • Must work well with others, as a team and according to Romans 16:17, must not cause dissension, difficulties and divisions
  • Must maintain a good attendance record
  • Ability to work with people of all cultures and backgrounds

 

Pay and Benefits

At Victory Coffee + Kitchen, we focus on providing a work environment that develops our team members as believers, employees and individuals.

We offer competitive wages including great benefits within a fun, uplifting faith environment.

After a probationary period, you will have access to full benefits including extended health and dental coverage.

How to Apply

Please submit an application by Sept 29, 2023, at 4:00PM Pacific Time. In your cover letter tell us why you want this job and why you’d like to work at Victory Coffee + Kitchen. We value great writers, so be yourself, be creative, and take your time. 

Also please include in a separate document, YOUR TESTIMONY OF SALVATION (should be no more than 1 to 2 pages in length).

Apply by emailing us your resume, cover letter and your testimony of salvation to  careers@victorycoffeekitchen.ca

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Disclaimer: This job description is not intended and should not be construed to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills, efforts and working conditions associated with this position. It does, however, reflect the principal job element of this position. This job description does not constitute a contract for employment. Only the qualified job applicant will be contacted for an interview.