# Chef Instructor, Pastry (Sur La Table)

**Company**: Sur La Table
**Location**: Miami, FL
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: entry
**Job type**: part-time
**Category**: Hospitality
**Industry**: Retail

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## Description

As a Chef Instructor, Pastry at Sur La Table, you are the in-store expert for baking and pastry arts, delivering exceptional service and sharing specialized knowledge in pastry techniques and baking fundamentals.

**Key Responsibilities:**

- Customer Experience & Brand Representation:

- Create memorable experiences that inspire repeat visits and customer loyalty.

- Deliver exceptional in-store culinary experiences focused on pastry and baking classes.

- Communicate technical concepts and advanced pastry skills clearly and approachably.

- Maintain expertise by staying current on products and engaging in available training.

- Sales & Business Performance:

- Drive sales by upholding kitchen standards and promoting retail items used in classes.

- Meet or exceed culinary program goals by delivering exceptional classes that drive customer engagement and sales.

- Team Engagement & Store Support:

- Assist in setting up and breaking down classes, including organizing mise en place and cleaning workstations.

- Help with restocking, organizing, and maintaining kitchen supplies and tools.

- Operations & Compliance:

- Ensure compliance with food safety standards, local health codes, and sanitation regulations.

- Properly handle tools, ingredients, and kitchen equipment to maintain a safe work environment.

- Maintain accurate inventory levels and control supply and culinary expenses.

**Physical Requirements:**

- Ability to communicate verbally and work cooperatively with associates and customers.

- Ability to remain standing for up to 4 hours at a time.

- Ability to move about the store, direct class participants, and retrieve merchandise.

- Capability to accurately perceive and differentiate variations in intensity or quality of flavors or odors.

- Ability to grab, reach, push, pull, bend, stoop, kneel, and crouch.

- Ability to lift and/or move merchandise weighing up to 50 lbs.

- Ability to operate a computer, POS system, and other equipment.

- Available to work between 12 and 16 hours per week with a flexible schedule.

**Qualifications & Experience:**

- Must be 21 years of age or older.

- A degree in culinary arts is preferred; extensive culinary experience and demonstrated technical proficiency will be considered.

- 1-2 years of kitchen operations experience.

- Valid Food Manager Certification.

- Excellent communication, problem-solving, and decision-making abilities.

- Passion for community engagement and providing exceptional customer experiences.

## Skills

### Required
- culinary arts
- pastry techniques
- baking fundamentals
- food safety standards
- inventory management

### Nice to have
- Food Manager Certification
- kitchen operations experience

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