Cherry Hills Country Club Work Values

Daily Duties at Cherry Hills Country Club:

I am entrusted with running the pastry operations for both the catering kitchen and the A la cart dining, with overall three million in sales annually. I proudly produce quality, from scratch pastries for banquets of upwards of five hundred people and compose intricate plated desserts for the A la carte dining. I have the responsibility of creating menu designs that change seasonally, plate composition, and the training and executing of all pastry operations. Part of the menu design consciously caters to dietary restrictions. When I took over, only about thirty five percent of desserts were made in house. I wanted to be able to take pride in the desserts that were served, so I took on the responsibility of creating a from scratch pastry kitchen. We now make about ninety five percent of all production in house with the exceptions of limitations from lack of equipment. This dramatically lowered our food cost while maintaining labor cost by strategically organizing daily prep. I am trusted with carrying out daily operations for both the pastry and culinary departments in both catering and A la carte dining as part of the management team. I oversee twenty cooks and chefs daily. I balance the responsibilities of scheduling, ordering, invoices, cost control, organizing and writing prep lists, safety and sanitation. I am actively a part of the safety committee and certified with the Red Cross in CPR and First Aid. I am challenged daily by requests from customers. The country club has a “never say no” policy and as a result I am very well rounded in all aspects of pastry. I work with all mediums and types of pastries; breads, laminated doughs, chocolate work, sugar and fondant work, specialty cakes, fruit carvings, and entremets. My job requires me to produce ever changing and elevating plated desserts, and reinventing lavish, grand buffets.

What they like about Cherry Hills Country Club:

You highly value a work environment built on a formal structure, rules, and regulations. You do not enjoy the unpredictability of shifting priorities and deadlines that upset your routine. You require and enjoy direction, input and accountability as part of your work environment. You have a strong need to participate in making key decisions and feel left out if your superiors or co-workers do not seek your input when making decisions. You thrive on providing good customer service to both internal or external customers, and doing so makes you feel good.

Tags

Cost Control, Inventory, Time Management, Multi Tasking, Recipe Development, Menu Development, Chocolate Work, Sugar Work, Specailty Cakes, Catering, Restuarant, Safety and Sanitation, Teaches Baking Classes

Skills

Time Management, Multi-tasking, Leadership, Inventory, Scheduling, Ordering, Menu Design, Recipe costing, Recipe Development, Breads, Specialty Cakes, Chocolate Work, Sugar Work, Composed Desserts, Buffet displays, Classes and workshops, Catering, Restaurant Service, Organization, Microsoft

These are some of the questions we asked our climbers about their experiences with Cherry Hills Country Club: