MILLE FÊTE PASTRY COOK

James Beard award-winning chef, Robynne Maii, and husband, Chuck Bussler, partner with pastry chef extraordinaire, Katherine Yang, founder of Gigi Blue, in creating Mille Fête–a refined seasonal bakery by day and wine bar by night, featuring biodynamic, low-intervention selections, favorite amari, and small bites.

Guests can expect a continuation of Fête’s dedication to “preparing and cooking things we crave” with an homage to Robynne and Katherine’s favorite tastes they’ve experienced in their travels and living in New York City. True to Fête’s culinary ethos, Mille Fête’s menu embraces the best local ingredients Hawaii has to offer while remaining faithful to the classics.

Mille Fête is looking for a reliable, capable, highly motivated, and industrious person with a positive attitude to join our team as a Pastry Cook.

Who you are: an integral member of Mille Fête’s service team who excels at hospitality and quick decision making and thrives in a busy workplace.

What you’ll do: The ideal candidate will assist in the preparation and production of baked goods, maintain a clean and organized work environment, and provide excellent customer service.

What we need from you: excellent hospitality and communication skills. Willing and eager to learn more about pastry, food, wine, and hospitality. Qualified individuals should possess strong attention to detail. In addition, the individual must have strong interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to be a team collaborator.

What you get from us:

Comprehensive medical through Kaiser

50% discount at Mille Fête

50% dining discount at Fête

Job type: full-time, part-time

Pay: $18-23 per hour + tips

Benefits: employee discount, health insurance, 401k

Physical Requirements and Skills:

• Ability to stand for extended periods of time
• Ability to lift and carry up to 50 pounds
• Ability to handle large batch production
• Handle repetitive motions
• Ability to bend, stoop, and reach
• Follow dress code and be neat in appearance
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and handle multiple tasks simultaneously
• Excellent communication and customer service skills
• Basic math skills and ability to follow recipes and measurements accurately
• Basic knife skills

Requirements

• Must be at least 18 years of age and high school education or equivalent, required
• High school education or equivalent, required
• Flexibility to work early mornings, evenings, weekends, and holidays as needed (Must be available during holidays and weekends and for shifts that are sometimes in very early mornings)
• Follow dress code and be neat in appearance
• Must comply with all company policies and requirements
• Ability to communicate and understand direction in English to ensure safely in the workplace. Ability to understand, respond, and engage with team and guests in English
• Must be reachable by email and able to communicate via phone as well.
• Communicates information effectively and efficiently.
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Possesses a positive, results-oriented, team-player mentality.
• Ability to perform job duties and responsibilities well and maintain professionalism and composure under pressure and in a high-paced and at times stressful environment.
• Ability to under pressure and maintain professionalism when working under stress.
• Knowledge of workplace safety procedures and local Department of Health standards.
• Food Handler’s Certification or the ability to obtain in accordance with federal, state, or local regulations and/or Company policy.
• Able to work a flexible schedule in order to accommodate business levels (weekend, nights, and holiday availability required). We will endeavor to provide reasonable accommodations for sincerely held religious beliefs