Bakery & Pastry Sous Chef

Location: hirify.global San Antonio, United States

Company

hirify.global operates a theme park focused on animal care, guest experiences, events, and hospitality services.

What you will do

• Lead daily bakery and pastry production for large events, catering functions, buffets, and special events.
• Prepare and oversee breads, rolls, biscuits, cakes, pies, pastries, cookies, desserts, and specialty bakery items.
• Plan production quantities, scale recipes, and maintain consistent quality, portioning, taste, and presentation.
• Supervise, train, and assign tasks to bakers, pastry cooks, and culinary team members.
• Coordinate bakery and pastry requirements with the Executive Chef, Sous Chefs, catering, and culinary teams.
• Manage storage, labeling, transportation, inventory, waste reduction, equipment care, and event setup or service support.

Requirements

• At least 2 years of professional bakery and pastry experience.
• Experience with high-volume bakery production, pastry and dessert production, large-scale catering, and events.
• Knowledge of breads, doughs, cakes, pies, pastries, specialty desserts, recipe scaling, and large-batch production.
• Ability to lead and develop a bakery and pastry team, with strong organization and time management.
• Knowledge of food safety, sanitation, allergen management, and HACCP procedures.
• Ability to work flexible hours, including weekends, holidays, and event schedules.

Nice to have

• Previous experience as a Pastry Sous Chef, Bakery Sous Chef, Pastry Chef, or in a similar leadership role.
• Experience in a large hotel, resort, convention center, theme park, catering company, or other high-volume foodservice operation.
• Experience with chocolate and confectionery work, buffet and banquet dessert presentation, and seasonal or themed dessert programs.

Culture & Benefits

• Part-time role in a fast-paced environment with a focus on large-scale guest events.
• Free park admission.
• Discounts on park admission tickets and passes for family and friends.
• Discounts on food, merchandise, and other park offerings.
• Scholarship opportunities and exclusive employee events and giveaways.