does any1 know if u have to have to be a certain characteristic to be a pastry chef & is so then what is it?

Question

i need to write a essay on the career i want to go into an i need to know this stuff for my second page but i cant find anything on them an its due friday..can any1 help..??

Answer 1

Here are some real job listings:
Position Description: We are looking for a Pastry Chef.

We want a creative, energetic person with a proven track record of growth and potential who is currently an Assistant Pastry Chef or Lead Pastry Cook.

The successful candidiate will have a minimum of four years previous experience in a high end hotel or restaurant pastry shop.

We offer the opportunity to work in the kitchen of a world renowned Five Star Five Diamond hotel in Beverly Hills, California. If you have the qualifications and experience needed and the desire to grow and learn from some of the best in the business and if you can work in an extremely busy, demanding environment and thrive on challenge, we would like to hear from you.

Job Profile: Position: Pastry Chef
Job Category: Restaurant - Fine Dining
Job Type: Full-time
Compensation: Negotiable
Experience: 4 years
Education: Culinary Arts Degree Preferred
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Pastry chefs are employed in lots of different businesses, e.g. producing desserts in a large hotel, making cakes for a café or decorating wedding cakes. The exact nature of the job will change depending on the environment, but the essential tasks will be similar, e.g.

Making cakes, pastries and desserts
Assembling and decorating pastry products using different kinds of fillings, toppings and icings.
Inventing new products
Working with sugar and chocolate

Some pastry chefs also carry out managerial tasks such as

Supervising other staff
Training
Menu planning
Budgeting and purchasing

What Sort of Education Does a Pastry Chef Need?
You could have all the passion for pastries in the world, but without the right kind of education in pastry making you won't be able to turn your vision into reality. Being a successful chef needs creative flair, but a scientific education is particularly important for the pastry chef -- you need it to make sure your mixes are in the right proportions and that you are cooking at the right temperature.

To get the education you need to be a successful pastry chef, look for a baking and pastry program at culinary school, or take a more generalized culinary arts qualification and then specialize in pastry making.
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The pastry chef works in restaurants, bistros, large hotels, casinos and bakeries. The pastry kitchen or pastry section is normally slightly separate from the main kitchen. The station chef or pastry chef, in a professional chef kitchen, are highly skilled in making desserts, pastries and many other baked goods. In the pastry kitchen, they often have other assistants to assist them.

Some of the many responsibilities of the pastry chef often include ordering, costing and menu planning. In daily operations, the pastry chef may develop new recipes, test them or research new recipe concepts. Although they do not usually plate their desserts, they prepare them in advance.

Common work activities include:
Meet with the various chefs in the restaurant to discuss menu planning and pairing of desserts with entrée and appetizer selections.

Testing and evaluation of new pastry and dessert recipes.
Ordering all supplies from various vendors and in some cases going directly to the growers for the freshest possible fruits and berries.
Preparing a budget for the pastry department of the kitchen in conjunction with the management and the other chefs.
Supervising the various apprentice and chefs in training in the pastry kitchen.
Providing training, education and even community classes on pastry and dessert making

Answer 2

a pastry chef would require good mathamatical skills, be artistic, and calm, cool and collected. good with fine detail. Presentation is Everything.. so says my 15 yr old. gotta believe her

Answer 3

a pastr/culinary degree, artistic, open minded, creative....let me know if you need anything else....im one.

oh i forgot, experience is a must....start out as a helper and work your way up the degree and more experience.

Answer 4

Donuts without holes... you might be onto something