The pastry chef is a chef specialized in all types of baked goods, starting with salty pies and tarts and ending with intricate wedding and anniversary cakes. The pastry chefs are in charge of creating recipes, measuring ingredients, molding and baking breads and perform all types of baking. They are also responsible of managing the kitchen and dealing with the ingredient suppliers, which makes their “to do” list quite long.
The pastry chef job openings are usually in restaurants, where the pastry chef must create personalized desserts to end a meal, plate them accordingly for serving and create special drink suggestions to go along with the dessert. A similar role, but at a smaller scale is performed by pastry chefs in bistros. In bakeries, the pastry chefs are in charge of baking and in some times selling specialized products. In most cases, bakeries are owned by pastry chefs, therefore impeccable managing skills and a good sense of business must be added to the recipe for a good pastry chef.