What are they? A pastry chef is a professional cook who specializes in making desserts, especially cakes and pastries.
Environment: Pastry Chefs work in a kitchen of a restaurant or catering business over the span of 12 hour days. They are on their feet most of the time with a lot of other people.
They arrive early in the morning and leave late afternoon or evening.
Education: Many aspiring pastry chefs enroll in pastry education programs offered by culinary schools for certificate, associates, and bachelor’s degree levels.
Skills Required:
- creativity
- leadership
- hand-eye coordination
- time management
- business acumen
Tasks: Pastry Chefs bake desserts like cakes and pastries, but also need to order ingredients and supplies for their restaurants or catering business. They also hire employees to assist them and help maintain records for expenses and sales.
Salary: Pastry chef positions vary widely in pay, depending on skills and experience. A pastry cook or assistant pastry chef with little to no experience can earn $30,000 to $42,000 per year. A pastry chef with experience earns on average $48,000 annually. Someone more skilled and an executive can earn $63,000 on average. It also depends on where you are employed. A pastry chef at a local restaurant would make less than a pastry chef working at a 4 or 5 star hotel.
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