Baker/Pastry Chef - Wilmington College Dining

Now Hiring: Baker / Pastry Chef

Do you believe butter makes everything better? Do you get irrationally excited about a perfectly laminated croissant, a glossy ganache, or a tray of cookies coming out of the oven?

We’re looking for a talented Baker/Pastry Chef to bring creativity, skill, and a whole lot of deliciousness to our kitchen.

This isn’t just a “make muffins and call it a day” position. We’re looking for someone who can help create memorable desserts, fresh-baked breads, pastries, and specialty treats that make people stop mid-bite and say, “Okay… who made this?”

What You’ll Do

• Create and prepare fresh breads, pastries, desserts, cookies, cakes, and other baked goods
• Bring new ideas and seasonal creations to the table
• Help develop menus and special event offerings
• Maintain high standards for quality, consistency, presentation, and food safety
• Keep the bakery organized, stocked, and running smoothly
• Occasionally accept the fact that people will follow the smell of your baking directly into the kitchen

What We’re Looking For

• Experience in baking, pastry, or culinary arts
• A strong understanding of baking techniques, ingredients, and production
• Creativity and an eye for presentation
• The ability to work independently while still being a great teammate
• Strong organization and time-management skills
• Someone who takes pride in making food that looks as good as it tastes

Why You’ll Love It Here

You’ll have the opportunity to put your own creative stamp on the menu, experiment with new ideas, and make a real impact on the dining experience. From everyday favorites to over-the-top desserts and special events, there’s plenty of room to create something memorable. 

We also offer flexible scheduling and competitive pay—because great work deserves flexibility and great people deserve to be rewarded.

If you’re ready to turn flour, butter, sugar, and creativity into the best part of someone’s day—we want to hear from you.

Apply today and come make something amazing.

ABOUT US:

Hallmark Management Service is an onsite food service management company providing residential dining service, catering, and retail operations at Wilmington College. Our dining program specializes in made from scratch and made to order meals. Our customers will find a wide variety of fresh salads and soups, deli sandwiches, hot entrees, delicious sides, inspiring accompaniments, homemade desserts and more.

Our values are purposefully simple, we believe in being honest, hardworking, hospitable, and hungry to achieve great things together. These four simple words help us define what is important and how to make good decisions that we can be proud of together.

At Hallmark Management, we offer:

• Paid time off
• Paid Holidays
• Annual opportunities for merit increases
• Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance
• 401K with a company match
• Free Meal while working
• Free nonskid shoes

Job Related Duties & Responsibilities

• Demonstrates culinary knowledge and technique with an emphasis on bakery preparation both scratch and convenience as required
• Ability to use pastry bag for cake/dessert decorating to support menu and special event requirements
• Maintains a clean and organized workspace storing, labeling and rotating product according to our standards
• Provides quality menu items and food products through our company recipe and presentation standards
• Tastes food items to assure they meet our standards
• Accurately completes production records
• Follows health, safety, and sanitation guidelines in our commercial production kitchen
• Exhibits a customer comes first attitude

Position Requirements:

• Background Check/Drug Screen 
• Ability to work as part of a team
• Requires occasional lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling up to 40 lbs.
• Requires constant standing and walking