Pastry chef

A pastry chef expertly crafts, decorates, and presents a variety of baked goods, ensuring flawless taste and aesthetics in professional kitchens such as restaurants, bakeries, or hotels. - Key duties include recipe creation, baking precision, decorating, inventory management, staff supervision, and upholding food safety standards. - Essential skills are creativity, detailed knowledge of baking techniques, leadership, time management, and adaptability to dietary needs. - Specializations range from bakers and cake designers to chocolatiers, décorateurs, and executive pastry chefs overseeing full departments.