• Measures and mixes ingredients according to standard recipes
• Mixes ingredients using electric mixer, or beats and stirs ingredients by hand 
• Shapes dough for cookies, pies, and fancy pastries
• Places shaped dough portions in greased or floured pans and inserts them in oven 
• Prepares and cooks ingredients for pie fillings, puddings, custards, or other desserts
• Mixes ingredients to make icings 
• Decorates cakes, pastries and other creative desserts
• Scoops and serves gelato, sorbet and other desserts 

All Cooks, Including Pastry Cook:

• Maintains a high degree of sanitation in work station 
• Keeps food area free of debris and trash at all times
• Reports to work on time
• Communicates with Sous Chef when there are product shortages
• Breaks down and stores daily food and supply deliveries
• Assists in monitoring products in the freezer, walk-ins, and storerooms to ensure freshness and availability
• Ensures proper FIFO procedures are followed when storing daily deliveries 
• Monitors food items, checks food temperatures, and changes food items when necessary
• Assists in quality control of prepared food items
• Ensures thorough communication between shifts
• Remains up to date on all Departmental Policies and Procedures
• Prepares and executes recipes and daily production sheets per standardized recipe cards or supervisor guidelines
• Complies with all departmental rules, side work assignments, and departmental procedures 
• Ensures that all guests are treated in a prompt, professional and courteous manner
• Gives excellent internal and/or external guest service and proactively seeks ways to improve service
• Performs all other duties as assigned

Job Requirements:

Pastry Cook:

• Must possess basic knife skills
• Knowledge in measuring and weight conversion for recipes

All Cooks, Including Pastry Cook:

• Illinois Food Handler Certification required
• Must possess outstanding interpersonal communication skills to effectively interface with guests and team members 
• Must possess the ability to work under pressure and with a sense of urgency 
• Must possess a cooperative, helpful and friendly nature, and present a neat, clean, well-groomed appearance 
• Ability to work flexible shifts and days of the week including holidays. Understands that schedules may change
• Frequent walking, sitting, standing, bending, twisting, lifting, and kneeling 
• Finishes job duties in a timely fashion according to department time standards
• Ability to work within the following conditions: wet floors, temperature extremes, and loud noise
• The Team Member must frequently lift and or move up to 25 pounds

Perks that Work!

• 401K – 4% match to 5% Team Member Contribution
• $1 Daily Meals
• Earn up to 18 Days of Paid Time Off Your First Year 
• Free Shuttle from Rosemont’s Blue Line Station
• Free Parking On-Site
• Rivers Casino Scholarship Program for Team Members and their Children/Grandchildren 
• Fitness/Gym Reimbursement
• Community Volunteer Opportunities
• Leadership Training & Career Advancement Programs
• Team Member Exclusive Discounts