PIZZA MAKER

The Pizza Maker will report to the Culinary Program Manager, in tandem with the Kitchen Supervisor, and is responsible for building, baking, and executing the pizzas served according to predetermined specs. This person will provide excellent guest experience and help carry out our overall mission to make the best beverages, and now pizza, in the world and to serve them in the most friendly and memorable environment possible.

As a Pizza Maker, you will be responsible for the following:

• Preparing high-quality pizzas according to Tree House standardized protocols

• Continuing to adapt Tree House pizza SOP for variable conditions as they present themselves in Deerfield, including but not limited to ingredient sourcing and trialing, cooking methodologies, kitchen conditions, and customer volume.

• Monitoring the temperature of the pizza ovens as well as cooking times

• Ensuring pizzas going out are consistent and meeting Tree House standards both with regards to taste and quality as well as presentation

• Maintaining all food order slips and ensuring that customers’ orders are completed in a timely manner

• Communicating with retail management and staff of any changes to the menu as needed

• Being aware of ingredients in products that would need to be communicated to customers in the case of any potential food allergies

• Monitoring inventory and notifying management of low stock levels as necessary

• Keeping work areas and overall kitchen sanitized and clean

• Perform other kitchen duties as assigned

Applicant Requirements:

• Previous work experience as a Pizza Maker in a professional setting required

• A food handler’s license is preferred

• Hands-on experience with preparing pizza doughs

• Familiarity with professional brick or stone oven

• Proven food preparation and food handling experience, including manual dexterity in operating cutting tools and kitchen utensils

• Working knowledge of proper food handling procedures

• The ability to follow standardized recipes

• The ability to work in a fast-paced environment

• The ability to work in a team

• Excellent communication skills

• Exceptional customer service skills

At Tree House, we work as a team and we work very hard. . . with purpose and intent. We do not cut corners and we do not take the easy route. We encourage dissent, critical thinking, and an ongoing desire to improve. Our goal is to make the best beverages in the world and serve it in the most friendly and memorable environment possible - that is our obsession, and that is what drives us to do what we do.