A Cake Decorator, or Cake Designer, is an artisan that works with edible ingredients to create visually pleasing cake and pastry designs. Responsibilities that often show up on a Cake Decorator job description include communicating with customers to understand their vision for a cake, decorating cakes and other pastries and collaborating with other team members in a bakery environment to complete customer orders.
Một Cake Decorator phải có khả năng hoàn thành nhiều nhiệm vụ và trách nhiệm khác nhau. Sau đây là một số nhiệm vụ và trách nhiệm mà một Cake Decorator phải có khả năng thực hiện:
- Consulting with clients to understand event and cake needs
- Creating preliminary cake designs, including drawings or other mockups for approval
- Decorating cakes and other pastries with a variety of tools and ingredients
- Preparing cake batters, fillings, icings and other necessary cake components
- Sculpting cakes into intricate shapes and forms
- Collaborating with chefs, bakers and other team members to ensure the quality and visual appeal of the final product
- Ordering necessary supplies and managing tool and ingredient inventory
- Keeping workspaces and equipment clean and sanitary
Một Cake Decorator cạnh tranh sẽ có một số kỹ năng và trình độ nhất định, bao gồm:
- Proficiency with cake decorating tools and ingredients
- Fine arts skills, such as sketching or painting
- The physical ability to remain upright for extended periods of time at cake-decorating workstations
- Excellent manual dexterity and fine motor skills
- Strong communication and collaboration skills
- An understanding of or experience in cake or pastry baking
