# Market evidence report — pastry-chef

Source: **49 real job ads** (JSearch API, countries: us 49), extracted into the MSSQL evidence store; as of 2026-07-18.
This report contains extracted, aggregated facts only — no ad text is
reproduced (copyright / platform terms).

## Seniority distribution

| Seniority | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|
| mid | 31 | 63 % |
| n/a | 13 | 27 % |
| junior | 4 | 8 % |
| lead | 1 | 2 % |

## Tools — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|

## Hard skills — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | baking | 22 | 45 % |
| 2 | inventory management | 18 | 37 % |
| 3 | pastry production | 16 | 33 % |
| 4 | food safety | 11 | 22 % |
| 5 | pastry preparation | 11 | 22 % |
| 6 | dessert preparation | 10 | 20 % |
| 7 | food preparation | 9 | 18 % |
| 8 | recipe development | 6 | 12 % |
| 9 | bread baking | 5 | 10 % |
| 10 | baking techniques | 4 | 8 % |
| 11 | cake decorating | 4 | 8 % |
| 12 | dessert creation | 4 | 8 % |
| 13 | menu development | 4 | 8 % |
| 14 | pastry techniques | 4 | 8 % |
| 15 | cost control | 3 | 6 % |
| 16 | food handling | 3 | 6 % |
| 17 | recipe adherence | 3 | 6 % |
| 18 | recipe scaling | 3 | 6 % |

## Methods — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | food safety standards | 3 | 6 % |

## Responsibilities — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | quality assurance | 7 | 14 % |
| 2 | recipe execution | 7 | 14 % |
| 3 | dessert preparation | 6 | 12 % |
| 4 | quality control | 6 | 12 % |
| 5 | baked goods preparation | 5 | 10 % |
| 6 | equipment operation | 4 | 8 % |
| 7 | kitchen cleaning | 4 | 8 % |
| 8 | pastry production | 4 | 8 % |
| 9 | portion control | 4 | 8 % |
| 10 | baked goods production | 3 | 6 % |
| 11 | bread production | 3 | 6 % |
| 12 | dessert presentation | 3 | 6 % |
| 13 | equipment cleaning | 3 | 6 % |
| 14 | equipment maintenance | 3 | 6 % |
| 15 | food preparation | 3 | 6 % |
| 16 | food safety compliance | 3 | 6 % |
| 17 | ingredient ordering | 3 | 6 % |
| 18 | inventory management | 3 | 6 % |
| 19 | inventory monitoring | 3 | 6 % |
| 20 | oven operation | 3 | 6 % |
| 21 | product labeling | 3 | 6 % |
| 22 | production scheduling | 3 | 6 % |
| 23 | recipe adherence | 3 | 6 % |
| 24 | team management | 3 | 6 % |
| 25 | workspace maintenance | 3 | 6 % |

## Regional breakdown

> **Corpus note:** 49 relevant ads in total — below the 100-ad target for a fully reliable ranking. Percentages above should be read as indicative.

### US (us)

49 ads.

**Top hard skills:**

- baking — 45 % (22 ads)
- inventory management — 37 % (18 ads)
- pastry production — 33 % (16 ads)
- food safety — 22 % (11 ads)
- pastry preparation — 22 % (11 ads)
- dessert preparation — 20 % (10 ads)
- food preparation — 18 % (9 ads)
- recipe development — 12 % (6 ads)
- bread baking — 10 % (5 ads)
- baking techniques — 8 % (4 ads)

**Top tools:**

- blast chillers — 4 % (2 ads)
- chocolate tempering machines — 4 % (2 ads)
- dehydrators — 4 % (2 ads)
- Microsoft Excel — 4 % (2 ads)
- mixers — 4 % (2 ads)
- ovens — 4 % (2 ads)
- proofers — 4 % (2 ads)
- sheeters — 4 % (2 ads)

**Seniority:** mid 63 % · n/a 27 % · junior 8 % · lead 2 %

### UK (gb)

**Insufficient evidence** — 0 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.

### EU/DACH (de, at, ch, nl)

**Insufficient evidence** — 0 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.


## Job title variants in the market

| Title | Ads |
|---|---|
| Pastry Cook | 18 |
| Pastry Chef | 4 |
| Pastry Sous Chef | 3 |
| Pastry Cook/Baker | 2 |
| Ada's Pastry Chef | 1 |
| Artisan Pastry Chef & Baker — Creative, Fast-Paced Kitchen | 1 |
| Baker/Pastry Chef | 1 |
| Cook II-Pastry | 1 |
| French Pastry Chef: Classics Mastery & Creative Leadership | 1 |
| Garde Manger & Pastry Cook | 1 |
| Head Pastry Chef: Elevate Our Global Dessert Program | 1 |
| Hiring French Pastry Chef | 1 |
| Pastry Chef & Baker — Create, Bake & Innovate | 1 |
| Pastry Chef at Any Day Now Washington DC | 1 |
| Pastry Chef de Partie | 1 |
| Pastry chef/Baker | 1 |
| Pastry Chef/Cake Decorator | 1 |
| Pastry Cook - $19 to $22 per HOUR | 1 |
| Pastry Cook - Culinary Barn, District Heights MD | 1 |
| PASTRY COOK - Quick Hire! | 1 |
| Pastry Cook - Seasonal Menus & Full-Time Benefits | 1 |
| Pastry Cook 2 | 1 |
| PASTRY COOK 2 - $23.22 to $26.08 per HOUR | 1 |
| Pastry Cook/Baker - Full-time / Part-time | 1 |
| Pastry Cooks Needed for Immediate Hire! | 1 |

Methodology: entities extracted per ad ({hard_skills, tools, methods, responsibilities, seniority}), normalized, counted as DISTINCT ads per entity; report threshold ≥ 3 ads. Headline sections in skills.md/tools.md use the stricter ≥ 20 % threshold.