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)