The description of pastry section at Sahid Jaya Solo hotel

Dyah Ayu Mustika Rani, 2008, “The Description of Pastry Section at Sahid Jaya Solo Hotel”, English Diploma Program, Faculty of Letters and Fine Arts, Sebelas Maret University. Hotel is one of the important elements in the tourism industry. A hotel has many departments for its operational activities, one of them is Food and Beverage Department. Pastry section is a section under the Food and Beverage Department. This final project report describes the Pastry section in general, such as the job description, the products, the responsibility, the strength and weakness, and also the solution for its weakness. This final project report is written based on the writer’s experience in doing the job training for three months in Pastry section at Sahid Jaya Solo Hotel. Hopefully, this final project report will be beneficial for the hotel to increase their quality in service. For the readers, hopefully this final project report is beneficial to enrich their knowledge. The jobs of a trainee in Pastry section are helping the pastry cooks and keeping the cleanness of pastry area. Pastry section makes many kinds of bread for breakfast everyday, such as donut, croissant, sweetbread, danish, and white bread. The responsibilities of Pastry section are for making and preparing cake, bread, snack and dessert. Pastry section has two experienced cooks. Each cook has his own characteristic. The writer found some weaknesses in Pastry section, such as the limited worker, the broken devices, the lack of supplies, the order products and the distant relationship between the cooks. Recruitments, maintenance the devices, variety of menu, improvement of the cooks, and good communication between the Pastry Chef and the Cook Helper are the solutions which is given by the writer. The suggestion is for the hotel management and the pastry section. They are suggested to hold a meeting every week or every month for sharing and hearing the employer’s complaint in doing their jobs. The pastry section is also suggested to make more creations for its products, so the guests are interested in tasting the pastry products.