Baker
Visa sponsorship
Hospitality · Brisbane, QLD, Australia · Full-Time · $75,000 - $85,000/yr · Visa: Employer sponsored
A busy Brisbane bakery-café that turns out its bread, pastries and cakes on site each morning, and takes orders for bespoke celebration cakes, is hiring an experienced Baker. Duties span daily bakery production through to finished pastry and cake work, within a permanent role of 38 hours per week at an established and expanding business.
Applicants from overseas may apply, and visa sponsorship is available for the right candidate. Expect early starts, weekend work and a rotating roster.
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Key Responsibilities
- Inspect incoming ingredients and measure each batch before production starts
- Mix and prepare doughs, batters, pastry, fillings and cake mixes
- Portion, shape and mould dough and pastry into loaves, rolls, cakes, tarts and similar lines
- Prepare baking trays and tins, load ovens, and regulate heat and timing
- Finish cakes and pastries with glazes, icing, cream, chocolate, fondant and sugar paste
- Create bespoke celebration cakes to customer orders
- Price and package products and present them in the café display
- Schedule each day's output so the shelves are stocked from opening
- Run and clean mixers, sheeters, provers and similar machinery while observing food safety, hygiene and workplace health and safety rules
- Coach junior bakers and kitchen assistants and contribute to recipe and product development
Requirements & Eligibility
- A Certificate III or IV in Baking or Patisserie, or a higher qualification in culinary arts or patisserie
- At least 1 year working as a Baker, Pastry Chef or Pastrycook within a commercial bakery, patisserie or hotel kitchen
- Confident hands-on pastry, cake production and decorating skills, backed by sound food safety and hygiene knowledge
- Early mornings, weekends and a rotating roster must suit you
- Desirable: fondant work and custom cake design experience
- Desirable: kitchen supervision or team leadership experience
- Desirable: experience in a customer-facing bakery or café
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