Baker
Visa sponsorship
Hospitality · Brisbane, QLD, Australia · Full-Time · $75,000 - $85,000/yr · Visa: Employer sponsored
Every day this busy Brisbane bakery and café turns out fresh bread, pastries and cakes baked on site, and it takes orders for custom celebration cakes too. It wants an experienced Baker for a permanent position of 38 hours a week, covering everyday bakery production and finished pastry and cake work, in an established business that keeps growing.
Overseas applicants are welcome to apply, and visa sponsorship is on offer for the right candidate.
Bakery employers like to see range, so list the breads, pastries and decorated cakes you have produced on your CV, along with your Certificate III or IV. Build AI CV for bakers and cake decorators can help you present it neatly. Select examples from your own work that match the duties below and explain your contribution in plain English. That detail makes your experience easier to assess alongside the stated requirements.
Key Responsibilities
- Inspect incoming raw materials, then weigh and measure ingredients for every production run
- Mix doughs, batters, cake mixes, pastry and fillings, then shape, mould and portion them into loaves, rolls, cakes, tarts and similar items
- Ready trays and tins, load the ovens and manage oven temperatures and baking times
- Finish cakes and pastries by glazing, icing and decorating with cream, chocolate, fondant and sugar paste, and create bespoke celebration cakes from customer orders
- Price, pack and arrange products for the café display, and schedule each day's production so shelves are full at opening
- Run and clean mixers, sheeters, provers and other bakery machinery
- Uphold food safety, hygiene and workplace health and safety standards
- Contribute to recipe and new product development, and train and supervise junior bakers and kitchen staff
Requirements & Eligibility
- A Certificate III or IV in Baking or Patisserie, or a culinary arts or patisserie qualification at a higher level
- At least 1 year spent as a Baker, Pastry Chef or Pastrycook in a commercial bakery, patisserie or hotel kitchen
- Hands-on strength in pastry, cake production and decorating, plus a solid grounding in food safety and hygiene
- Comfortable with early mornings, weekends and a rotating roster
- 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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