Pastry Chef

HQ Wholesale Pastry • Moorabbin, Victoria 3189, Australia • Full-time
AI Job Summary
  • Hold a Certificate III in Patisserie.
  • Have experience in a high volume kitchen environment or similar highly regarded experience.
  • Experience in viennoiserie or cakes & cookies production as described (shaping/rolling/laminating/baking or recipes/meas

Role Type

On-site • Permanent • Full-time • Entry Level

Description

About the business

Penny For Pound are a busy bakery cafe, operating out of our custom built HQ in Moorabbin. We produce a high-quality product, baked fresh daily and delivered to various cafes around Melbourne 365 days a year. We create a wide range of sourdough bread, flakey pastries, cakes and cookies for our local community, and welcome them to our open production kitchen and cafe space.

We are a friendly, tight knit team, who take pride in what we do. We are continuously expanding and currently hiring across multiple departments.

About the role/s

    • Full time positions – Certificate III in Patisserie + Experience in high volume kitchen environment or similar highly regarded.
    • Immediate start available
    • These roles would suit someone keen to further improve skills and experience.
    • Viennoiserie section – Variety of Jobs and general kitchen duties such as: Shaping pastries, rolling croissants, laminating dough, prooving and baking assorted pastries, preparing fillings and garnishes, working within a team to full-fill production requirements
    • Cakes & Cookies section – Variety of Jobs and general kitchen duties such as: Following recipes, measure and check ingredients, icing and decoration of cakes, cookies and slices (Cakes & Cookies section).
    • Variety of start times – mostly early morning starts
    • Friendly Team Environment with room to grow
    • Training Provided
    • Opportunity to learn valuable commercial kitchen skills and gain experience
    • We are a mid sized production kitchen focusing on hand made quality products, consistency & efficiency.

    About you

    • Certificate III in Patisserie + Experience in high volume kitchen environment or similar highly regarded.
    • Own transport, or ability to get to and from Moorabbin 3189 
    • Work quickly, neatly, and efficiently within a team
    • Willingness to both learn and contribute