TLF Job Description - Baker (Pastry Experience)
Position: Full-time Baker (with pastry experience)
Location: 1508 Nanaimo St, East Vancouver
Company: To Live For Bakery & Cafe
Type: Full-Time (40 hours/week) Friday to Tuesday. Shifts start as early as 6am.
Compensation: $21-25/hour
Shifts: 8.5 hour shifts (includes a 30 min break)
About Us: At To Live For, we pride ourselves on creating exceptional plant-based pastries and desserts. We are seeking an enthusiastic and skilled baker to join our talented pastry team. Experience with laminating dough and working with croissants is a priority. This new team member must be able to work weekends.
Specific Tasks Include:
- Laminating dough and shaping croissants.
- Mixing and shaping bread.
- Preparing and baking a variety of bars, tarts and sheet cakes.
- Scaling ingredients; preparing fillings, creams, garnishes, sauces etc.
- Operating large bakery equipment for mixing, proofing, baking.
- Finishing a variety of pastry and feature items including mousse cake slices, croissants and other viennoiserie etc., in a uniform and detail-oriented manner.
- Replenish and keep an eye on FOH display items.
Other Key Responsibilities:
Professional Pastry Training: Utilize your professional pastry training to elevate our offerings and continuously offer a wide variety of impressive options.
Bakery Experience: Bring 2+ years of bakery experience to our team, showcasing your expertise in croissants, bread, and a wide variety of pastries and desserts.
Communication Skills: Demonstrate strong oral and written communication skills, effectively conveying information to team members through recipes and written visuals throughout the kitchen.
Qualifications:
- Professional pastry experience from a bakery or commercial establishment.
- Over two years of experience in a bakery setting, with a focus on croissants, bread and a variety of pastries and desserts.
- Legally authorized to work in Canada.
The ideal candidate is:
- Flexible schedule and comfortable working early mornings and weekends (our busiest days), as well as occasional over-time.
- Positive and friendly towards co-workers; has a can-do attitude.
- Happy to work early mornings.
- Comfortable working with a team and taking direction.
- Physically strong, comfortable with some heavy lifting.
- Comfortable with some repetitive tasks.
- Detail-oriented and takes pride in their work.
- Comfortable working with plant-based ingredients.
- Takes pride in their work.
- Responsible, trustworthy and punctual; shows up for their shifts on time and gives appropriate notice if sick or away.
- Exceptional organizational skills and a keen eye for detail.
- Strong oral communication skills.
- A strong sense of urgency during busy periods.
- An unwavering commitment to cleanliness and maintaining a high standard of hygiene.
- A collaborative mindset with a passion for creating delicious and innovative baked goods.
A bit more about us:
We are a fifteen-year-old bakery on a mission to prove that the future of baking is plant-based. Our goal is to replace the factory farm-filled baked goods on cafe and grocery store shelves around BC. Our bakery and cafe is located on Nanaimo & Grant St in East Vancouver. We serve retail customers in our cafe, as well as, wholesale customers (cafes and shops) around the Lower Mainland. We value diversity and have a zero tolerance policy for racism, homophobia or any type of discrimination. We aim to be as inclusive as possible, while representing and respecting the communities we operate in. We trust that in applying for a role with us, you share these values. We acknowledge that we operate on the unceded ancestral and traditional territory of the Sḵwx wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish), Səlılwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh), and xʷməθkwə y əm (Musqueam) Nations.
How to Apply:
If you are a dedicated baker with a passion for excellence, we would love to hear from you. Please send your resume, a cover letter detailing your experience and any relevant portfolio or examples of your work.
We cannot wait to meet our new baker!
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $21.00-$25.00 per hour
Benefits:
- Casual dress
- Discounted or free food
- Store discount
Flexible language requirement:
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Vancouver, BC V5L 4T8: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (preferred)
Application question(s):
- Do you have two years of experience working with croissant dough?
Experience:
- Baking: 2 years (required)
- bakery: 2 years (required)
Location:
- Vancouver, BC V5L 4T8 (preferred)
Work Location: In person
