Baker

Are you passionate for pastries and baked goods? Love talking about food? We are looking for an individual who strives for quality and with integrity and enjoy the companionship of others in a small bakery.

We are Butternut Bakehouse, a bakery serving charming, rustic handcrafted pastries.

We are a community-centric, small-batch bakery that is growing and expanding our team. We are seeking passionate bakers and prep cooks with a love for artisanal baked goods and an eagerness to cultivate a creative, fun, and consistent café environment.

Possible shifts include:

  • Tuesdays through Sundays, 4:00am - Noon

  • Tuesdays through Sundays, 8am- 4pm

  • Mondays, 9am - 5pm

Our bakers at Butternut bring life into the cafe with warm pastries, delicious smells, and good energy. Their ultimate goal is to prepare high quality baked goods and contribute their creative inspirations to our special and seasonal menus. A successful applicant is friendly, outgoing, and will have back of house skills from previous experience, attention to detail, and be a proactive, community-oriented team player.

You will be part of a small team in a growing business and will have the opportunity to learn many baking techniques.

This position is for our Belmont location on 49 Leonard Street.

All day paid parking available in the back lot.

Responsibilities

Our baker’s responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

  • 3 shifts of early morning bake-off for retail pastry counter and wholesale –pastries, scones, croissants, morning buns, mini cakes, cookies. This is a solo bake position (after multiple training sessions) and requires organization and sense of hustle

  • Production of dough

  • Mixing, shaping and baking of breads

  • Prep work: scooping cookie dough, egg soufflé, wrapping cakes, mix fillings, portioning dough, mixing dough, almond croissant prep

  • Maintain an orderly and organized kitchen

Requirements

  • Have at least 6 months professional baking experience and industry references

  • This position is for professional bakers starting their career

  • Strong work ethic and able to work as a team

  • Available to work weekends

  • Attention to detail. Able to assess product quality to maintain high consistency of offerings

  • Self-motivated individual with passion for food

  • Dependable , fun and positive attitude

  • Able to lift 50 lbs and stand for long periods

  • High standards of cleanliness and quality of work

  • Dependable transport

  • 1 year commitment

Starting pay $20 per hour

Benefits

  • PTO

  • Health & Dental Insurance

  • Employee Discount

Schedule

  • Weekends required

  • 7-8 hour shift

  • 35 -40 hours a week

This job is

  • Open to applicants who do not have a high school diploma/GED

  • Open to applicants who do not have a college diploma

COVID-19 Safety Measures

Butternut Bakehouse requires all employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19. Due to cyclical surges in COVID-19 cases, we also have an adaptable mask policy and under certain conditions will require wearing a mask on shift.