HIRING: CAKE DECORATOR
Baker and Cake Decorator
Café Pierrot has been in business for 30 years building a bakery, restaurant, and catering service based out of Andover and Sparta, NJ. We are looking for someone who is experienced with baking and cake decorating, extraordinary attention to detail, and a quick learner. Someone who loves collaboration, effective communication, and operates with a growth mindset. Ideal candidates will possess a positive attitude, strong work ethic, and eagerness to be on a tight-knit team of a growing company. This position would be perfect for someone looking to exercise their skills and bring new ideas to the table.
Responsibilities (include but are not limited to)
- Follow recipes, mix, shape, bake, assemble, and produce products of specified flavor, texture, size, and color
- Set up, operate, and tend equipment that cooks, mixes, blends or processes ingredients in the production of food products, according to formulas or recipes
- Mixing, baking, filling, icing and decorating cakes and cupcakes with buttercream and/or fondant
- Mixing, cutting, baking, and decorating cookies with fondant and royal icing
- Prepare custom-made products based on customers’ preferences (e.g. birthday cakes)
- Take a complete and accurate inventory of supplies weekly and re-order supplies and ingredients as needed
- Maintain a clean, neat, organized, and safe work environment
- Occasionally execute product deliveries
Requirements
- Experience as a Baker, Cake Decorator, Pastry Chef or similar role
- Familiarity with all professional kitchen equipment, including mixers, blenders, and dough sheeters
- Understanding and execution of food safety/sanitation practices and protocols
- Proficient in buttercream, fondant, and royal icing decorating
- Ability to remain calm and focused in a fast-paced environment
- Strong communication, time and resource management and planning skills
- Positive team spirit, with a customer-focused attitude
- Flexibility to work in early morning shifts or overnight shifts, Saturdays required
- Ability to stand/walk for the duration of a scheduled shift
- Ability to bend, twist, reach, push, pull and regularly lift 25 lbs., and occasionally lift 50 lbs
- Must be able to work in and out of different temperature ranges.
- Certification from a culinary school is a plus
- ServeSafe certified
- Attention to detail, basic math and computer skills