Pastry Cook

Position: Pastry Cook

Position Type: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: $79,500 per annum plus superannuation

Location: Malvern, VIC 3144

About Us

Wricorp Pty Ltd t/a Millstone Patisserie is a café, patisserie, and catering company that serves seasonal-inspired breakfast and lunch, and French-inspired pastries and cakes. Over the past 5 years, Millstone has expanded into corporate and private catering, and we are now searching for a skilled, motivated, and passionate pastry cook to join our growing team.

Established in 2014 by Alice and Quentin, a French Australian duo driven by a love of food, family, and celebration, Millstone has become a local favorite for artisan pastries, classic café fare, and bespoke event catering. We’re looking for a skilled and motivated pastry cook to join our team. This is a fantastic opportunity to work in a creative, close-knit environment where food is made from scratch, menus change with the seasons, and attention to detail is everything.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Check the cleanliness of equipment and operation of premises before production runs to ensure compliance with occupational health and safety regulations.
• Check the quality of raw materials and weigh ingredients accurately according to standardized recipes.
• Prepares and bakes buns, cakes, biscuits and pastry goods.
• Knead, mature, cut, mould, mix, and shape dough and pastry goods.
• Prepare specialized pastry fillings.
• Monitor oven temperatures and product appearance to determine precise baking times and conditions.
• Coordinate the forming, loading, baking, unloading, de-panning, and cooling of batches of bread, rolls, and pastry products.
• Glaze buns and pastries and decorate cakes with cream and icing.
• Operate kitchen machines which roll and mould dough and cut biscuits.
• Empty, clean, and grease baking trays, tins, and other cooking equipment.
• Store raw ingredients and finished pastry products in appropriate temperature-controlled environments, enforcing strict stock rotation.
• Monitor stock levels of baking ingredients, manage portion control, and minimize food waste to assist with kitchen cost control.
• Perform additional duties consistent with Pastry Cook’s role to support overall bakery and kitchen operations.

What We’re Looking for:

Qualifications:

• A minimum of 1 year of relevant experience as a pastry cook in a commercial bakery, patisserie, pastry shop, café or similar food-production environment.
• AQF Certificate IV or a higher relevant qualification.

Skills:

• Demonstrated experience preparing and baking a variety of pastries, cakes, biscuits and other baked products.
• Strong knowledge of pastry preparation, baking techniques, cake finishing and decoration.
• Experience with commercial pastry and baking equipment.
• Strong understanding of food safety, hygiene and workplace health and safety requirements.
• Excellent attention to detail and commitment to product quality.
• Ability to work efficiently in a busy production environment.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively as part of a production team.

What We Offer

• Full-time permanent employment
• Salary: $79,500 per annum + superannuation
• Opportunity to work in an established patisserie and bakery environment.
• Stable employment and the opportunity to further develop pastry and baking skills.

How to Apply

If you meet the qualification and experience requirements and are interested in joining Millstone Patisserie, please submit your resume outlining your relevant qualifications and pastrycook experience. You can send your CV at alice@millstonepatisserie.com.