Pastry Cook
- Prepare, shape, bake and decorate pastry products, fillings and other baked goods.
- Coordinate baking workflows and maintain trays and equipment to support product quality and hygiene.
- Follow food safety and workplace health and safety requirements in a fast-paced commercial bakery.
PASTELES BAKEHOUSE is looking for a Pastrycook
Full Time – Botany
Salary range: $75,000 - $85,000/year + super
About Us:
We are a bakery business specialising in the preparation and sale of pastry shells in a large range of shapes and sizes, quiches and pizzas. The business focuses on providing quality baked products to customers through its day-to-day baking, food preparation, and retail operations.
Duties and Tasks
- Measuring and weighing ingredients and combining them in mixers or blenders.
- Kneading, rolling, cutting, and shaping pastry goods.
- Setting oven temperatures, placing items in the oven, and monitoring the baking process.
- Preparing pastry fillings
- Decorating and displaying finished products
- Coordinating the shaping, preparation, oven loading, baking, removal from baking trays, and cooling of pastries and other baked goods to ensure consistent product quality and adherence to established baking standards.
- Preparing and maintaining baking trays, tins, moulds and other pastry equipment by removing finished products, thoroughly cleaning and greasing surfaces to ensure hygiene and readiness for subsequent baking activities.
- Complying with Australian and New Zealand Food Act, initiatives and legislation
- Abiding by all Workplace Health, Safety and Hygiene regulations always
QUALIFICATIONS, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED
·At least certificate III in Baking or Patisserie or equivalent
·At least 12 months experience working in a commercial kitchen
·Demonstrated ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment
Personal attributes
- enjoy practical work
- good hand-eye coordination
- artistic and creative
- clean and tidy
- shares a passion for the hospitality industry
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