A&J King Artisan Bakers is looking for a full-time pastry team member to join our team. If you have a passion for bakery and food production, can work independently as well as in a team, and want to work with high quality ingredients in a bakery that has been fortunate to be able serve the community for almost twenty years we would love to hear from you. Please send resumes and cover letters so that we can get to know a little bit about you, what has brought you to food service, and particularly to bakery work. We are looking for hardworking reliable folks who are dialed in and ready to contribute to our daily production needs and expectations. This position is a great combo position allowing you to learn and hone two main sets of skills. It will include both proofing, baking, and finishing, as well as pastry prep work and croissant shaping.
About The Bakery:
We are an award-winning artisan bakery specializing in medium-to-high volume, high-quality breakfast pastries such as hand rolled croissants, muffins, scones, cookies, tarts/pies, rustic and classic seasonal desserts, as well as hearth baked breads such as sourdoughs, baguettes, ciabatta, and whole grains.
All of our products are made fresh daily from scratch ingredients. We source locally and regionally whenever possible. This includes primarily dairy, produce, and grains. We also offer espresso and lunch options in our café and participate in farmers markets.
We also proudly produce and distribute baked goods to a wide variety of customers through our wholesale program providing breads and pastries to top restaurants, cafes, and shops on the North Shore, Boston, and Southern New Hampshire. Winner of Best of Boston in 2009 and 2012 as well as Best of North Shore every year since 2008.
We want to work with passionate hard-working people who can help us meet the needs of both our customer bases. Any team member who joins our business needs to be able to thrive in a team environment and want to hone their skills.
Our Mill:
Back in 2022 we added a New American Stone Mill to our bakery production processes. This allows us to mill all our own organic whole grains in house, sourced regionally. This will create an even higher quality and more sustainable product than ever before. If you are excited to learn about milling and baking with whole grains, this is an amazing opportunity. https://ajkingbakery.com/pages/our-mill
If you're looking for somewhere to learn and develop the skills necessary to create a world-class artisan product, come join us in this exciting time!
General Scheduling:
We prioritize maintaining static, long-term schedules for everyone's sanity - no ever-changing weekly or monthly schedules.
8 HOUR SHIFTS OFFERED: forty hours a week
Currently Hiring for the following:
Saturday & Sunday: late morning start time, bakery prep and croissant shape
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday 6pm-2am, mix and bake shift
Subbing for co-workers is also expected to cover vacations or illness.
Working extra hours during holiday periods is also expected.
Closed on Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.
Ideally, this position begins training ASAP
Shift Duties: This list is not exhaustive.
-Monitor the proofing, garnishing, egg washing and baking of various laminated pastries and other simple yeasted items.
-Bake off and garnishing of other breakfast pastries such as scones and muffins.
-Bake off of seasonal tarts and galettes.
-Bake off of loaf cakes
-Bake off of cookies
-Mixing of small batch yeasted doughs
-Mixing, portioning, and baking of various quick bread items
-Scone production: Mixing, sheeting, cutting
-Cookie production: Mixing, scooping, sheeting
-General food preparation using a variety of sweet and savory ingredients. Examples could include jam production, curds, pastry creams, etc
-Other food preparation duties as assigned based on the seasonality of our menu.
- Being ready to learn new recipes based on seasonal offerings
Expected Equipment Usage:
- Use of multiple sheeters.
-Use of mixers from countertop kitchen aid on up to 80 qt Hobart Mixers and 200 lb spiral mixer.
-Use of rack ovens and convection ovens.
APPLICANT MUST:
Be reliable and regularly attend shifts. Employees must consistently attend shifts and understand the concrete nature of the work we do here. Attendance is important.
Have some basic hands-on professional cooking/food preparation experience. Not just home cooking experience. This is non-negotiable. NOTE: Home baking is amazing and wonderful but is NOT considered food service experience.
Be able to work in a fast paced environment with a sense of urgency and organization to complete all baking tasks on schedule.
Be able to multitask, prioritize, work independently.
Be a team player.
Previous bakery experience is highly encouraged, but not necessarily disqualifying if professional cooking is your only prerequisite.
Be excited and passionate about food.
Be able to lift and carry 50lbs, stand on their feet 8-10 hours in a potentially hot environment. Have endurance. Being a baker is a very physical job!
Have hands and wrists capable of repetitive motions.
Have a desire to work quickly and have endurance.
Be a friendly team player. No jerks.
Be able to take constructive criticism and work to improve their craft.
COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS: Employees must be authorized to work in the U.S.
Wages:
To start this position will range from $21.00/hour-$23.00/hour and can go higher based on experience. This minimum hourly wage per hour is calculated on a combination of a base hourly wage and administration wages that all employees benefit from in their hourly pay every paycheck. Please visit this link for more background on this. More information will be provided in the interview as well. https://ajkingbakery.com/pages/administrative-feeSick
Benefits:
Paid vacation time
Sick time
Health insurance
Dental insurance
401 (k) matching
EAP services
Discounted gym membership to Lifetime Gym
Employee Discount
Bereavement pay
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PLEASE INCLUDE A RELEVANT RESUME AND BRIEF COVER LETTER/EMAIL WITH YOUR RESPONSE!