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ID #2204324
State Virginia
City Lynchburg
Full-time
Salary USD TBD TBD
Source Virginia
Showed 2019-05-05
Date 2019-05-02
Deadline 2019-07-01
Category Food/beverage/hospitality
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Assistant Baker (Forest)

Virginia, Lynchburg 00000 Lynchburg USA

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About our Market Garden and Bakery

Great Day Gardens is a market garden and wood-fired bakery in Forest, VA run by Michael Grantz and Arden Jones. We are committed to providing nutrient-dense food to the Lynchburg area while engaging our community in regenerative agriculture. 2019 is our 5th year in business, and we are supplying vegetables, sourdough bread, live plants, cut flowers, herbs, and pastries to 2 weekly farmers markets, a 30-member CSA, an on-site farm store, an online local food buying club and a handful of area groceries and restaurants.

Our bread is leavened naturally, and almost all baked goods include a sourdough starter. Weekly products include hearth and pan loaves, croissant, scones, and bagels. Occasional items include pita, focaccia, brioche, pies, cinnamon rolls, cookies and pizza. Everything is mixed in our VDACS-inspected garage and baked in our outdoor wood-fired brick oven. The garage is also home to our farm market, open to the public on Wednesday afternoons. We source grain from regional farms and mills and are involved in the Common Grain Alliance, a group of bakeries, mills, and farms in the mid-Atlantic working to develop our regional grain system.

Baker Position Details

We are looking for an experienced baker who shares our vision of building community resilience in Lynchburg through nutrient-dense food and regenerative agriculture. You will be working both independently and with Michael in making bread and pastries for weekly farmers markets and CSA.

Schedule: This position is part time and starts immediately. 16-32 hours/week Tuesdays-Fridays, with occasional Saturday morning farmers markets. A typical bakery production day will be 7 AM to 5 PM, no early morning shifts!

Duties:

Mixing, kneading, shaping and baking bread. Feeding and maintaining the sourdough starter.

Mixing, laminating, and shaping pastries.

Baking and packaging breads and pastries.

Firing the oven, splitting and hauling wood, raking coals out of the oven.

Hand-washing dishes, sweeping and mopping the floor, organizing bakery space, maintaining a clean, healthy workspace.

Communicating process issues, problems with tools and equipment, and ideas for improvement in an effective manner.

(Optional for those with experience or interest). Running our weekly farm market, located in the bakery facility.

Qualifications:

Experience in sourdough baking, food retail, or food service strongly preferred. We also appreciate a passion for home baking, sourdough, fermentation, and sustainable agriculture.

Ability to lift 50 pounds and work up to 10 hours on your feet, occasionally outdoors in adverse weather.

Ability to follow exact formulas and detailed instructions regarding bread process and ask relevant questions.

Ability to work at a quick production pace while keeping quality high and solving problems that arise.

Ability to maintain a clean and healthy work space.

Confidence to be able to bake independently after training.

Compensation:

$9.50/hour starting wage, to go up after training period (8 weeks) is complete, plus surplus bread and vegetables from the farm.

To Apply

This position is open until filled. To apply, please reply via email this post, including the following:

Subject line with your name and the position you are seeking.

Résumé with at least two professional references.

A letter explaining your goals, qualifications, and interest in the position.

Please feel free to contact us with questions via email or phone.

@greatdaygardens “ greatdaygardens.org

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