Cake Decorator

Cake Decorator / Finisher - Bread quarters - 1 Design Center Place, Boston, MA

Do you love working in a bustling kitchen with a great team environment?

Are you a fanatic about baking and making perfect pastries?

If so, we have the opportunity for you! Flour Bakery + Cafe is now hiring for a production baker with a CAKE DECORATING FOCUS at our state of the art Big Kitchen in the Seaport!

This is a full-time position with potential to grow with Flour Bakery. Bakers have the opportunity to work every station to get a well-rounded perspective on the pastry operations in the bakery.

The shift time for this position is generally 12pm-10pm and generally consists of 4 shifts per week including the flexibility to work weekend shifts.

Day-to-day Performance Expectations:

• Arrive at work for your scheduled shift on time (Flour time = 5 minutes early!)
• Help to maintain an overall positive team environment
• Provide open communication with your managers about the bakeries on-goings, changes, the team, and ideas for improvement
• Maintain proper communication with your fellow team members
• Demonstrate the ability and self awareness to know when you need your manager or fellow employees to help you
• Ability to keep calm while trouble-shooting
• Maintain the Flour standard of quality (MOM test) for all items produced
• Maintain the organization and sanitation standards of the Flour kitchen
• Ensure that your station and work areas are clean , tidy and properly set up for the next day before leaving the premises

Cake Decorating Focus Requirements:
Exhibit proficiency of all cake decorating shift tasks, including but not exclusive of:

• decorating large volumes of one of our 5-6 different cake types daily (carrot cakes, vanilla birthday cake, triple chocolate mousse cakes, midnight chocolate cakes, coconut cakes, boston cream pies plus any seasonal specials we may have!)
• proficiency with both buttercream and ganache decorating
• reading order slips for allergen details and ensuring we are checking all orders off as completed
• consolidating product, FIFO-ing as you are using
• assisting with putting away finished product
• lifting/pushing carts or speed racks of up to 50lbs in weight

** Upon proficiency in execution of a focus area, as desired by you, we love being able to cross-train our bakers on as many projects as they are interested in learning and the kitchen is able to accommodate at that time! **

Skills for Qualification:

• At least 1 year of professional baking experience required
• You must enjoy a fast paced, high volume kitchen environment, be driven and have self motivation, and an eye for detail.
• Possess a strong work ethic, be well-organized and positive
• Be extremely enthusiastic about pastry and working as part of a fun-loving team
• Open availability to work, including weekends and holidays.
• We ask for a year commitment for this position.

Compensation:This position has an average starting compensation of $17-$19 per hour ($17 per hour + a shared percentage of the sales known as the BOH appreciation, which on average adds around $2 per hour). The starting pay rate for this position is $17, the total pay range is $17-$28.41.

Additional Information:
Flour offers a fantastic work environment, an unparalleled commitment to training to make you a better team member (plus all the pastries you can eat)! We offer benefits such as health/dental/vision insurance, 401k with a generous match, paid vacation/sick time, and a great staff meal policy. We offer a real commitment to growth – both in your skill/knowledge and growing into more senior positions if that is an interest of yours!