Required Years of Experience
1 year
Job Details
Life’s Patina is looking for an assistant pastry chef to help production of delicious and beautiful baked goods at the soon-to-open Life’s Patina Café & Mercantile. This is an exciting and unique opportunity for an experienced baker to get in on the ground floor of our café business and play a foundational, influential role in helping to create a café experience unlike any other in our area, where food is art. Our assistant pastry chef will be expected to work closely with our Head Chef and Creative Director and Founder to help with creative, artistic decorations and executions for each baked good as well as with savory menu items featuring a baked component.
Key Responsibilities:
- Prepare and produce multiple baked goods on a daily basis, including but not limited to cookies, cakes, breakfast pastries and specialty desserts
- Ability to creatively decorate and present all baked goods in a beautiful, artistic way in alignment with the Life’s Patina brand
- Help maintain baking equipment
- Maintain café area and kitchen standards including quality, execution and consistency of all food, as well health and food safety, cleanliness and organizational standards
- Monitor the stock of baking supplies and ingredients; coordinate with Café Chef and Café Manager to order supplies and ingredients when needed
Necessary Skills & Qualifications:
- Degree from a technical, culinary, baking or pastry arts school OR at least 1 years of experience working as Assistant Baker or other relevant role
- Strong passion for creating delicious baked goods that also look beautiful
- Ability to work varied schedule including days, evenings, weekends and holidays. MUST be comfortable with early mornings
- Willing to closely collaborate with Chef and Life’s Patina Creative Director/Founder on bakery menu and baking outputs
- Team-oriented, friendly, positive and a self-starter
- Organized, with exceptional time-management skills and an eye for creating efficiency in all steps of the baking process
- Ability to lift/move up to 50 pounds and stand/walk for a large portion of each day
Compensation Details
Compensation: Hourly (Based on Experience)
Required Skills
Can Lift Up to 50 Lbs
Time Management
Positive Attitude
Pastry Making
Attention to Detail
Baking Knowledge
Teamwork
Baking Techniques
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Life's Patina celebrates the beauty of life both past and present with its Barn Sales, Mercantile & Cafe, and Historic Farm Venue. We live and breathe for restoring old structures, all things vintage, the beauty of the everyday and unique, approachable design, which propels us daily. We believe in the power of making special memories by designing thoughtful and intentional celebrations and gatherings for both family and friends. We believe in delicious food and beverages, music that conveys deep feeling and mood, fabulous atmospheres, and the intrinsic beauty of nature and florals. We combine our love for personal connection, the art of the story and our deep appreciation for the beauty of patina both in objects and in life… to fuel everything we do here at Life’s Patina.
