Baker

Pleasant House Bakery at The Plant seeks motivated bakers for immediate placement, to work directly with head baker Alexander Roman in our stone-ground, naturally-leavened, wood-fired bakery at The Plant, a former meat packing plant in Chicago’s Back of the Yards neighborhood re-purposed into a collaborative community of food producing businesses all committed to materials reuse and closed loop systems.

A year of experience in a professional bakery is ideal. We are a small, artisan bakery that is willing to train the right candidates with culinary experience and a great desire to learn our process. Candidates are expected to have working knowledge of mixing doughs, shaping and baking.  Morning, afternoon and late-night shifts are available to fill immediately.  Placements available for all specializations in baking and pastry including, pastry and lamination, sweet and savory bakers for pies, quiche, wood-fired pizza, jams, custards. 

Our unique bakery sources organic heirloom wheat, rye, cornmeal and specialty grains locally, mills them in-house, naturally leavens and wood-fires our breads resulting in a unique and highly-desirable product.  We look forward to working with you.