Fergbaker - Pastry Chef
Hospitality · Arrowtown, Otago, New Zealand · Full-Time · $25/hr
Are you an experienced Pastry Chef ready for your next career step? An established bakery business in Arrowtown, Otago, New Zealand is looking for you.
The bakery wants a pastry professional who can show real experience, good technique and care for quality in a commercial bakery. You will make many kinds of European-style pastries with an experienced team. Each day covers the full process: preparation, lamination, fermentation, baking, finishing and presentation.
You need to be especially strong at viennoiserie and laminated dough, and stay disciplined about quality when output is high. Craftsmanship, consistency and teamwork all matter here. Overseas applicants are welcome, so prepare a clear English-language CV that lists your bakery roles.
Key Responsibilities
- Make every pastry product from scratch to the bakery's set production standards
- Bake Danish pastries, croissants and other viennoiserie with professional technique
- Look after laminated dough from start to finish: mixing, resting, shaping, proofing and baking
- Prepare pies, choux pastry, tarts, sweet pastries and filled pastry products
- Create and produce speciality and seasonal pastry items
- Keep weight, texture, appearance, presentation and quality the same in every batch, checking products at each stage of production
- Make sure baking, proofing and fermentation run at the right times and temperatures
- Use the bakery and pastry equipment safely and well, and keep an eye on it while it runs
- Watch production schedules, allergen requirements and temperatures
- Follow strict hygiene, cleanliness and food safety standards, and keep workstations and production areas organised and compliant
- Work closely with the other bakery and pastry professionals to reach daily production targets, and add to a positive team culture and performance
- Suggest ways to improve production efficiency and product consistency, and help check stock levels and order supplies and ingredients
Requirements & Eligibility
- Minimum 3 years of experience as a professional Pastry Chef
- Proven commercial work in a patisserie, bakery or professional kitchen
- Strong hands-on knowledge of laminated pastry production and viennoiserie, with demonstrated experience making croissants and other laminated pastries
- Strong understanding of lamination, proofing, fermentation, baking and pastry preparation
- Can make quality pastry products from scratch, again and again
- High level of attention to detail and to how products are presented
- Keeps quality and productivity up in a high-volume environment
- Good understanding of hygiene, allergen-control and food safety practices
- Professional and reliable, with a strong work ethic
- Works well in a collaborative, multicultural team, with good organisational and communication skills
- A formal baking or pastry qualification is advantageous
- Flexible to work early mornings, afternoons, weekends and rotating shifts, and available for full-time employment
- Overseas applicants with verifiable commercial pastry experience are welcome to apply, but candidates must be able to demonstrate relevant skills and experience for the position
- Employer sponsorship available for eligible overseas candidates who meet applicable requirements
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