Pastry Chef - Torte Team

Black Star Pastry; Sydney; On-site; AUD 30,000 - 39,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive remuneration package

Birthday day off

Birthday cake (4 portions) on your day

Daytime hours (no 3am start)

Extra personal leave for wellbeing

Confidential counselling support

Job summary

Black Star Pastry HQ in Alexandria NSW is seeking a detail‑driven team member for our Torte Team to produce slab cakes for the Black Star Pastry network. You will help layer, ice, garnish, and finish cakes with precision, while maintaining presentation standards and collaborating with the Cake Team to meet daily targets in a busy production kitchen.

Experience in cake assembly and pastry finishing is valued, and a passion for quality, food safety, and teamwork will help you thrive in a

Qualifications

• Strong preparation, planning and organisational skills.
• Excellent attention to detail and pride in producing beautiful products.
• Able to work under production deadlines and maintain quality.
• Experience in cake assembly, icing, garnishing, and chocolate work is valued.
• Committed to food safety standards and a safe work environment.

Responsibilities

• Preparing and producing slab cakes to BSP standards.
• Assembling, layering, icing, garnishing, and finishing cakes with precision and consistency.
• Maintaining presentation standards, including palleting and finishing across full slab cakes.
• Understanding and executing correct assembly of all cake components and layers.
• Working efficiently to meet daily production targets and deadlines.
• Collaborating with the Cake Team and other kitchen sections to ensure smooth production flow.
• Maintaining a clean, organised, and food-safe work environment.
• Taking ownership of your work and contributing positively to the team.

Skills

Cake assembly

Icing

Garnishing

Chocolate work

Teamwork

Time management

Job description

Black Star Pastry HQ (Production Kitchen), Alexandria NSW

Layer your next career move with the team behind Black Star Pastry's iconic slab cakes!

At Black Star Pastry, we believe many hands make delicious cakes. Right now, we're looking for another pair of hands to join our Torte Team—the talented team behind almost every slab cake enjoyed across the Black Star Pastry network.

From carefully layering delicate cake components to creating flawless finishes across 60cm slabs, our Torte Team combines precision, teamwork, and craftsmanship to produce some of our most loved creations.

From sponge to slice, every layer, every finish, and every detail matters.

The Torte Team is responsible for producing all slab cakes across the business (excluding Strawberry Watermelon Cake), making it one of the most important production sections within our kitchen.

This is a high-volume environment where preparation, organisation, and consistency are essential. Working with large batches doesn't mean compromising on quality—every layer, every finish, and every detail matters.

Success in this role comes from understanding not just how to assemble a cake, but why each component exists, how each layer contributes to the finished product, and how precision at every stage creates the exceptional customer experience we're known for.

What you'll be doing:

• Preparing and producing slab cakes to Black Star Pastry standards.
• Assembling, layering, icing, garnishing, and finishing cakes with precision and consistency.
• Maintaining exceptional presentation standards, including clean and consistent palleting and finishing across full slab cakes.
• Understanding and executing the correct assembly of all cake components and layers.
• Working efficiently to meet daily production targets and deadlines.
• Collaborating closely with the Cake Team and other kitchen sections to ensure seamless production flow.
• Maintaining a clean, organised, and food-safe work environment.
• Taking ownership of your work and contributing positively to the wider team.

Our Superstar Benefits

Black Star Pastry fosters a fun, down to earth and inclusive culture that has brought together a group of highly engaged and collaborative team players who enjoy a hands-on, fast paced environment.

We like to ensure our people are rewarded and appropriately supported to do their best work whilst having the best time. Some of these perks include:

• We offer a competitive remuneration package that is regularly reviewed.
• We are all about celebrating, so on your special day, we invite you to take a well-deserved birthday day off.
• And to make that celebration even sweeter, you will receive a complimentary 4-portion cake of your choice for your birthday.
• We ensure real work/life balance with our kitchen open daytime hours (no 3am start time!)
• We prioritise your mental wellbeing with one additional day of personal leave dedicated to self-care and your wellbeing.
• Access free, confidential counselling, support, and advice through an external provider.

What we're seeking from You

The most successful individuals in our Black Star Pastry galaxy are proven to be highly passionate about our brand and the many possibilities of what we can achieve as a collective BSP bunch. We take what we do seriously, take pride in our achievements, and work together to overcome the variety of challenges that present themselves.

The following will also ensure you have the lived experiences to hit the ground running in this role:

• Strong preparation, planning, and organisational skills.
• Excellent attention to detail and pride in producing beautiful products.
• Good time management skills and the ability to work efficiently under production deadlines.
• Strong teamwork and communication skills.
• The ability to work independently and take ownership of tasks.
• Experience in cake assembly, icing, garnishing, and chocolate work will be highly regarded.
• Physical capability to perform repetitive production tasks and lifting requirements.
• Pastry knowledge and experience are desirable, but attitude, adaptability, and a willingness to learn are just as important.
• Strong focus on maintaining Food Safety standards and working towards a safe work environment.

About the Black Star Pastry Business

Black Star Pastry started as a boutique patisserie in Newtown in 2008 and has since grown into an established and loved brand. Our claim to fame is the Strawberry Watermelon Cake, a dessert that has taken social media by storm and earned recognition from the New York Times as "the world's most Instagrammed cake".

Now, Black Star Pastry has expanded to multiple NSW-based locations with standalone stores, kiosks, and pop-up installations.
At Black Star Pastry, we believe food is an experience. We set out to create items and environments that inspire creativity, demonstrate quality, and illustrate our absolute love and passion for the industry we get to work and play in.

Put simply - We love our brand and we love what we do.