Pastry Cook

Anluca; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 75,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Brunetti Oro Melbourne is seeking an experienced Pastry Cook to join our morning team in a fast-paced hospitality environment. This permanent full-time role requires significant baking experience and high-volume production to maintain our Italian pastry standards.

This role runs 4am–12pm Tue–Sat; you’ll bake a wide range of pastries, cakes and desserts with high-volume production, attention to detail and teamwork. HACCP knowledge is preferred.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a pastry cook or in a similar role.
• Strong knowledge of baking techniques, pastry preparation and decoration.
• Creativity and attention to detail in dessert design and presentation.
• Ability to work efficiently in a fast paced environment.
• Knowledge of food safety and sanitation standards.
• Strong organisational and time management skills.
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills.

Responsibilities

• Checking the quality of ingredients and weighing and measuring them according to recipes.
• Mixing, kneading, resting, rolling, cutting, moulding and shaping dough and pastry goods, using appropriate pastry equipment.
• Preparing pastry fillings, creams, custards and other components for cakes, pastries and desserts.
• Monitoring oven temperatures, baking times and product appearance, and coordinating the loading, baking, unloading, removal from tins and cooling of pastry products.
• Demonstrating knowledge and confidence in the preparation and baking of various individual and celebration cakes, including mousse cakes, novelties and wedding cakes.

Skills

Pastry baking

Dessert decoration

Food safety

Teamwork

Time management

Attention to detail

Creativity

Job description

Job Type: Permanent position | Full time position

Job Description

Anluca Pty Ltd T/A Brunetti Oro Who We

Are After six decades of building a true Italian experience known and loved by both young and old, Brunetti Oro 1956 invites you on a new journey. Whilst staying true to our culture and Italian heritage, Brunetti Oro 1956 represents the new generation, bringing to life an Italian tradition with a twist on the old, and a touch of the new.

As one of Melbourne’s most iconic and renowned café institutions, Brunetti Oro 1956 is committed to push even further, to lead, learn, evolve, and expand, taking our recipes and processes borne of the highest standards to deliver a new and enhanced Italian experience.

Job Summary $75,000 to $90,000 per year We are seeking an experienced Pastry Cook to join our morning team in a fast paced hospitality environment.

The ideal candidate will have a passion for pastry and creating delicious baked goods, with the capacity to work Tuesday to Saturday, 4am to 12pm. This role requires someone with significant baking experience, with high volume production experience advantageous. Strong attention to detail and the ability to work efficiently in a team setting or using their own initiative are required.

The Brunetti Oro Pastry Cook role will suit an experienced pastry professional with experience preparing and baking a wide range of pastries, individual and celebration cakes, biscuits, baked goods and desserts, with a background in a pastry production kitchen. Their duties include preparing ingredients, mixing and shaping dough and pastry, preparing fillings, baking, and decorating pastries, individual and celebration cakes, cookies and other desserts, ensuring high quality standards are maintained. The successful candidate must be familiar with a variety of ingredients and recipes.

They may also supervise and train other staff and are required to stay up to date with industry trends to innovate and enhance the Brunetti Oro offering. Attention to detail, creativity and the ability to work efficiently under pressure are essential traits. Departments that require coverage are as below:

• Danish
• Cake Production: Individual and Celebration Cakes

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a pastry cook or in a similar role.
• Strong knowledge of baking techniques, pastry preparation and decoration.
• Creativity and attention to detail in dessert design and presentation.
• Ability to work efficiently in a fast paced environment.
• Knowledge of food safety and sanitation standards.
• Strong organisational and time management skills.
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills.

Responsibilities include:

• Checking the quality of ingredients and weighing and measuring them according to recipes.
• Mixing, kneading, resting, rolling, cutting, moulding and shaping dough and pastry goods, using appropriate pastry equipment.
• Preparing pastry fillings, creams, custards and other components for cakes, pastries and desserts.
• Monitoring oven temperatures, baking times and product appearance, and coordinating the loading, baking, unloading, removal from tins and cooling of pastry products.
• Demonstrating knowledge and confidence in the preparation and baking of various individual and celebration cakes, including mousse cakes, novelties and wedding cakes.

For the Danish department, demonstrating knowledge and confidence with pastries, Danishes, croissants, novelties, fillings and Italian pastries.

• Demonstrating the necessary skills to finish and decorate cakes and pastries using various techniques, including hand masking, glazing, spraying, cream and icing, including novelties and wedding cakes as required.
• Providing functional assistance in the production team, demonstrating superior standards of preparation, production and finishing within your specialised field.
• Implementing superior standards of preparation and production within the department, demonstrating and utilising your pastry skills, experience and knowledge gained from previous roles and qualifications.
• Contributing to the fulfilment of production schedules and targets, ensuring all products are prepared to the Brunetti Oro standard, demonstrating organisational skills and superior attention to detail.
• Building and maintaining productive working relationships with team members and fostering a respectful, productive and collegial working environment and culture.
• Adopting a hands on approach to work, leading by example and demonstrating initiative and the ability to work within a fast paced environment.
• Collaborating with the team to innovate and develop new products and menu offerings.
• Demonstrating control in food preparation and managing wastage levels.
• Managing inventory and ensuring ingredients are stored appropriately.
• Modelling behaviours and leadership qualities.
• Checking the cleanliness and safe operation of equipment and work areas before production, and cleaning and greasing baking trays, tins and other equipment as required.
• Demonstrating strong knowledge of HACCP and legislative food safety standards.

Working with Brunetti Oro This is a fantastic opportunity to progress your knowledge, experience and career at one of Melbourne’s most renowned and iconic hospitality institutions. You will have work/life balance, opportunities for an attractive salary and career progression once you join our highly dedicated and skilled team.