Pastry Cook and Pie Maker

The Baked Group; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

The Baked Group is seeking an experienced Pastry Cook / Pie Maker in Portsea to join our bakery team. Your main focus will be producing pies for our retail store and growing wholesale business, with other pastries like sausage rolls, cakes and slices.

You’ll work to production schedules and maintain high-quality presentation. We value hands-on experience making pies, accuracy with recipes, and a willingness to learn our methods.

Qualifications

• Proven, hands-on experience making pies.

Responsibilities

• Preparing and cooking pie fillings, including meat fillings.
• Following existing recipes and helping develop new fillings and flavours.
• Making pastry and assembling, finishing and baking pies.
• Producing sausage rolls, cakes, slices and other pastries.
• Working to production schedules to meet retail and wholesale orders.
• Maintaining consistent product quality, portion sizes and presentation.
• Following food safety, cleaning and stock rotation procedures.
• Keeping your workspace organised and reducing avoidable waste.

Skills

Pie making

Recipe following

Batch production

Attention to detail

Job description

Baked in Portsea is looking for an experienced Pastry Cook / Pie Maker to join our bakery team, producing pies for our retail store and growing wholesale business. Pies will be your main priority, with sausage rolls, cakes, slices and other pastries also forming part of the role.

Key responsibilities

Preparing and cooking pie fillings, including meat fillings.

Following existing recipes and helping develop new fillings and flavours.

Making pastry and assembling, finishing and baking pies.

Producing sausage rolls, cakes, slices and other pastries.

Working to production schedules to meet retail and wholesale orders.

Maintaining consistent product quality, portion sizes and presentation.

Following food safety, cleaning and stock rotation procedures.

Keeping your workspace organised and reducing avoidable waste.

About you

Proven, hands‑on experience making pies.

The ability to follow recipes accurately and contribute ideas for new products.

Experience preparing fillings, making pastry and assembling pies.

Good organisation and attention to detail when producing larger batches.

A reliable approach to work and willingness to learn our methods.

Availability for afternoon and overnight shifts, including some weekends.

Guidance and training in our products, recipes and processes.

A role with a strong focus on pie making.

The opportunity to contribute to new recipes and our expanding wholesale range.

Pay to be discussed based on experience and employment type, with applicable penalties and entitlements.