Baker

Dobbies Garden Centres Ltd.; Gillingham; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A national garden centre retailer is seeking a Baker to join their restaurant team in Gillingham, England. The role involves preparing high-quality bakery items while ensuring compliance with food hygiene and health & safety standards. Ideal candidates will have bakery experience and excellent organizational skills. This position offers generous annual leave, discounts across stores, and various wellbeing support services. If you thrive in a fast-paced environment and enjoy teamwork, this role is perfect for you.

Benefits

Generous annual leave entitlement

50% discount in Restaurants

Employee wellbeing support services

Qualifications

• Experience working as a Baker with successful delivery of production at volume.
• Ability to prepare bakery items to a high quality.
• Understanding of statutory requirements such as health & safety and food hygiene.

Responsibilities

• Prepare a range of bakery items to a high quality.
• Ensure operations comply with food hygiene and health & safety regulations.
• Collaborate with the restaurant team to present items to customers at a high standard.

Skills

Team player

Confident communicator

Excellent organisation skills

Ability to work in a fast-paced environment

Knowledge of dietary requirements and health & safety

Education

Relevant food safety qualifications

Job description

Overview

Our Bakers play an essential role in delivering an exceptional customer experience across our Restaurants - delivering tasty treats, ensuring food hygiene and maintaining high operational standards.

At Dobbies, we're proud to have a history dating back to 1865. We were founded by James Dobbie and are the only garden centre retailer to have stores in every nation across the UK. Our passion and joy for gardens and plants is what makes us special. In our stores, we showcase this through own brand and branded products, concession partners and services. We champion garden living all-year-round. Many of our stores feature a restaurant or coffee shop, where customers can enjoy refreshments or meals in a relaxed and welcoming environment. We offer a calendar of events and experiences that bring people and communities together, and we have a national charity partner that both our colleagues and customers raise money for. We're committed to being a great place to work. We're one team and we encourage our colleagues to be the best version of themselves, every day; to share their wins and celebrate success. Together, we make it work for our customers.

Responsibilities

• Preparing a range of our bakery items to a high quality - including bakery to go for the food hall
• Ensuring operation is compliant with statutory requirements such as health & safety and food hygiene
• Working alongside the restaurant team to ensure your customers are presented with their items to a high standard
• Developing your knowledge of dietary requirements, allergens and health & safety
• A team player and confident communicator who is eager to learn new skills and gain new experiences
• Flourish in a busy, fast-paces environment
• Experience working as a Baker with successful delivery of production at volume
• Excellent organisation skills with enthusiasm to get things done well
• Relevant food safety qualifications would be ideal

Qualifications & Values

Can demonstrate our values at all times - we\'re one team, getting better everyday. We bring a smile. We live and breathe gardens. We make it work for our customers

Benefits

• Generous annual leave entitlement. Use your holidays when you want with limited statutory days off required
• Treat yourself with generous uncapped discount across our stores with 50% off in our Restaurants, 25% off in the Garden Centre and 10% off in our food halls
• Access to Stream - support your financial wellbeing, with ability to access earnings ahead of pay day, save for the future and financial advice
• Access to Retail Trust - seek confidential support, access to a virtual GP, free counselling service and discounted retail rewards with our employee wellbeing platform
• Access to Dobbies Academy - continue your development with our eLearning platform and development programmes
• Thriving culture; the Dobbies team are passionate, diverse and committed to making it work for our customers