Head Baker

GAIL's Bread; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free food and drink

50% off food and drink

28 days holiday (pro rata)

Long service holiday

Yearly pay review

Pension scheme

Development programmes

Health & Wellbeing AVIVA

Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)

Refer-a-friend bonus

Health cash plans

Workplace nursery scheme

Salary sacrifice for home tech

Discounted gym memberships

EV leasing options

High-street discounts

24 hour GP service

Cycle to work

Job summary

GAIL’s Bread is seeking a Head Baker to lead and train our bakery team, ensuring high-quality bread and cakes while upholding food-safety standards. You will actively prove and bake items for display and supervise staff to maximise performance.

Expect early starts around 5:30am in our busy bakeries, with progression opportunities and a rewards package for strong execution and leadership within a growing, customer-focused brand.

Responsibilities

• Training and developing others to grow skills across the team.
• Proving, baking and maintaining high standards for products displayed in shops.
• Leading shifts early in the morning and ensuring food-safety compliance.

Job description

If you love the smell of freshly baked bread and always work with a smile, then please read on!

We are looking for Head Bakers who have a passion to join the GAIL’s family and for training and developing others. You should be motivated by taking charge and want to be a positive role model. With no day being the same, you must be organised and clear talking to maximise your teams’ potential and to deliver our fresh food, bread and cakes to high standards whilst maintaining food safety standards.

You will be proving and baking items for our beautifully presented displays and know our products and recipes inside out.

Our bakeries open early so typically Kitchen Team Members will start early too – it will vary between bakeries but typically around 5:30am – 6:30am

As appreciation for being a Head Baker with great execution and effective leadership, we will treat you to amazing benefits including:

• Free food and drink when working
• 50% off food and drink when not working
• Up to 28 days’ holiday per year (pro rata based on hours worked).
• Long service holiday
• Yearly pay review
• Pension scheme
• Development programmes for you to RISE with GAIL’s
• Health & Wellbeing provided by AVIVA
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
• Refer-a-friend bonus
• Health cash plans
• Workplace nursery scheme
• Spread the cost of home tech and appliances through salary schemes
• Discounted gym memberships and EV leasing options
• Discounts and savings from high-street retailers and restaurants
• 24 hour GP service
• Cycle to work scheme

T&Cs apply – benefits may vary, subject to eligibility