New Bakery Opening - Head Baker

GAIL's Bread; Milton Keynes; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 35,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free food and drink when working

50% off food and drink when notWorking

Up to 28 days’ holiday per year

Long service holiday

Yearly pay review

Pension scheme

Development programmes for you to RISE

Health & Wellbeing AVIVA

Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)

Refer-a-friend bonus

Health cash plans

Salary sacrifice schemes for home tech

Discounted gym memberships

Discounts and savings from high-street

Job summary

GAIL’s Bread in Milton Keynes is seeking Head Bakers who inspire others, take charge and lead by example. You will bake for our displays, know our recipes inside out and drive high standards across the team.

This role starts early, with bakery shifts around 5:30am–6:30am, and offers comprehensive benefits including food on shift, holidays, pension, health and wellbeing support, and development programmes to help you rise with GAIL’s.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated ability to lead and develop a bakery team.
• Excellent communication and organisational skills.
• Passion for training others and achieving high standards.

Responsibilities

• Proving and baking items for displays and ensuring quality.
• Know products and recipes inside out and maintain standards.
• Lead and train the team to deliver high-quality bread, pastries and cakes.
• Uphold food safety standards and cleanliness, with consistent execution.
• Adapt to early bakery shifts across different locations.

Skills

People leadership

Training others

Clear communication

Organisation

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
• Spread the cost of home tech and appliances through salary schemes
• Discounted gym memberships
• 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**