Bakery And Pastry Chef

Baesic Fit; Mumbai; On-site; INR 400,000 - 560,000; Full time

Job summary

Baesic Fit is seeking a hands-on Bakery & Pastry Chef to join our kitchen team and own the preparation, production, quality, and consistency of our bakery and pastry range.

The ideal candidate will have strong baking skills, experience with health-conscious, portion-controlled products, and the ability to work efficiently in a high-volume production kitchen while maintaining safety and hygiene standards.

Qualifications

• 25 years of experience in a professional bakery, pastry kitchen, hotel, restaurant, caf, cloud kitchen, or food production environment.
• Strong understanding of baking fundamentals and pastry techniques.
• Experience with breads, cakes, cookies, muffins, brownies, pastries, and desserts.
• Ability to accurately follow recipes and production specifications.
• Strong understanding of food safety and hygiene practices.
• Ability to work in a high-volume, deadline-driven kitchen.
• Good organizational and time-management skills.
• Strong attention to detail and consistency.
• Willingness to experiment and develop new products.
• Culinary / bakery / pastry certification is preferred but not mandatory if the candidate has strong practical experience.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and produce a range of breads, pastries, desserts, baked goods, and healthy bakery products.
• Execute recipes accurately and maintain consistency in taste, texture, portion size, and presentation.
• Follow standardized recipes, production sheets, and kitchen SOPs.
• Develop and test new bakery and pastry products based on customer preferences and business requirements.
• Create health-conscious, high-protein, low-sugar, calorie-conscious, and portion-controlled products where required.
• Manage daily production according to order volumes and production schedules.
• Ensure proper weighing, mixing, proofing, baking, cooling, finishing, and storage of products.
• Maintain high standards of food hygiene, cleanliness, and kitchen safety.
• Monitor ingredient quality and minimize wastage.
• Maintain proper stock levels of bakery ingredients and communicate requirements to the kitchen management team.
• Ensure correct labeling, storage, shelf-life, and FIFO practices.
• Coordinate with the wider kitchen team to ensure timely completion of production.
• Maintain equipment and ensure ovens, mixers, refrigerators, and other bakery equipment are used correctly.
• Train and guide kitchen assistants or junior bakery staff when required.
• Maintain production records and report any quality or operational issues.

Skills

Baking fundamentals

Pastry techniques

High-volume kitchen

Food safety & hygiene

Recipe following & production specs

Time management

Attention to detail

Creativity

Commercial/cost control mindset

Education

Culinary/Bakery certification

Tools

Ovens & mixers

Job description

About the Role

We are looking for a Bakery & Pastry Chef to join our kitchen team and take ownership of the preparation, production, quality, and consistency of our bakery and pastry range.

The ideal candidate should have strong hands-on baking skills, an understanding of health-conscious and portion-controlled food, and the ability to work efficiently in a high-volume production kitchen.

You will be responsible for developing and executing products that are delicious, consistent, visually appealing, and aligned with our nutritional and quality standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Prepare and produce a range of breads, pastries, desserts, baked goods, and healthy bakery products.
• Execute recipes accurately and maintain consistency in taste, texture, portion size, and presentation.
• Follow standardized recipes, production sheets, and kitchen SOPs.
• Develop and test new bakery and pastry products based on customer preferences and business requirements.
• Create health-conscious, high-protein, low-sugar, calorie-conscious, and portion-controlled products where required.
• Manage daily production according to order volumes and production schedules.
• Ensure proper weighing, mixing, proofing, baking, cooling, finishing, and storage of products.
• Maintain high standards of food hygiene, cleanliness, and kitchen safety.
• Monitor ingredient quality and minimize wastage.
• Maintain proper stock levels of bakery ingredients and communicate requirements to the kitchen management team.
• Ensure correct labeling, storage, shelf-life, and FIFO practices.
• Coordinate with the wider kitchen team to ensure timely completion of production.
• Maintain equipment and ensure ovens, mixers, refrigerators, and other bakery equipment are used correctly.
• Train and guide kitchen assistants or junior bakery staff when required.
• Maintain production records and report any quality or operational issues.

Requirements

• 25 years of experience in a professional bakery, pastry kitchen, hotel, restaurant, caf, cloud kitchen, or food production environment.
• Strong understanding of baking fundamentals and pastry techniques.
• Experience with breads, cakes, cookies, muffins, brownies, pastries, and desserts.
• Ability to accurately follow recipes and production specifications.
• Strong understanding of food safety and hygiene practices.
• Ability to work in a high-volume, deadline-driven kitchen.
• Good organizational and time-management skills.
• Strong attention to detail and consistency.
• Willingness to experiment and develop new products.
• Culinary / bakery / pastry certification is preferred but not mandatory if the candidate has strong practical experience.

Preferred Skills

Experience with:

• Healthy / clean-label baking
• High-protein desserts
• Low-sugar and reduced-calorie products
• Gluten-free / dairy-free products
• Eggless baking
• Portion-controlled desserts
• Meal-prep or subscription food production
• Recipe costing and yield management
• Product development and recipe standardization

What We’re Looking For

We are looking for someone who is hands-on, disciplined, creative, and commercially minded. The right candidate should be comfortable working in a production-focused environment where consistency, efficiency, food quality, and cost control are as important as creativity.