Baker

Bethany's Bakery; Cockeysville (MD); On-site; USD 21,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Bethany’s Bakery in Maryland seeks a dedicated Baker/Prep Baker to join our hands-on production team. You’ll work closely with our Executive Chef / Lead Baker to prepare consistent, high-quality items from approved recipes and daily sheets.

You’ll scale ingredients, bake cookies, bars, breads, and pastries, follow production schedules, maintain clean stations, and uphold food-safety standards, including allergen-control and proper labeling.

Qualifications

• Hands-on production experience in bakery.
• Ability to follow recipes and production sheets.
• Attention to detail in measuring and portioning.
• Knowledge of food-safety practices and allergen-control.

Responsibilities

• Scale and prepare ingredients using digital scales and approved recipes.
• Mix and prepare cookies, brownies, bars, breads, and pastry components.
• Portion, bake, cool, finish, label, and store products.
• Assist with dough handling and laminated pastry production as trained.
• Follow production sheets, bake schedules, and priorities; maintain clean workstations.
• Record yields, waste, shortages, and quality concerns.
• Communicate progress and issues to the Executive Chef / Lead Baker.

Skills

Bakery production

Food safety

Attention to detail

Teamwork

Tools

Digital scales

Stock rotation

Job description

Bethany’s Bakery is looking for a dedicated Baker / Prep Baker to join our team. This is a hands-on production role focused on preparing consistent, high-quality bakery items from approved recipes and daily production sheets. You’ll work closely with our Executive Chef / Lead Baker and help keep daily production organized, clean, and on schedule.

Scale and prepare ingredients accurately using digital scales and approved recipes. Mix and prepare cookies, brownies, blondies, raspberry bars, lemon bars, breads, cake batters, frostings, and other daily bakery items.

Portion, pan, bake, cool, finish, label, and store products according to bakery procedures. Assist with croissant dough and laminated pastry production, including proper dough handling, folds, resting, and temperature control as trained.

Follow daily production sheets, batch quantities, bake schedules, and special-order priorities. Maintain clean, organized workstations and clean and sanitize tools and equipment correctly.

Follow food-safety, handwashing, date-labeling, allergen-control, and stock-rotation procedures.

Record production yields, waste, shortages, and quality or equipment concerns.

Communicate progress, timing, and issues promptly to the Executive Chef / Lead Baker.