creative baker / pastry chef - Bristol, VT

Bread Bakers Guild of America; Vermont; On-site; USD 58,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Two weeks paid time off

3 weeks after 2 years

$2,000 signing bonus

Job summary

Minifactory in Bristol, VT is seeking a skilled, creative baker to helm the baking program. You will lead pastry development, coordinate with savory cooks, and shape offerings that reflect seasonality and fruit aromatics.

The role emphasizes independent work within a team, morning leadership, and active participation in the Minifactory/V Smiley Preserves organization, with a compensation range and signing bonus.

Qualifications

• Love of learning through self-teaching and collaboration.
• Experience with laminated doughs and pastry techniques.
• Experience with alternative flours and sweeteners.
• Excellent interpersonal and customer-service skills.
• Highly organized and detail-oriented.

Responsibilities

• Testing and creating products for the pastry case.
• Coordinating with savory cooks.
• Aligning outputs with seasonality.

Skills

Creative baker

Kitchen leadership

Multitasking

Attention to detail

Customer service

Herbs & aromatics

Learning mindset

Job description

• creative baker / pastry chef - Bristol, VT

Minifactory in Bristol, VT is hiring a skilled, creative baker / pastry chef to helm the baking program at Minifactory. Our location has homed a bakery for almost 5 decades and the community's appreciation for pastry and baking is immense. 16 Main St is also the home of the Good Food Award winning V Smiley Preserves.

You'll step into a well-organized system built by a veteran pastry chef who is moving on after four years at Minifactory. The system is yours to learn and gradually morph around your strengths and interests while working with V Smiley to craft a pastry case that emphasizes seasonality and fruit and aromatics especially

Our ideal candidate likes to work independently but understands themselves to be a part of the V Smiley Preserves / Minifactory organization and enjoys ancillary roles. You are the morning time lead in the space, setting the tone in the kitchen, greeting/checking in deliveries, keeping counterfolks informed about menu, etc. You are a pivotal part of our leadership team at Minifactory.

Who You'll Work With:

• Baker's assistant
• VSP Production Lead - head jammer at VSP
• Minifactory Cooks
• V Smiley (Head Cook of Minifactory, Owner of VSP)
• Assistant baker

You report to:

• V Smiley

ROLE

• Testing + creating products for the pastry case
• Coordinating with savory cooks
• Tying output to seasonality

RESULTS

• A baking program that speaks to a large clientele from grain free or gluten free to folks who don't like super sweet to traditional bakeshop offerings - we want to make sweetness available to as wide a group as possible
• Foster communicative and upbeat work environment
• Stimulates excellence in both the individual and group
• Minimizes food waste

REQUIREMENTS

• A love of learning (both through self teaching and co-workers)
• Wide range of skills and interests from laminated doughs to keenness for working with alternative flours and sweeteners
• Likes working with aromatics and herbs/spices
• Have excellent interpersonal and customer service skills
• A love for being part of a team and using a strengths based approach
• Highly organized
• Quick, efficient, multi-tasking and attentive to detail
• Community minded

Some of our baking influences: Charlie Dunmire, Nigel Slater, Pam Corbin, Tandem, Thalia Ho, Camilla Wynne, Magnus Nilsson, Claudia Roden, Aran Goyoaga, Fany Gerson.

Compensation

• Wages are based off an hourly wage + tips. Pay range is 58,000-70,000/yr + $2,000 signing bonus
• Two weeks paid time off, 3 weeks after 2 years