Lead Baker

The Crafted Scone; Murrieta (CA); On-site; USD 30,000 - 41,000; Full time

Job summary

The Crafted Scone is seeking an experienced Lead Baker in Murrieta, CA to oversee daily production and join a dynamic team in a hands-on leadership role. You will bake a range of products, maintain quality standards, and coach fellow bakers to achieve consistency and efficiency.

Ideal candidates have strong professional bakery experience, a track record in fast-paced settings, and a commitment to food safety.

Qualifications

• Must have professional or commercial bakery experience.
• Experience in high-volume bakery, café, restaurant, hotel, or similar food-production environment.
• Strong baking fundamentals, dough handling, mixing methods, ingredient handling, and product quality.
• Ability to follow standardized recipes and production procedures precisely.
• Ability to manage multiple products and production priorities.
• Strong organizational and time-management skills.
• Experience training or leading bakery team members.
• Knowledge of proper food handling, sanitation, labeling, storage, and rotation.
• Dependability, attention to detail, and ownership over the bakery.
• Able to work early mornings, weekends, and holidays.

Responsibilities

• Lead and participate in daily bakery production
• Prepare and bake scones, pastries, cookies, breakfast items, and other bakery products according to established recipes and specifications
• Organize daily production according to pars, sales needs, catering orders, and product priorities
• Help direct and support other bakers throughout their shifts
• Ensure products are produced consistently in appearance, portion, texture, bake, and presentation
• Monitor product levels and adjust production appropriately throughout the day
• Maintain proper ingredient preparation, rotation, labeling, storage, and freshness
• Monitor bakery ingredients and produce for quality and expiration
• Maintain a clean, organized, and food-safe bakery throughout production
• Follow opening, production, cleaning, and closing procedures
• Assist with training and coaching bakery team members
• Identify production or quality concerns and communicate them promptly to management
• Help create an efficient, disciplined, and positive bakery environment

Skills

Professional bakery experience

High-volume bakery

Leadership / training

Food safety / labeling

Education

Culinary or baking education valued

Job description

The Crafted Scone | Bake Shop & Espresso Bar

Full-Time | Experienced Baker

The Crafted Scone is seeking an experienced and highly dependable Lead Baker to join our bakery team.

This is a hands-on production and leadership position for someone who has strong commercial baking experience, works efficiently in a fast-paced bakery environment, and takes pride in producing consistently excellent products.

Our Lead Baker will work alongside our bakery team while helping oversee daily production, quality, organization, food safety, and execution of The Crafted Scone’s recipes and bakery standards.

What You’ll Do

• Lead and participate in daily bakery production
• Prepare and bake scones, pastries, cookies, breakfast items, and other bakery products according to established recipes and specifications
• Organize daily production according to pars, sales needs, catering orders, and product priorities
• Help direct and support other bakers throughout their shifts
• Ensure products are produced consistently in appearance, portion, texture, bake, and presentation
• Monitor product levels and adjust production appropriately throughout the day
• Maintain proper ingredient preparation, rotation, labeling, storage, and freshness
• Monitor bakery ingredients and produce for quality and expiration
• Maintain a clean, organized, and food-safe bakery throughout production
• Ensure bakery equipment, workstations, refrigeration, storage areas, and production spaces are properly maintained
• Follow opening, production, cleaning, and closing procedures
• Assist with training and coaching bakery team members
• Identify production or quality concerns and communicate them promptly to management
• Help create an efficient, disciplined, and positive bakery environment

What We’re Looking For

We are specifically seeking a qualified, experienced baker, who understands professional bakery production.

The ideal candidate will have:

• Previous professional or commercial bakery experience
• Experience in a high-volume bakery, café, restaurant, hotel, commissary, or similar food-production environment
• Strong understanding of baking fundamentals, including dough consistency, mixing methods, ingredient handling, portioning, oven management, and finished-product quality
• Ability to follow standardized recipes and production procedures precisely
• Ability to manage multiple products and production priorities simultaneously
• Strong organizational and time-management skills
• Experience training, leading, or supporting other bakery team members
• Knowledge of proper food handling, sanitation, labeling, storage, and rotation practices
• Ability to recognize quality issues and correct them before products reach our guests
• Dependability, attention to detail, and a strong sense of ownership over the bakery
• Ability to work early mornings, weekends, and holidays as required by bakery operations

Culinary or baking/pastry education is valued, but strong professional bakery experience is equally important.

Physical Requirements

This is an active, hands-on bakery position. Candidates must be comfortable standing for extended periods, working around commercial ovens and bakery equipment, repeatedly bending and reaching, and safely lifting and moving ingredients, trays, and bakery supplies.

About The Crafted Scone

The Crafted Scone is a growing bake shop and espresso bar built around scratch-made products, quality, consistency, and hospitality.

We believe great bakery operations require more than good recipes. They require disciplined production, attention to detail, a clean and organized workspace, and a team that takes pride in what reaches the guest.

Our Lead Baker will play an important role in maintaining those standards as we continue to grow.