Lead Baker & Kitchen Leader — Flexible Schedule & Benefits

Paris Baguette; Winter Park (FL); On-site; USD 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work schedule

Discounted meals during your shift

Free Cake for your Birthday

Medical, Dental and Vision Benefits

Job summary

Paris Baguette is seeking a Lead Baker to drive quality food production, manage budgets, and oversee menu and catering operations. You will lead kitchen teams, ensure top quality and safe food handling, and coordinate with operations and sales staff to support a high-volume bakery café environment.

The ideal candidate has 3+ years of kitchen management experience in a busy retail or hospitality setting, a culinary or associate degree, and ServSafe certification or willingness to obtain it.

Qualifications

• Minimum of three years kitchen management experience in high-volume retail, bakery, hospitality, or restaurant venue.
• Experience preparing catered events and presenting foods for special events is desirable
• Thorough working knowledge of food production systems; proficiency with office software and inventory systems
• Flexible, adaptive and people-focused leadership style with experience managing senior operations leaders across a large portfolio
• Passion for people and empowering, inspiring, motivating and developing team members

Responsibilities

• Leads in baking and preparing food as necessary.
• Ensures product quality, freshness and presentation meet company standards for bake, cake, sandwich and beverage.
• Adheres to mandated menu and purchasing programs.
• Maintains budgeted revenue, cost of goods, labor, supplies and operating cash flow.
• Plans, supervises and executes all catering functions with operations and sales staff.
• Estimates food consumption and makes purchases from the company food program.
• Recruits and retains best-in-class workforce with management team support.
• Addresses and resolves disciplinary issues as appropriate.
• Supervises kitchen staff and oversees prep, portioning, merchandising and storage.
• Maintains kitchen and storage facilities in sanitary condition.
• Schedules staff to accommodate varying volumes.
• Coordinates kitchen equipment maintenance and DOH sanitation audits.
• Develops monthly action items to address issues.
• Interacts with clients daily/weekly.
• Ensures a clean, safe environment at all times.
• Ability to work varying shifts, weekends and holidays.

Education

Associate degree or culinary degree

Job description

Paris Baguette is seeking a Lead Baker to drive quality food production, manage budgets, and oversee menu and catering operations. You will lead kitchen teams, ensure top quality and safe food handling, and coordinate with operations and sales staff to support a high-volume bakery café environment.

The ideal candidate has 3+ years of kitchen management experience in a busy retail or hospitality setting, a culinary or associate degree, and ServSafe certification or willingness to obtain it.