Pastry and Bakery Production Cook

Lyle Pearson; Orlando (FL); On-site; USD 32,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Puff ‘n Stuff Catering is seeking a Pastry Cook / Bread Baker to join our onsite kitchen team, producing breads, cakes, cookies, and pastries for events. You will work in a fast-paced environment with large ovens, mixers, and scales, maintaining quality and efficiency.

Responsibilities include following production schedules, decorating items, organizing supplies, and standing for long periods in a busy kitchen.

Qualifications

• 2+ years experience in a working pastry department or bakery.
• Comfortable working in a large and fast-paced kitchen.
• Proven verbal, organizational and interpersonal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Create, prepare, and bake breads, yeasted and non-yeasted and component ingredients according to production schedule and recipe.
• Prepare, bake, and decorate various food items in substantial volume.
• Ability to bake goods according to finishing requirements.
• Inspect the quality of the ingredients, measure, and scale them for specific recipes.
• Organize incoming supplies in the appropriate places.
• Store, organize, label, and rotate all products as necessary.
• Clean equipment and utensils and maintain the kitchen in clean and good order.

Skills

Bakery operations

Pastry baking

Team collaboration

High-volume baking

Tools

Commercial ovens

Large mixers

Scales

Job description

Are you a dynamic leader with a passion for food, customer service, and operational excellence. Do you thrive in a fast-paced environment where creativity and trust are at the heart of everything you do. If so, we want you to join our team as a Pastry Cook at Puff ‘n Stuff, a premier catering company dedicated to delivering exceptional experiences.

At Puff ‘n Stuff, we don’t just cater events—we create memorable experiences. Our team is driven by four core values:

• Passion: We love what we do and take pride in delivering exceptional food and service.
• Customer Focus: We go above and beyond to exceed client expectations.
• Trust: We build lasting relationships with clients, partners, and team members through integrity and reliability.
• Creativity: We embrace innovation to craft unique culinary and event experiences.

Puff 'n Stuff Catering is looking for talented bread bakers and pastry cooks - or even one in the same - to join our onsite kitchen team preparing baked goods for events of all sizes and working with us to 'passionately perfect life's celebrations'. As a key member of our team, the pastry cook and or bread baker uses large commercial ovens, large mixers, scales, and various other necessary equipment to make cakes, cookies, breakfast breads, savory doughs, donuts, yeast breads, short breads and a variety of other items as requested. As catering goes, the workload changes often and very quickly, so staying organized and juggling priorities is a must to be successful.

Basics

• Create, prepare, and bake breads, yeasted and non-yeasted and component ingredients according to production schedule and recipe.
• Prepare, bake, and decorate various food items in substantial volume
• Ability to bake goods according to finishing requirements.
• Inspect the quality of the ingredients, measure, and scale them for specific recipes.
• Organize incoming supplies in the appropriate places.
• Store, organize, label, and rotate all products as necessary.
• Clean equipment and utensils and maintain the kitchen in clean and good order.

Qualifications

• 2+years experience in a working pastry department or bakery
• Comfortable working in a large and fast-paced kitchen
• Proven verbal, organizational and interpersonal communication skills.
• Must be able to stand for long periods of time, work in a cooler and freezer, and regularly lift push, pull, or carry up to 50 pounds.
• Facility operates primarily from 5am to 4 pm - based on scale and complexity of events - weekends and holiday prep are expected.