Wood-Fired Bakery Artisan – Historic Site

Crescent Hotels & Resorts; Williamsburg (VA); On-site; USD 26,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation in Williamsburg, Virginia, is seeking a skilled baker to join our culinary team. Daily production of menu items for taverns and grab-and-go locations, with emphasis on breads, pastries, and wood-fired oven outputs.

Requires culinary program degree in baking and pastry; preferred 3–5 years of related experience. Duties include maintaining a clean workstation, scaling ingredients, and training associates for standard items using a wood-fired oven.

Qualifications

• Required - Culinary program degree in baking and pastry or the industry equivalent in a parallel resort or similar setting
• Preferred - Degree and 3-5 years of similar experience
• Skilled at scaling formulas dictated by volume needs using bakers’ math
• Proficient working knowledge of a freezer mise en place system
• Kneading and dough shaping
• Experience baking in wood fired ovens
• Ability to train associates to bake standard items using a wood fired oven

Responsibilities

• Daily production of menu items for taverns and grab and go locations
• Knowledge of special dietary requirements
• Knowledge and proficient ability of basic mixing techniques to include but not limited to; cake batters, quick breads, yeast and chemical leavened breads and cookie doughs
• Knowledge and proficiency to produce basic sauces, creams and aerated products
• Finishing daily production
• Production is complete and timely according to business needs
• Maintains a clean, organized and sanitary workstation and surrounding environment
• Accurate scaling and measuring according to bakers’ math
• Monitors and inspects quality of ingredients, finished products and their display in outlets

Skills

Kneading & dough shaping

Scaling formulas

Wood-fired oven baking

Mise en Place – freezer system

Training associates

Education

Culinary program degree in baking and pastry or industry equivalent

Job description

The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation in Williamsburg, Virginia, is seeking a skilled baker to join our culinary team. Daily production of menu items for taverns and grab-and-go locations, with emphasis on breads, pastries, and wood-fired oven outputs.

Requires culinary program degree in baking and pastry; preferred 3–5 years of related experience. Duties include maintaining a clean workstation, scaling ingredients, and training associates for standard items using a wood-fired oven.