Head Baker

Rosetta Roastery; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Rosetta Roastery in Cape Town seeks a Head Baker to lead the bakery in our production kitchen in Claremont. You will own the daily bake of breads, sourdough, pastries and cakes for our four cafés, working with the kitchen lead and team.

The role requires strong baking training, experience leading teams, and a passion for sourdough, fermentation and high standards. You’ll manage fermentation and baking schedules, train staff, maintain food safety and keep the kitchen ready for the 4am start.

Qualifications

• Proven baking training in a high-standard kitchen.
• Experience leading a shift or small team.
• Ability to bake breads and pastries at volume.
• Experience with sourdough and natural leavening.
• Solid understanding of fermentation, dough development, proofing and baking.
• Organised and numerate, with interest in planning and costing.
• Reliable, disciplined, with high daily standards.
• Able to start a 4am shift and commute to Claremont.

Responsibilities

• Own the daily bake of breads, sourdough, pastries and cakes.
• Set and manage fermentation, proofing and baking schedules.
• Keep the standard consistently high across everything we send to our cafés.
• Train and support team members who bake with you, so the standard holds on every shift.
• Keep food safety, hygiene and kitchen standards tight.
• Leave the kitchen organised and ready for early-morning service.

Skills

Baking leadership

Sourdough expertise

Fermentation knowledge

Volume baking

Kitchen planning

Team leadership

Food safety

Job description

Rosetta is a specialty coffee business based in Cape Town, founded in 2010. We roast and sell wholesale and retail, as well as supply our own cafes around the city.

We're looking for a Head Baker to lead the baking in our production kitchen in Claremont.

Our kitchen supplies artisan breads, sourdough, pastries and cakes to our four cafés every day. This is a new role: you'll take ownership of the baking side of the kitchen, working alongside our kitchen lead and the wider team. It suits a strong baker who has already led a shift or a small team and is ready to step up into their first Head Baker role.

What you'll do

• Own the daily bake of breads, sourdough, pastries and cakes
• Set and manage fermentation, proofing and baking schedules
• Keep the standard consistently high across everything we send to our cafés
• Train and support team members who bake with you, so the standard holds on every shift
• Keep food safety, hygiene and kitchen standards tight
• Leave the kitchen organised and ready for early-morning service

Where the role can grow

As you prove yourself in the role, there's a real path into a broader leadership role in the kitchen. That could include:

• Quality control across all our sites
• Running our central production and portioning systems
• Demand planning and cost control across the cafés

What we're looking for

• Strong baking training and experience, ideally in a high-standard kitchen (a destination restaurant or similar)
• Some experience leading others, whether running a shift, a section or training junior bakers
• Confident baking a varied range of breads and pastries at volume
• Experience with naturally leavened (sourdough) doughs, and a real interest in them
• A thorough understanding of fermentation, dough development, proofing and baking
• Organised and numerate, with an interest in the planning and costing side of a kitchen
• Reliable and disciplined, with high standards you keep day after day
• Able to get to Claremont for a 4am start

Hours

4am start, five days a week, rostered across our seven-day operation.

If you're ready to step up and lead a bakery, and want to grow with a quality-led coffee business, we'd love to hear from you.

Note: We're also hiring a Baker. We'll consider every applicant for both roles.