Job description

Chouette Cake & Dessert is seeking an experienced and reliable Pastrycook to join our bakery café in Underwood on a full-time basis.

Our menu combines contemporary café products with Korean-inspired cakes, flavours, presentation styles and seasonal trends. The successful applicant should have strong pastry-production and cake-finishing skills. Practical knowledge of Korean-style baking and desserts, or experience producing similar Asian-style products, will be highly regarded.

Key responsibilities include:

• Preparing and producing cakes, pastries and desserts
• Preparing cake bases, fillings, creams and other components
• Decorating and finishing products to a consistently high standard
• Following recipes and daily production schedules
• Maintaining consistency in taste, appearance and portion size
• Checking ingredient quality and monitoring stock levels
• Minimising waste and using ingredients efficiently
• Maintaining food-safety, hygiene and cleaning standards
• Assisting with seasonal and Korean-inspired product development
• Coordinating effectively with the bakery and front-of-house teams

The successful applicant should have:

• Relevant pastry qualifications or substantial commercial pastry experience
• Strong cake-finishing and decorating skills
• Experience working in a busy commercial bakery or pastry kitchen
• The ability to work independently and meet production deadlines
• Good knowledge of food safety and workplace hygiene
• An understanding of Korean dessert trends, flavours and presentation styles
• Reliable availability for early starts, weekends and public holidays
• Korean-language ability is highly regarded due to the workplace environment and communication with Korean-speaking team members

This is a full-time position averaging 40 hours per week. Working hours will be arranged through a rotating roster and will include early-morning starts, weekends and public holidays. Applicants must be able to meet these roster requirements consistently.

Chouette Cake & Dessert offers a stable position within a busy multicultural bakery café. We are looking for someone who takes pride in craftsmanship, consistency and presentation and who can contribute to the continued development of our distinctive product range.

Remuneration range $75000 - $82000

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