Baker (Bread & Pastry)

We're an artisan bakery in the centre of Stockport looking for a baker who can run a full bread and pastry bake from start to finish, and who cares how the product looks coming out of the oven, not just that it's baked.

Hours: Full-time, permanent, 40 hours per week, 8-hour shifts starting between 1:00am and 2:00am, with the rota published in advance so you can plan your life around it. You're finished by mid-morning with the rest of the day to yourself.

What you'll be doing:

• Baking bread through the full cycle: loading, steaming, scoring, monitoring and unloading

• Baking off pastry and viennoiserie: laminated doughs, croissants, enriched doughs, tarts and cakes

• Operating and controlling both the convection ovens and the deck/bread oven, setting temperature, steam and timings and adjusting for load, product and conditions

• Running the bake schedule so bread and pastry land in the right order for opening and for wholesale deliveries

• Preparing, proving and finishing product ready for bake

• Completing bake records, allergen labelling and food safety checks

• Keeping your section clean, organised and set up for the next shift

What we're looking for:

• Practical experience baking bread and pastry in a bakery or professional kitchen

• Confident on a convection oven and a deck/bread oven, and a real understanding of how steam, temperature and timing change the finished loaf

• Able to work to a bake schedule and hit opening times without someone standing over you

• A strong eye for detail: colour, crumb, finish and consistency batch to batch

• Genuinely reliable on early starts, with a realistic way of getting into Stockport town centre for 1am

• Food safety awareness (Level 2 certificate an advantage)

What we offer:

• A permanent, full-time role with a friendly, hands-on team

• Predictable 8-hour shifts with rotas known in advance

• Finished by mid-morning, so your afternoons and evenings are your own

• Free parking

• Room to grow your skills and take on more responsibility as we grow

If you know your ovens, take pride in the finish, and don't mind an alarm clock that starts with a 1, we'd love to hear from you. Apply now.

Pay: £33,000.00-£35,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Free parking

Work Location: In person