Baker

Join the team at Wright's Gourmet House, a Tampa landmark serving guests since 1963. Known for our iconic sandwiches, scratch-made desserts, and genuine hospitality, we are looking for team members who are passionate about quality, teamwork, and creating memorable guest experiences in a fast-paced and welcoming environment.

Job Title: Baker

Benefits:

• Health, Dental, Life, and Disability Insurance (subject to applicable waiting periods)
• Paid Time Off
• Sick Days & Paid Leave benefit
• Tuition Reimbursement
• 401(k) with matching
• Discounts
• Opportunity for Growth and Advancement

Position Overview:

The Baker prepares a wide range of baked goods for further production or direct sale to guests.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Produce high-quality bakery items including cakes, cupcakes, sweet breads, dessert bars, cookies, pies, bagels, Danishes, and rolls from Wright’s Gourmet House recipes.
• Decorate baked products using glaze, icing, and other toppings to achieve a finished appearance.
• Make dessert trays, cookie trays, breakfast trays, and other specialty trays.
• Cut and wrap dessert bars, Bundt cakes, bread loaves, and pies.
• Coordinate with the other culinary stations and guest services department, providing the information and lead time they need to prepare menu items for on-time service.
• Prepare each order the Wright way, meeting the guests’ expectations. Always have the order ready on time.
• Use and follow recipes for every batch, measuring each ingredient precisely.
• Ensure quality and portion size over maximizing yields. Minimize needless waste.
• Promptly greet and assist guests and visitors anywhere on-premises. Share general information on Wright’s: history, business hours, and directions.
• Follow safe food handling and sanitation procedures; assist all other areas with meeting these standards.
• Maintain one’s workstation and other associated areas in a clean, safe, and organized condition; assist all other areas with meeting these standards.
• Keep all equipment and tools in peak condition, including routine maintenance and minor repairs.
• Create a clean, safe, exciting, and welcoming atmosphere front-of-the-house and back-of-the-house.
• Cheerfully participate in a workplace filled with warm greetings, friendly smiles, helping hands, and freely shared knowledge.
• Perform daily and weekly administrative tasks e.g., checklists, station counts, etc.
• Assist and support other departments to ensure every guest gets the Wright’s Experience and meets required standards and performance levels.

Key Skills & Requirements

• Experience within the past twelve (12) months as a baker for a high-volume restaurant, catering company, bakery, or similar food service operation.
• Operate a variety of equipment and tools including ovens, mixers, scales & measuring tools, portioning machines, packaging machines, knives, and spatulas.
• Operate a variety of culinary equipment and tools when assisting other stations.
• Full-time must be available to work six (6) days a week, and mandatory overtime during peak season and other special occasions. Part-time must be available at least three (3) days a week.
• Communicate with effective verbal and written skills with guests, managers, and staff.
• Calm, flexible demeanor for handling the pressure of simultaneously coordinating a wide range of tasks, especially during high-volume times.
• Solve problems with minimal disruption to guests; seek assistance as needed to ensure guests receive a great experience.
• Servsafe Certified or Safe Staff (we provide training).
• Work productively with limited supervision.
• Attentive to detail.
• Basic math skills.

Physical Requirements:

• High standards of personal hygiene & appearance.
• Balancing, twisting, bending, stooping, walking, reaching, lifting, pulling, pushing, and climbing.
• Frequently lifting or moving heavy items up to 50 pounds.
• Standing in place for long periods of time.
• Comfort with working in a very fast-paced, crowded environment with co-workers and guests.
• Must be able to tolerate considerable exposure to unusual elements, such as extreme temperatures, fumes, smoke, cold, unpleasant odors, and loud noise.

Other Requirements:

• Consent to both pre-employment and post-hire reasonable suspicion drug testing.
• Consent to a pre-employment background check (criminal and driving).
• Tobacco-free, smoke-free, e-cigarette-free facility and grounds.

An Equal Opportunity Employer

We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, genetic information, or any other status protected by law or regulation. It is our intention that all qualified applicants are given equal opportunity and that selection decisions be based on job-related factors.