Pastry Chef

Marvelcake is a French-inspired patisserie and café known for handcrafted pastries, elegant cakes, and thoughtful presentation. We’re looking for an experienced, creative, and dependable Pastry Chef to join our Campbell production kitchen.

The ideal candidate combines strong pastry skills with organization, teamwork, and a commitment to consistent quality. This is a hands-on role producing desserts for our cafés, custom orders, and catered events.

Responsibilities

• Prepare high-quality pastries, tarts, cakes, fillings, creams, doughs, and seasonal desserts.
• Follow established Marvelcake recipes and presentation standards, maintaining consistency in flavor, portion size, yield, and appearance.
• Plan and execute daily production to meet store needs, special orders, and event deadlines.
• Collaborate with ownership on recipe testing, seasonal offerings, and new product development.
• Maintain complete, accurate recipe documentation, including measurements, methods, yields, and storage instructions.
• Support and train kitchen team members while promoting a professional, respectful work environment.
• Monitor ingredient inventory, communicate purchasing needs, and reduce waste through careful production planning and stock rotation.
• Check finished products for freshness, quality, and presentation before they leave the kitchen.
• Maintain food safety, allergen handling, labeling, sanitation, and safe equipment practices.

Qualifications

• Proven professional pastry experience in a bakery, patisserie, restaurant, hotel, or catering kitchen.
• Strong knowledge of French pastry techniques, cake assembly, finishing, piping, and flavor development.
• Experience with laminated doughs, viennoiserie, and chocolate work is a plus.
• Ability to follow recipes precisely, scale batches accurately, and manage multiple production priorities.
• Strong organization, communication, and teamwork skills.
• Dependable attendance and availability for early mornings, weekends, and holidays as scheduled.
• Culinary or pastry education preferred; equivalent practical experience is welcome.
• Food safety certification or willingness to obtain the appropriate certification.

What We Offer

• Compensation based on experience and qualifications.
• A collaborative kitchen where craftsmanship and thoughtful ideas are valued.
• Opportunities to contribute to product development and grow with Marvelcake.

How to Apply

Visit www.marvelcake.com/carrer to complete your application. Please include your résumé and, if available, a portfolio or photographs of your pastry work.

For questions, contact [email protected] with the subject line “Pastry Chef Application.”

Marvelcake is an equal opportunity employer.

Job Types: Part-time, Full-time

Pay: $25.00 - $31.00 per hour

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Employee discount
• Flexible schedule
• Health insurance
• Paid time off

Work Location: In person