Pastry Laminator

Job Title:
Laminator — Pastry Lamination

Location:
297 Park Ave S, Flatiron

560 Lexington Ave, Midtown East

Job Type:
Full-time

Pay:
$25–$27 per hour

About the Role

The laminator is the hands behind what Somedays is known for. You own the laminated doughs from butter block to cut, shaped tray — the croissants, pains au chocolat, suisses, kouign, danishes and lattices that fill our cases every day. Everything is made from scratch in our own kitchen, and the dough is laminated here; the team bakes off through the morning for service. Your fold is the product.

What You’ll Do

• Temper the butter block and détrempe so they sheet as one, then lock in and carry the dough through its fold sequence — even layers, square corners, clean edges, no butter break.
• Run the sheeter with control: consistent thickness, square sheets, minimal rework.
• Cut, shape and fill laminated items to our size and weight standards so every piece in a batch matches.
• Manage dough temperature and rest time across the morning so lamination holds through shaping.
• Keep scrap and waste low, and log what there is — clean lamination is efficient lamination.
• Hold the bench, sheeter and walk-in to Somedays sanitation and food-safety standards.
• Work to clean-ingredient standards: butter only, never seed oils.

What You Bring

• Hands-on lamination experience in a bakery or pastry kitchen — you’ve laminated at volume and know how dough behaves.
• A feel for dough and butter temperature, and the judgment to adjust as the room and the day change.
• Comfort on a sheeter and a steady, precise hand at the bench.
• Consistency under early-morning production pace, and pride in work that looks the same every day.
• Reliability for an early start, and a calm, tidy station.
• NYC Food Protection Certificate a plus (or willingness to obtain).

Why Somedays

Somedays is a scratch Viennoiserie bakery and café. We make everything in house and hold a high bar on craft. This is a role for someone who takes real pride in lamination and wants their work to be the thing people come back for.

Somedays is an equal-opportunity employer.

Pay: $25.00 - $27.00 per hour

Benefits:

• Employee discount
• Flexible schedule

Work Location: In person