Pastry Chef

Manna Dew Bakery is excited to announce an opening for a senior Pastry Chef role in our 100% gluten free specialty bakery.

About Manna Dew:

Manna Dew Bakery is the UK's Top Rated Gluten-Free Bakery and one of the only producers of real-textured gluten-free pastry globally.

Standards of Operation:

Our operation is currently operating on the SALSA food safety standard, with transparent end-to-end manufacturing systems.

About the Role:

We are looking for. a passionate, experienced pastry chef who has a love for Viennoisserie. You. must have previous experience with Viennoisserie. As a texture-focused bakery, R&D drives everything we do. We are constantly looking for ways to improve our products.

As senior pastry chef your duties will be to carry out and oversee all aspects of production.

Requirements:

-Must have previous Viennoisserie experience (lamination)

-Minimum 3 year experience working in bakery

-Level 2 Food Hygiene Certificate or above

-Knowledge of SALSA (preferred)

-Knowledge of gluten-free and vegan baking

Duties:

As our Master of Baking and Mixes your role will be focused around proofing, filling, egg washing, baking, sorting, packing, and dispatching our goods every day.

Knowledge of scratch baking, and the ability to produce consistently and timely are key aspects of this role. Most of the control metrics are qualititative which means you must have a high attention to detail.

Specifics:

-Knows how to laminate pastry, know how to use lamination machine.

Ability to follow recipes

-Ability to handle heavy equipment

-Ability to scale, laminate, proof, egg wash, sort, and pack

-Abilit to work effectively in teams and handle high pressure environments

Hours: 7am-530pm

Days: 5 Days including Saturday and Sunday

ROTA: Min 40 Hours per week

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: £14.00-£17.00 per hour

Benefits:

• Company pension
• Discounted or free food
• Employee discount
• Sick pay

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Wandsworth: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Experience:

• Baking: 3 years (required)
• Pastry Lamination: 1 year (required)

Licence/Certification:

• Level 2 Food Safety Certificate (required)

Work Location: In person