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Baker, Lead Cake Decorator (NOC 6332)
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Location
446 Summerhill Avenue, Toronto, ON| Ontario
Permanent, Full-Time Position (42 hours a week)
Summerhill Market Bakery produces all scratch batters, frostings, cakes, tarts, pies, and cookies. The Baker – Lead Cake Decorator is required to following specific recipes, accurately measure out the frostings, buttercreams, and icings to finish the product.
The Baker/Cake Decorator works closely with the Pastry Chef (Mario Totaro) to plan out daily and weekly production requirements and ensure all ingredients are on hand and available for finishing. They coordinate their production together with the Mixers and Bakers and also work together with all members of the bakery production team, to ensure that what is needed is produced and ready in a timely manner to ensure the even flow of production.
DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:
Follow recipes provided by the Pastry Chef as well as following specific production schedules+
Computer Skills – Working Knowledge of OneDrive, Excel, and Word
Work together with the Pastry Chef to ensure ingredients are ordered on time
Ensuring that all ingredients and prep are ready and on hand to meet their production requirements.
Calculating and formulating the base recipes to the volume of production that is required.
Portioning batters and doughs into specified volumes prior to baking
Assembling and finishing cakes, cupcakes, tarts, and specialty pies according to the finishes that are set to recipes and yielding requirements
Staff scheduling for the Assistant Cake Decorator and coordinating their daily production lists
Communication is key to co-ordinating through all channels of production
Working with the Pastry Chef to develop new products; from the concept to the recipe development, assembly, finishing, and yielding;
Proper use of equipment such as mixers, sheeter, pie press, oven, and stovetop Unpacking and storing supplies in refrigerators, freezers and dry good areas Ensure safety hazards are removed and/or reported
Maintaining a clean work environment at all times, and proper sanitizing
Full understanding of workplace safety as well as food safety, storage, and handling Performing other duties as may be assigned.
Cake Decorating: 1 year (Required) Large Scale Production: 1 year (Required)
**The Summerhill Market is committed to employment equity and encourages applications from diverse communities, including Aboriginal people, persons of color, persons with disabilities, new Canadians and immigrants, members of the LGBTQ community, and women***