| Haymarket, Full Time, Hospitality |
Vacancy Listing Dates 28/05/2025 to 25/06/2025
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Skilled Pastry Cook wanted
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Salary: $73,300 - $73,500
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Emperor's Garden Cake & Bakery
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Emperor's Garden Cake & Bakery are seeking a detail-oriented and efficient Pastry Cook to support our daily operations. This is a full time position working 6:00AM - 3PM (with 1 hr break) in our Haymarket team.
The ideal candidate will be responsible for preparing and baking a variety of buns and pastries, including our high-volume selling items, egg tarts and polo buns, while maintaining quality and efficiency standards. This role requires excellent time management and an ability to work within a fast-paced environment.
Responsibilities and Duties:- Dough Mixing & Processing
- Precisely measure and combine ingredients to mix dough for a variety of buns and pastries, ensuring consistency and quality
- Proof dough, weigh portions accurately, and prepare individual bun/pastry types according to specifications - Shaping & Filling
- Shape and portion dough efficiently while maintaining uniformity in size and texture
- Add sweet and savory fillings and toppings according to the recipes, such as custard, sausage, taro, chicken, beef, mushroom, chocolate, cheese, sesame seeds, pork floss, or other seasonal flavours
- Prepare pastry skins for bun toppings according to the recipe
- Prepare custard mixture and fill egg tart shells accordingly - Oven Preparation & Baking
- Preheat ovens to the required temperature and monitor the baking process for a variety of buns and pastries, with each requiring a different temperatures and baking times, ensuring consistency in quality
- Check and ensure all buns and pastries are ready for baking, e.g. applying egg wash and toppings before baking - Stock Maintenance
- Monitor and adjust production and store inventory levels, ensuring stock availability and minimizing waste of baked goods throughout the day
- Arrange to make and bake additional buns and pastries if required - Kitchen Cleanup
- Ensure baking trays and egg tart shells are cleaned and stored properly for use
- Maintain cleanliness of workstations, tools, and baking equipment
- Follow proper hygiene standards to ensure food safety compliance
Applicants must hold a relevant trade qualification and have at least 1 year of experience as a Pastry Cook.
Further Qualifications & Skills Required:- Previous experience in bakery preferred
- Ability to follow recipes and instructions with precision
- Strong time management skills and attention to detail
- Comfortable working with baking equipment and temperature-sensitive processes
- Knowledge of food safety regulations and hygiene practices
A salary between $73,300 - $73,500 will be offered to the successful candidate.
Apply now through our online application form.
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