Bakery Cook

Description

Why work for us?

We are 50 years strong in the community.

We give back to organizations with shared values.

We offer great benefits and competitive compensation.

We are continually innovating and investing in the future.

We offer opportunities for personal and professional growth; about half of our managers were promoted from within.

Tired of working for a company that leaves you feeling like you’re not appreciated? Would you like to join a team that actually enjoys what they do and believes in making a difference?

The Brattleboro Food Co-op is owned by thousands of local shareholders and is committed to improving the quality of life for our community, one meal at a time. We offer competitive wages, great benefits, and an excellent work-life balance.

Department: Food Services

Job Title: Bakery Cook

Purpose: To prepare excellent quality breakfast and dessert items in a timely and efficient manner: to accurately follow recipes; to assess and produce what is needed each day; support with catering events on site as needed.

Status: Reports to Assistant Bakery Manager

Customer Service:

• •Assists customers with questions in a prompt and courteous manner
• •Provide attentive and courteous customer service
• •Maintain a polite, friendly and helpful attitude towards internal and external customers
• •Product Knowledge:
• •Knowledgeable about all bakery products. Continues to learn about new products. Ability to answer questions accurately.
• •Product Presentation and Quality:
• •Ensure quality food preparation, presentation and execution
• •Safety:
• •Handles all equipment in a safe manner
• •Alert to unsafe equipment and removes any equipment that is unsafe from usage
• •Teamwork:
• •Ensures department teamwork through trust and communication
• •Accountability:
• •Accepts responsibility for personal decisions and actions. Exemplifies honesty, integrity and ethics
• •Contributes constructively to the morale of the department
• •Shows initiative in solving issues and achieving the departmental goals

Job Specific Functions:

• •Preparation of all bakery items promptly and efficiently as assigned
• •Facilitating all aspects of service, supporting catering events, and meals as needed including: maintaining the desserts and bakery rack items during store hours
• •Ensure and facilitate kitchen cleanliness as needed or assigned
• •Ensure that equipment is well maintained, and to notify appropriate personnel of any equipment failures or malfunctions in a timely fashion
• •Put away orders – follow receiving protocols as defined in training
• •Ensure high quality of products, and quality standards
• •Accurately follow recipes using proper measurements with a mind to menu specific alterations as directed by a supervisor
• •Maintain appropriate par levels of product
• •Maintain clean and orderly work stations
• •Plan and participate in cleaning projects as assigned
• •Adhering to the site’s code of conduct as defined during training
• •Provide training to new team members as assigned
• •Adhere to established safety and sanitation standards
• •Wash own dishes throughout shift, support dishwasher with bakery items
• •Accurately inputting shrink data as needed
• •Able to work in freezing temperatures to hot temperatures. Going from the kitchen to walk in freezer and back to collect ingredients as necessary.
• •Able to stand for long periods of time, on your feet all shift up to 8 hrs a day
• •Other duties as assigned

Requirements

• •Self-motivated, organized, responsible, flexible
• •Effective communication skills
• •Professional baking experience; 3-5 years practical application. Bread baking, pastry, culinary education, and catering production; large scale food service bakery production experience highly preferred
• •Quick and proficient cooking skills, knife work, and an understanding of large scale production
• •Ability to lift 50 pounds
• •Ability to understand and follow directions
• •Ability to understand and meet standards for health, safety, and excellence
• •Ability to remain alert and focused in an environment that is noisy and fast-paced
• •Ability to work effectively within a team
• •Detail-oriented and thorough

At Brattleboro Food Co-op, we do not just accept difference — we celebrate it, we support it, and we thrive on it for the benefit of our employees, our products, and our community. Brattleboro Food Co-op is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.