Who are we?

Laurent Bakery Group is a well established business producing a wide range of traditional French/European products for our own retail stores and a growing list of wholesale customers. We have been in the business since 1993 and quite comfortably a market leader.

Its an exciting time for us as our business is expanding and with this comes great career opportunities.

We're recruiting an Executive Pastry Chef to join our team at our Production Facility. Our Pastry Chefs are responsible for the preparation and baking of traditional European & Artisan style products.

To be successful you must have the capability to manage a cake team across day and night shift, ensuring preparation and baking meet production requirements for our outlets and wholesale production. We are seeking a candidate who wants to train and develop team skills and have responsibility for production planning and resource scheduling.

Ideally, you will:

• Possess 10+ years experience in Pastry/Cake and at least 5 years managing large teams.
• Have strong understanding and experience in the production of cakes.
• Passionate about food and baking with a drive for excellence.
• Be quality focused and have some knowledge of HACCP quality systems.
• Finish products to product specifications.
• Assist in stock control by monitoring ingredient requirements and wastage.

The role does involve heavy lifting.