Baker Pastry Cook

Experienced baker required - Walter's Artisan Produce Pty Ltd, located on the Sunshine Coast Queensland.

Minimum requirements - 3 years experience / or / Certificate 111 Baking or equivalent.

Opportunity to share a passion for artisan bread & other bakery products which are made pure & in high demand.

Great team of tradesmen, no night shifts.

Duties include -

• Organise and prepare pastry section for daily services

• Cook all food items assigned to the pastry section including:

• Checking the quality, gathering and preparing base ingredients for baking

• Mixing ingredients to make dough and pastries, including danish & croissants - fillings, icings and desserts

• operating commercial bakery equipment including mixers, rollers, cutters and ovens

• sheeting and rolling & shaping dough, putting dough into baking dishes or on trays

• cooking goods and removing cooked items from ovens

• cooling and decorating with creams and icings where required

• Ensure strict stock rotation and reduce wastage of pastry ingredients, implementing and maintaining effective stock control procedures.

• Preparation and baking of White Sourdough, Wholemeal Sourdough, 7 Grain Sourdough, Light Rye Sourdough, Dark Rye Sourdough loaves of bread and other bakery products;

• Performing cutting, moulding and mixing dough skills for bread and other bakery products;

• Monitoring oven temperatures and product appearance to determine baking times;

• Precisely scale, shape and score loaves. Assure finished baked products meet quality standards;

• Mix and process dough, set time and temperature for the best proving and baking procedures;

• Accurately follow recipes in the preparation of all dough. Correctly and safely utilize all mixing, lamination and baking equipment.