Job Details
L’Annexe de Mamie Colette is an artisan bakery located in Titusville, NJ, USA, specializing in French bread, crepes, pastries and viennoiseries. Our sister bakery, Mamie Colette, was voted best bakery in Bucks County on the 2023 Bucks Happening Lists. Our breads are sold in both retail locations, as well as wholesale to local businesses. Our mission is to bring happiness to our customers and team members, and serve our community, while offering a superior experience with quality products, and choice.
We have an opening for a Head Bread Baker. Responsibilities include the following:
a. Culinary Expertise: Creating and executing French bread recipes.
b. Menu Development: Contributing to the design and the update of the bread menu.
c. Team Leadership: Managing and mentoring a team of bakers, including hiring, training, and scheduling.
d. Quality Control: Ensuring that all breads meet high standards of taste, presentation, and consistency.
e. Ingredient Sourcing: Managing inventory and coordinating with Business Manager who places orders for the bakery.
f. Laboratory Management: Overseeing bread laboratory operations, including equipment maintenance, cleanliness, and compliance with health and safety regulations.
g. Cost Control: Managing the bread department's budget, controlling costs, and optimizing profitability.
h. Creative Innovation: Keeping up with culinary trends and experimenting with new flavors and techniques to keep the bread offerings fresh and exciting.
i. Customer Interaction: Collaborating with front-of-house staff to provide exceptional customer service, understand customer feedback and accommodate special dietary requests when possible and sensible for the business.
j. Compliance: Ensuring that the bakery department adhere to food safety, sanitation, and hygiene standards.
k. Problem Solving: Resolving any laboratory-related issues or challenges that may arise during daily operations.
l. Customer Feedback: Soliciting and analyzing customer feedback to make improvements and adjustments to the bread offering.
m. Such other duties as are customarily performed by one holding such position in other similar businesses or enterprises as that engaged in by Employer or such other and unrelated services and duties as may be assigned to you from time to time by Employer.
About you:
- bread baking (from scratch) experience (mandatory)
- willing to start the day at 3am, work on weekends and some holidays - passion for baking
- organized and self sufficient
- takes initiatives
- a tendency to be a perfectionist
- language required: English
Salary based on experience