Morning Baker

Our production farm and farmstand has a wildly successful bakery, prepared meals kitchen and food truck, we produce delicious yeast breads, quick breads, pastries and much more daily for sales on site in our retail farm store. Established business with quality customer base, bakery equipment and leadership make this a great job or an aspiring baker or seasoned professional, several different positions available. Speak with the chef to learn more.

Our bakery bakes from scratch", without GMOs, and pride ourselves on using the best American-grown organic flours, non-GMO cooking oils, real dairy, and fairly traded nuts and fruits. Wherever possible, we source from regional family farms and granaries and employee-owned collectives.

This position is central to our high-volume bakery program, which sells tens of thousands of fresh-baked pies, quick breads and pastries for our year round farm store. Our bakery utilizes seasonal produce, herbs and fruits straight from the farm's fields and wash house and highlights their freshness and quality in many changing items such as scones, biscuits, cookies and bars. Preciseness, cleanliness and time organization is a must, especially throughout bakery preparations such as cutting butter, rotating products, shredding zucchini or wrapping products air tightly.

Some on island housing is available, most housing is at $140/wk in a shared room in communal housing.

In our daily work, we are:

• Measuring, mixing, preparing and baking pies, pastries and other recipes.
• Arranging the Farmstand displays in an appealing manner.
• Ensuring all baked goods are completed on time for daily Farmstand opening.
• Maintaining accurate food inventories.
• Properly storing food items at appropriate temperatures.
• Rotating stock items as per established procedures.
• Restocking bakery for subsequent shifts.
• Ensuring that the prep area and bakery are cleaned and sanitized at the end of your shift.

Position Requirements

Our ideal candidate:

• 18 years or older.
• Previous Commercial Kitchen or Baking experience preferred.
• Ensures compliance to quality, food safety requirements and conformity to all company, customer and government standards including sanitation, personal hygiene, and respectfulness.
• Must have held a previous job successfully.
• Must be self-motivated and team-oriented.
• Ability to remain calm and focused and provide excellent food products in a high volume environment.
• This job requires patience and heavy lifting (30 pounds frequently and 50 pounds occasionally).
• Applicants must be flexible, adaptable and able to work nights and weekends.

Qualifications

• Pastry experience
• Food Handler Certification

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $17.50 - $25.00 per hour

Expected hours: 42 per week

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Employee discount
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Store discount

Schedule:

• Morning shift

Ability to Commute:

• Edgartown, MA 02539 (Preferred)

Ability to Relocate:

• Edgartown, MA 02539: Relocate before starting work (Preferred)

Work Location: In person

Salary : $18 - $25