Zingerman's Bakehouse Pastry Baker

Zingerman's Bakehouse is hiring a Pastry Baker to work on our team making hand crafted, artisan pastries to be enjoyed all over the country!

Are you the person always bringing baked goods to social gatherings? Do you believe in the power of a brownie to turn someone’s day around? Are you looking for a place where you can be yourself and do good work on a team? Join our experienced and dedicated team to create some of the best baked goods in Michigan. NO BAKING EXPERIENCE REQUIRED! We’ll train you.

What can you expect?

• A welcoming workplace where you can bring your whole quirky self to work; it's appreciated and acknowledged.
• An active, physical job. (You’ll easily close those rings on your watch every day!)
• Fun and engaged teammates who support each other.
• Making delicious and beautiful products to be proud of.
• Managing partners working with you side-by-side. (Our two current owners started as hourly staff, so they know your potential for growth.)
• A business education while you work! Learn Zingerman’s nationally-acclaimed business practices and put them into action. Hello resume builder!
• A discount at all Zingerman’s businesses and lots of free food.

Sound like the place you’ve been looking for? Please apply. Need more details? Keep reading!

What does the job pay?

Starting pay is $15.50 per hour.

Who are we?

Zingerman's Bakehouse is a wholesale bakery, retail shop, and baking school for home bakers. We sell to specialty food stores, cafés and restaurants in southeastern Michigan as well as selling to Zingerman's Mail Order, who ships our baked goods everywhere in the United States. We are dedicated bakers and food lovers committed to making and selling the best breads, pastries and cakes we can imagine. We are real artisan bakers, meaning we use traditional methods and flavorful ingredients to make our food.

Where is the job?

Zingerman’s Bakehouse is located at 3711 Plaza Drive.

What are the availability requirements?

We are hiring a baker to work 40 hours a week, with 8 hour shifts between the hours of 6 am and 4 pm. We work on weekends and holidays. We require full availability in October, November and December. (We don't take any extra time off during these months.) Education, baking experience or training in the culinary field is preferred but not required. We are looking for someone who is passionate about baking as a long-term career.

What are the physical requirements of the job?

We require the ability to stand, lift and bend for up to 8-hours, with breaks; the ability to lift up to 50 pounds repeatedly and the ability to work with repetitive motion including fine manipulation of hands and fingers.

What kinds of things do you do in this job?
Our pastry baking team does a variety of essential tasks. A few examples are:

• Measuring ingredients to make our Sour Cream Coffee Cake
• Packaging and labeling our Ginger Jump Up Cookies
• Weighing batter into pans for our Magic Brownies
• Washing and chopping apples for our apple pies
• Making the many fillings that fill our wonderful pies and desserts
• Rolling our Cinnful Cinnamon Rolls

Are there any benefits or perks?

• Up to 5 free loaves of bread each week
• Up to 65% discount on baked goods from the Bakehouse
• 10% discounts at other Zingerman's businesses, 25% at Zingerman’s Mail Order
• $1 sandwiches and/or salad made on site for employee lunch
• Paid training
• Paid lunch breaks
• Paid time off
• 401k matching contribution after eligibility requirements are met
• Free access to our Employee Assistance Program (EAP) that provides a variety of resources and services to employees and eligible dependents