HEAD VIENNOISERIE BAKER / PASTRY CHEF
North Wales | Full-Time | Salary Negotiable
We are looking for an exceptional Viennoiserie Baker / Pastry Chef to join us in North Wales and help build something special from the ground up.
We are an established and successful independent coffee business with multiple locations across North Wales. We are now making a significant investment in the next stage of the business: creating our own bakery and viennoiserie programme.
Our ambition is simple: to produce some of the best croissants, pastries and freshly baked goods in the region.
A new location will be built around a production kitchen, equipped with the machinery, tools and working environment required to produce exceptional viennoiserie at scale. This kitchen will become the bakery hub for our existing locations, allowing us to move away from externally supplied frozen products and towards a genuinely fresh, craft-led bakery offering.
We are looking for someone with serious expertise in viennoiserie, laminated dough and pastry production who wants the opportunity to take ownership of that journey.
This is not simply a production role.
The right person will have the opportunity to help shape the bakery from its foundations: influencing equipment, workflow, recipes, production processes and ultimately the products that become synonymous with our cafés.
We want someone obsessed with the details: fermentation, lamination, butter, temperature, texture, consistency and the difference between a good croissant and an exceptional one.
THE ROLE
You will lead the development and production of our fresh bakery and viennoiserie offering, including:
· Croissants and pain au chocolat
· Seasonal and filled viennoiserie
· Laminated dough products
· Morning pastries and bakery specials
· Development of signature products unique to our cafés
· Recipe development, testing and refinement
· Establishing production systems capable of supplying multiple locations
· Maintaining exceptional standards of quality and consistency
· Helping shape the kitchen, equipment and production environment
· Potentially building and leading a bakery team as the operation grows
WHO WE'RE LOOKING FOR
We care far more about ability, experience and obsession with the craft than job titles.
You may currently be working as a Head Baker, Pastry Chef, Viennoiserie Chef, Bakery Development Chef or within a leading artisan bakery, pâtisserie, hotel or restaurant.
We are particularly interested in people with strong experience in:
Viennoiserie Laminated dough Croissant production Fermentation Pastry development High-quality bakery production
Above all, we are looking for someone who takes enormous pride in what they make.
THE OPPORTUNITY
What makes this role different is the freedom to build rather than inherit.
We are prepared to invest properly in the kitchen, equipment, ingredients and people required to make the project exceptional.
You will work directly with the owners and have genuine influence over what the bakery becomes.
For the right person, there is significant opportunity for the role to develop alongside the business as we expand the bakery operation across our existing and future locations.
LOCATION
North Wales, UK
We welcome applications from across the UK and internationally.
SALARY
Competitive and open to negotiation based on experience.
Rather than setting an arbitrary ceiling on the role, we would prefer to speak to the right candidates and build a package that reflects their experience and what they can bring to the business.
INTERESTED?
If you are passionate about viennoiserie and excited by the idea of being given the resources and freedom to build an exceptional bakery programme from the ground up, we would love to hear from you.
Please send your CV, a little about yourself and, if possible, examples of your work.
Come and help us build North Wales' next great bakery.
Pay: From £30,000.00 per year
Work Location: In person
