Viennoiserie Baker – Artisan Croissants, Danishes & Signature Pastries

Location: Central London
Working hours: Rotating shifts: Morning 6AM start/ Day time, Evening Shifts; 5 days per week, incl. weekends and bank holidays.

Job Type: Full time, Permanent

Are you a skilled Viennoiserie Baker with a passion for beautifully crafted croissants, danishes, and patisserie-style pastries? We are recruiting experienced Bakers to join a premium bakery brand in the heart of London, renowned for its artisanal techniques, eye-catching presentation, and consistently high quality. This kitchen blends tradition with creativity, where excellence, precision, and visual perfection come together every day.

The Role

As a Pastry Baker, your role will focus on the daily production of viennoiserie (croissants, danishes, pain au chocolat); proofing and baking; decorative finishing using glazing, piping, icing, and other techniques.

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Proofing doughs to the required standard, ensuring consistent quality and structure
• Baking, finishing, and decorating viennoiserie products with consistency and attention to detail
• Using piping bags, glazing, icing, filling, dusting, and other finishing techniques to decorate pastries to company standards
• Working closely with the production team to ensure smooth daily operations
• Maintaining a clean, organised, and hygienic workstation at all times
• Preparing ingredients, doughs, and workstation setup for the following day's production
• Following standardised recipes, production methods, and quality procedures
• Reporting any equipment, maintenance, or production issues to management promptly

About You:

• Previous experience as a Baker in a bakery, French patisserie, sweet pastry shop.
• Skilled in croissant pastry / viennoiserie preparation
• Confident in dough handling, shaping, proofing, and baking techniques
• Experienced in decorating baked goods using cream, icing, and glazes
• Reliable, self-motivated, and a strong team player
• Great organisational skills and at multitasking
• Able to maintain high hygiene standards and follow precise recipes
• Available working weekends and bank holidays
• Available to start at 6AM including on Sundays and bank holidays.
• UK Work permit valid for min 2 years.
• Good Basic Spoken English.

Food Hygiene Certification is an advantage but not essential.
Basic spoken English and the right to work in the UK are required.

Whats On Offer:

• Salary starting from £13 per hour depending on experience.
• Stable, permanent role in a modern and supportive working environment
• Progression opportunities
• 50% staff discount across all products
• Weekly shift rota
• Uniform provided (black trousers and kitchen-safe shoes required)
• Easily accessible Central London locations (Zone 1)

If you are passionate about artisan baking, care about quality and detail, and enjoy being part of a close-knit kitchen team - we would love to hear from you.

Apply now and bring your pastry skills to life in one of Londons most beautiful and innovative bakery settings.

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