Job Description
Job DescriptionHead Restaurant Baker
Boston, MA | $85,000 Annual Salary | Early Morning Schedule
An established and growing Boston restaurant group is seeking an exceptional, hands-on Head Baker to lead its bread production department and oversee specialty bread development and production across multiple chef-driven restaurant concepts. This is an opportunity for a highly skilled artisan baker to take ownership of a multi-concept bread program, lead a small team, and collaborate directly with the group's Culinary Director.
Head Restaurant Bake Benefits
- 100% employer-paid healthcare coverage
- Cell phone stipend
- Paid vacation, PTO, and sick time
- Genuine career advancement opportunities within a growing restaurant group.
- Quality of life early morning to afternoon schedule
Head Restaurant Baker Qualifications
- Extensive professional baking experience with a strong background in artisan, specialty, and scratch-made breads
- Advanced knowledge of mixing, dough development, fermentation, proofing, shaping, scoring, and baking techniques
- Experience with sourdough, preferments, natural fermentation, and a variety of specialty breads
- Previous experience leading, training, or supervising bakers in a professional production environment
- Strong organizational, problem-solving, and production management skills, with an uncompromising commitment to quality and consistency
Head Restaurant Baker Responsibilities
- Oversee the group's entire bread program, producing specialty breads and table breads for multiple restaurant concepts
- Lead hands-on daily production, including mixing, fermenting, shaping, proofing, baking, and quality control
- Develop and refine bread recipes tailored to the individual culinary identities of each restaurant
- Directly manage, train, and develop a team of at least two bakers while overseeing production schedules, inventory, ordering, and food costs
- Collaborate directly with the Culinary Director and Executive Chefs to maintain exceptional standards, troubleshoot production challenges, and continually elevate the group's bread offerings