Heidi are looking for new bakery and pastry team members in Windsor, UK

Heidi is a young group of six bakery coffee shops in the Western Home Counties. Our branches are busy outlets that sell a range of bakery products, all made from scratch by our team.

We’re looking to fill the following positions in our kitchen team, working under our amazing Head Chef Vincenzo Maio:

• Head Baker – Tourier / viennoiserie chef (croissant, brioche, pastry etc)
• Assistant Head Baker – Tourier / viennoiserie chef (croissant, brioche, pastry etc)

Key Benefits

• Head Baker salary £35,000 – £40,000 per year depending on experience
• Assistant Head Baker salary £27,000 – £32,000 per year depending on experience
• 20% department store discount
• Food and drink when on shift
• 3% employer pension contribution
• Day-time shifts only

Role Specifications

• Head Baker: 5+ years working in a bakery, restaurant or other food service pastry environment and with line management experience
• Assistant Head Baker: 3+ years working in a bakery, restaurant or other food service pastry environment
• Desire and drive to help us move into a new kitchen facility
• Customer-facing skills – we want our customers to know our chefs
• Training or experience in bakery products with a traditional French foundation
• Good production knowledge for the relevant bakery items we produce according to the position
• Able to lead with Head Chef menu development according to events, seasons and marketing promotions
• Able to lead small team of bakers on Tourier station
• Food Hygiene Level 2 certificate and experience in working in a food safe environment

Brexit / UK VISA

We recognise that our new new chefs may come from the European Union and that Brexit has created some difficulties around this.

We are approaching this as a medium / long term role and are committed to ensuring we are able to offer the role to the right candidate.

Therefore we will happily sponsor the correct candidate through the UK’s new immigration and visa requirements.

About Us

Heidi is a quick-service bakery with six restaurants and ambitious expansion plans for more.

Our bakeries have open kitchens and rely on unpretentious but high-quality French-style patisserie to get people of all demographics through the door for breakfast, lunch-time and tea.

We’re high footfall sites that rely on a solid product base with good margins to provide our customers a good meal at good value.

We produce the vast majority of our food from two central kitchens based in central-Windsor (SL4 1DP).

Role Profile

• 48 hours a week in our central kitchen (SL4 1DP)
• Head Baker reporting to our head Chef Vincenzo Maio (Alain Ducasse, Disney Cruises)
• Assistant Head Baker reporting to new Head Baker
• Flexible working schedule according to the demands of the kitchen
• Based in Daniel department store, Windsor, but with move to new central kitchen shortly

Our Food

• Pastries / viennoiserie (Tourier role): croissant range, brioche range, doughnuts etc
• Savouries (Savoury chef role): Pizza, quiche, filled croissant, filled pizza, croque monsieur, sandwiches, baguettes
• Sweet (Patisserie role): Tarts, sponge cakes, standard French patisserie range, more complex French entremets
• Other: Salads, french baguettes
• And a lot of tea and coffee

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: £27,000.00-£40,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Company pension
• Discounted or free food
• Employee discount
• Store discount

Schedule:

• 10 hour shift
• Day shift
• Overtime
• Weekend availability

Experience:

• tourier: 3 years (preferred)

Work Location: One location