Our Story: Bar Down Bakery is a community-forward charitable bakery founded by a local brother and sister team. Specializing in unique coffee beverages, bakery classics and irresistible fusions of your favourite baked goods, Bar Down Bakery offers a taste experience like no other. After launching in 2023 and becoming famous for their 'brookies' (which are the perfect fusion between a cookie and a brownie) Bar Down Bakery expanded upon their offerings to include freshly baked breads, beautifully crafted viennoiserie and unique fusions, like their 'cro-nuts.' They proudly donate a portion of proceeds to KidSport, as well as a variety of other local charities, and are on a mission to serve irresistible baked goods, that do good for their community.

Our message to you: Thank you for your interest in joining the Bar Down Bakery Team! We are so excited to be expanding our team and hope that you will be joining us. However, we are not just looking for anyone to fill this role - we are looking for a true rising star. As a community-forward small business, we are looking for someone who has a true passion for the art of pastry/baking, previous experience/knowledge of baking and a willingness to learn.

Compensation:

$20 - $24/hr +tips with opportunity to increase with proven experience and skills

Schedule:

- Set schedule: 5am - 1pm on Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Some shift flexibility is available!
- Weekend availability is a must

Responsibilities and General :

- Can work both independently and with a team
- Assist the Head Pastry Chef in executing a well-run shift and demonstrate transparent leadership ability
- Assisting the Head Pastry Chef with daily production (breads, croissants and various pastries)




- Mixing bread and croissant doughs
- Ability to learn and adapt to new tasks quickly
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and multitask
- Must have experience in bread production, sourdough production and pastry dough lamination
- Experience with tempered sauces/creams (ex. pastry cream) is a valued asset

A day in your life: 5am - 8am: Lead the morning baking and production shift

8am to EOD: Transition to prep tasks that are on the list for the day; this includes, doughs, lamination, croissant shaping, fillings, ganaches, syrups, speciality aspects and more.

Who you are/what you bring to the team:

- You have a sincere passion for baking with previous knowledge or experience
- You are a go-getter and strive to achieve daily goals
- You work well independently and unsupervised and can motivate yourself to make your workday enjoyable, successful and positive.
- You are a hardworking individual who understands that you can have an impact on the success of a small business by supporting it in reaching it’s goals

Requirements:

- Must be available to work weekends.
- Must have a positive attitude and be self-motivated
- Must be reliable and consistent
- Must have reliable transportation to get to work
- Have your Food Safe Level 1

‘Bonus Marks’:

- Certification from an acknowledged pastry/culinary school or program

Pay: $20.00-$24.00 per hour

Benefits

- Discounted or free food
- On-site parking

Application question(s):
- Why do you want to work at Bar Down Bakery?
- Please tell us about your previous work experience and how that will help you in this role.
- Why should we hire you to work with us at Bar Down Bakery?

Work Location: In person

📌 Baker/Pastry Cook (Langley)
🏢 Bar Down Bakery
📍 Langley