About the Role The Freebird Market is looking for an experienced Production Baker with strong hands-on dough and fermentation experience to join our production kitchen in Etobicoke.

This is not primarily a pastry position. The ideal candidate has professional experience producing dough from scratch and is comfortable managing mixing, fermentation, proofing, shaping, portioning, and baking in a busy commercial kitchen.

A large portion of our production includes pizza dough, focaccia, and other fermented doughs, so we are specifically looking for someone who understands how dough behaves and can adjust appropriately based on fermentation, temperature, timing, and production needs.

If you have worked in a bakery, pizzeria, bread program, commissary kitchen, or high-volume production environment, we would love to hear from you.

What You’ll Be Doing

- Prepare pizza dough, focaccia, bread and fermented doughs from scratch
- Mix, scale, portion, shape, proof, and bake according to established recipes
- Monitor fermentation, proofing time, dough temperature, hydration and dough development
- Maintain consistent quality across large production batches
- Produce additional bakery items including cookies, biscotti, ricotta-based desserts, and other baked goods
- Accurately weigh and measure ingredients
- Follow daily production schedules and meet required production quantities
- Recognize and troubleshoot dough that is over-proofed, under-proofed, or otherwise not developing correctly
- Package, label, store, and organize finished products
- Communicate ingredient shortages and production needs to the kitchen team
- Maintain a clean, organized, and food-safe workstation
- Support other bakery and production-kitchen duties as required

What We’re Looking For Professional/commercial baking experience is required.





You should also have

- Strong hands-on experience making dough from scratch
- Experience with pizza dough, focaccia, bread and/or fermented doughs
- A solid understanding of fermentation, proofing, mixing, shaping and baking
- Experience following standardized recipes and production specifications
- The ability to produce consistent results in a high-volume environment
- Strong attention to detail, organization, and time management
- The ability to work independently while also contributing to a team
- Reliability and a strong work ethic
- The ability to stand for extended periods and perform repetitive production work
- The ability to lift approximately 50 lbs

Pastry experience is welcome but is not required. We are primarily looking for someone with strong dough-production experience.

Schedule

This is a full-time position of approximately 40 hours per week.

Candidates must have flexibility to work a combination of days, evenings, and weekends based on production requirements. Overtime may occasionally be available.

Compensation

$22.00–$25.00 per hour, based on skilled experience and demonstrated baking skills.

Benefits

- Discounted or complimentary food
- Employee store discount
- Full-time, consistent production-kitchen environment
- Opportunity to work with a variety of doughs and baked products

Work Location The Freebird Market 232 Norseman Street

Etobicoke, ON M8Z 2R4

In person

We thank all applicants for their interest. Only applicants selected for an interview will be contacted.

Pay: $22.00-$25.00 per hour

Benefits

- Discounted or free food
- Store discount

Application question(s):
- Please briefly describe your professional experience making pizza dough, focaccia, bread, or other fermented doughs from scratch, including the approximate volume you produced.

Work Location: In person

📌 Production Baker (Etobicoke)
🏢 Freebird Market
📍 Etobicoke