About the Role

Zarky’s Fine Foods is looking for a skilled and creative Pastry Chef who takes pride in exceptional baking, beautiful presentation, and consistent quality. This is a hands-on role for someone who enjoys working with quality ingredients, has solid attention to detail, and works well as part of a team.

You will prepare a variety of pastries, cakes, desserts, and other baked goods, helping create products our customers will love for everyday enjoyment, special occasions, and holiday celebrations.

Key Responsibilities
Prepare, bake, and finish products: Produce pastries, cakes, tarts, and other desserts using established recipes and techniques, maintaining consistent flavour, texture, and presentation.
Organize daily production: Plan and prioritize preparation and baking to meet customer demand, special orders, and seasonal requirements.
Bring creativity to the menu: Help develop new products and seasonal features while maintaining quality and practical production standards.
Maintain an organized, food-safe workspace: Follow proper sanitation, food handling, allergen management, storage, and labelling procedures.
Support effective teamwork:



Monitor ingredient levels, rotate stock, minimize waste, and communicate with the team to keep production running smoothly.

What We’re Looking For
Previous qualified experience in pastry preparation, baking, and dessert finishing.
Strong knowledge of baking techniques, ingredients, and food safety practices. Formal pastry or culinary training is an asset.
Excellent organization, time management, and attention to detail, with the ability to maintain quality during busy periods.
A reliable, collaborative approach and a genuine passion for creating delicious, beautifully presented products.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $18.00-$25.00 per hour

Benefits:
Extended health care
On-site parking

Application question(s):
Are you able to start at 4:00am?

Experience:
Food safety: 2 years (required)
Baking: 2 years (required)
Kitchen experience: 1 year (required)
Food industry: 1 year (required)

Location:
Hamilton, ON L8W 2E7 (preferred)

Work Location: In person

📌 Pastry Chef Rymal
🏢 Zarky's Fine Foods
📍 Rymal