About Us

At Thyme & Again Creative Catering, we're passionate about exceptional food, craftsmanship, and beautiful presentation. From our neighbourhood food shops to our busy catering operations, our bakery produces cakes, tarts, pastries, and seasonal desserts for retail, special orders, and events across Ottawa.

We're looking for an experienced Baker / Pastry Decorator with strong hands-on cake and tart decorating skills to join our bakery team.

This role is ideal for someone who takes pride in precision, consistency, and presentation, follows established recipes and instructions carefully, and thrives in a cooperative production environment.

Schedule: Monday–Friday, 11:00 AM–8:00 PM

You’ll Thrive Here If You…

- Have a genuine passion for baking, pastry, and cake and tart decoration
- Take pride in clean, polished, consistent finishing and presentation
- Have a strong eye for detail, colour, texture, and overall presentation
- Can manage multiple production priorities while maintaining quality
- Work confidently both independently and as part of a cooperative bakery team
- Stay organized and efficient in a fast-paced production environment
- Value a clean, positive, and team-focused workplace

What You’ll Do

- Prepare, assemble, fill, decorate, and finish cakes and tarts for retail, catering, and special orders.
- Follow established recipes, detailed instructions, production procedures, and presentation standards accurately and consistently.
- Measure and scale ingredients precisely, ensuring consistency in flavour, texture, appearance, and quality.
- Create polished finishes using piping, glazing, ganache, creams, icings, and garnishes.
- Prepare pastries, fillings, creams, and other bakery components according to established specifications.
- Follow daily production schedules, manage priorities, and complete assigned tasks efficiently.
- Maintain consistent portioning, appearance, and presentation across all products.




- Prepare finished products for packaging, retail display, and catering events.
- Maintain a clean, organized, and food-safe workstation.
- Safely operate bakery equipment and tools.
- Work collaboratively with the bakery, kitchen, retail, and catering teams to meet production needs.

Must-Have Qualifications

- Previous professional baking or pastry experience in a commercial bakery, pâtisserie, or production kitchen.
- Hands-on experience assembling, decorating, and finishing cakes and tarts.
- Confidence with piping, icing, glazing, ganache, garnishing, and other finishing techniques.
- Proven ability to follow recipes, written and verbal instructions, and established procedures with accuracy and attention to detail.
- Strong understanding of baking fundamentals, ingredient measurements, scaling, and production consistency.
- Ability to reproduce products to established quality and presentation standards.
- Strong organizational and time-management skills in a busy production environment.
- Ability to work independently while remaining receptive to direction, feedback, and teamwork.
- Knowledge of safe food-handling practices.
- Ability to stand for extended periods and safely lift and move up to 50 lbs (22 kg).

Nice-to-Haves

- Two or more years of professional baking or pastry experience.
- Formal education or training in baking or pastry arts.
- Experience in high-volume bakery production.
- Experience producing desserts for retail, catering, or special orders.
- Valid Food Handler certification.

Why You’ll Love It Here





- Long-standing and respected Ottawa food and hospitality business
- Supportive and collaborative bakery and kitchen culture
- Stable full-time hours
- Enjoy a consistent Monday-to-Friday schedule.
- Staff discounts and team perks
- Group benefits eligibility
- Opportunity to continue developing your baking, pastry, and decorating skills

Compensation

$20.00–$22.00 per hour, based on experience and demonstrated skills.

How to Apply

Please submit your résumé highlighting your professional baking, pastry, and decorating experience.

We encourage applicants to include 3–5 photos or a portfolio of cakes, tarts, or pastries they have personally decorated.

Inclusivity & Accessibility Statement

Thyme & Again is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility in the workplace. We welcome applications from all qualified individuals, including members of visible minorities, Indigenous peoples, persons with disabilities, and those of all gender identities and expressions.

Accommodations are available upon request throughout the recruitment and selection process, in accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) and the Ontario Human Rights Code.

For accessibility or accommodation requests, please contact (phone hidden) ext. 101.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $20.00-$22.00 per hour

Benefits:

- Company events
- Dental care
- Disability insurance
- Discounted or free food
- Employee assistance program
- Extended health care
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Store discount
- Vision care

Application question(s):

- Have you completed a diploma or certificate in Baking and Pastry Arts, Pâtisserie, or a related culinary program?

Education:

- Secondary School (preferred)

Experience:

- professional baking or pastry: 2 years (required)

Language:

- English (required)

Work Location: In person

📌 Baker / Pastry Decorator – Cakes & Tarts (Wellington Village)
🏢 Thyme & Again Creative Catering
📍 Wellington Village