Thank you for your interest in joining our bakery! We are looking to expand our decorating class offerings this holiday season (and beyond!). This position would be ideal for a multi-tasker and self-starter, who can take the initiative to design and teach decorating classes of whatever your specialty or interest may be. The ideal applicant will have general knowledge of working in customer service and/or a previous bakery. The ideal candidate would also be someone that has experience teaching, in either an academic setting, and previous baking/decorating class instruction. We are looking for a creative person with the talent of decorating, but primarily someone that excels at teaching to create a fun, positive and encouraging experience for our customers. Patience, maturity, and an outgoing personality is a must!
Specialties for teaching may include the following and beyond: decorating sugar cookies with royal icing, cake and cupcake decorating with buttercream, chocolate chip cookie cake decorating with buttercream, drop cookie baking, any other sort of baking you might have knowledge of (macarons, bread baking, croissants, rolls, homemade pasta, etc). You can choose from our set designs of already established classes, but we're really looking for fresh new ideas! You would have help with class if you needed an extra pair of hands on deck.
This position would truly be setting your own hours. You make the class schedule and hours, decide whether you want to prep yourself or have our team help in preparations, and you would have help during class if need be. Ideal times are Saturdays and Sundays, but we also offer week night classes. This would be a part time position, but can create as many hours as you would like to build for yourself, and off site teaching is a possibility, at venues outside of the bakery (bars, restaurants, halls).
Please fill out this form so we may evaluate your application. Feel free to follow up with a formal resume by emailing rosalie.c@buffalocakepops.com. We would love to see examples of products you have decorated in the past!
Required Qualifications:
- past experience baking and decorating your desired product
- a friendly demeanor to work with customers and the general public
- ability to work alone as need be, but also to work as a team when extra help is needed
- mature individual with the ability to think quick to adapt to unexpected situations in a calm manner
- able to multi-task in a fast paced environment
- a personality with the ability to command a room, comfortable with public speaking
- a cheerful, positive attitude that can encourage attendees while decorating
- trustworthy to manage our bakery space
Essential Duties:
- teaching baking/decorating techniques to the general public, as well as private parties
- inviting guests into the room and checking them in to class, preparing and setting up the room
- preparing and assembling product that guests will need and use throughout class
- public speaking to teach the class, aid in answering questions, showing guests techniques
- be encouraging to help guests have a finished product they feel good about!
- clean up the space afterwards
- helping to create new class designs, come up with new ideas
- helping to keep a tidy kitchen, doing dishes, sweeping, mopping, etc
- maturity to work with the general public on your own at times, and ability to ask for appropriate help from assistants in the room if needed
Starting pay is negotiable and variable based on past experience and what you can bring to our bakery. We are looking for a team player that is looking to have a great experience in a fun and low-key bakery (after all, we are just putting cake on a stick!). ;) If contacted, we will require resume with references. Again, please email rosalie.c@buffalocakepops.com with any other questions. Position available ASAP.
