We Are Hiring | Head Baker

We Are Hiring | Head Baker
Rosetta is a specialty coffee business based in Cape Town, founded in 2010. We roast and sell wholesale and retail, as well as supply our own cafes around the city.
We're looking for a Head Baker to lead the baking in our production kitchen in Claremont.
Our kitchen supplies artisan breads, sourdough, pastries and cakes to our four cafés every day. This is a new role: you'll take ownership of the baking side of the kitchen, working alongside our kitchen lead and the wider team. It suits a strong baker who has already led a shift or a small team and is ready to step up into their first Head Baker role.
What you'll do
- Own the daily bake of breads, sourdough, pastries and cakes
- Set and manage fermentation, proofing and baking schedules
- Keep the standard consistently high across everything we send to our cafés
- Train and support team members who bake with you, so the standard holds on every shift
- Keep food safety, hygiene and kitchen standards tight
- Leave the kitchen organised and ready for early-morning service
Where the role can grow
As you prove yourself in the role, there's a real path into a broader leadership role in the kitchen. That could include:
- Quality control across all our sites
- Running our central production and portioning systems
- Demand planning and cost control across the cafés
What we're looking for
- Strong baking training and experience, ideally in a high-standard kitchen (a destination restaurant or similar)
- Some experience leading others, whether running a shift, a section or training junior bakers
- Confident baking a varied range of breads and pastries at volume
- Experience with naturally leavened (sourdough) doughs, and a real interest in them
- A thorough understanding of fermentation, dough development, proofing and baking
- Organised and numerate, with an interest in the planning and costing side of a kitchen
- Reliable and disciplined, with high standards you keep day after day
- Able to get to Claremont for a 4am start
Hours
4am start, five days a week, rostered across our seven-day operation.
Why Rosetta
If you're ready to step up and lead a bakery, and want to grow with a quality-led coffee business, we'd love to hear from you.
Please send your CV and a cover letter to [email protected]
Note: We're also hiring a Baker. We'll consider every applicant for both roles.
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