**Casual Pastry Chef
We are seeking an experienced Pastry Chef to join our commercial kitchen in Cambridge on a casual basis.
In this role, you will work within our Pastry team to create the exquisite pies, quiches, cakes, tarts and other products enjoyed by Hill Street customers across Tasmania. You'll be part of a passionate and skilled team that also works closely with our smallgoods and butchery operations onsite.
What you'll bring:
* Formal pastry qualifications or equivalent industry experience
* Proven experience in pastry production, ideally in high-volume commercial kitchens
* Strong technical pastry and baking skills, with a focus on quality and consistency
* Creativity and attention to detail in presentation
* A love of working with food and people, with good communication skills
* Energy, initiative, and the ability to work independently as well as part of a team
* Commitment to cleanliness, food safety and workplace health and safety standards
* Physical fitness and stamina to work on your feet, lift and move items (16–55kg), and work in a cool production environment
* Willingness to handle raw ingredients including meat, dairy and other fresh products
* Ongoing weekday availability
What to expect:
At Hill Street, we bring happiness through great food and are passionate about giving exceptional customer service. We are an independently owned and run Tasmanian business whose central values of pride, passion, growth, value and family inform everything we do. We aim to go above and beyond for each and every customer and provide an enjoyable shopping experience in a beautiful environment. We embrace excellence and encourage our team members to grow and succeed in a business they are proud to be a part of.
This role involves working in a cool manufacturing and production environment with raw food products, including meat. You'll need physical stamina for manual handling tasks such as bending, lifting, and moving items (16–55kg), in line with Australian Work Safe standards.
Pay rates are set by the Food, Beverage and Tobacco Manufacturing Award. The level classification and pay rate of the successful candidate will be based on experience (base hourly rate = $26 - $29 per hour).
If you believe you'll thrive with us, please apply. We'll be in touch if you are shortlisted.
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