Viennoiserie Baker – Artisan Croissants, Danishes & Signature Pastries
Location: Central London
Working hours: Rotating shifts: Morning 6AM start/ Day time, Evening Shifts; 5 days per week, incl. weekends and bank holidays.
Job Type: Full time, Permanent
Are you a skilled Viennoiserie Baker with a passion for beautifully crafted croissants, danishes, and patisserie-style pastries? We are recruiting experienced Bakers to join a premium bakery brand in the heart of London, renowned for its artisanal techniques, eye-catching presentation, and consistently high quality. This kitchen blends tradition with creativity, where excellence, precision, and visual perfection come together every day.
The Role
As a Pastry Baker, your role will focus on the daily production of viennoiserie (croissants, danishes, pain au chocolat); proofing and baking; decorative finishing using glazing, piping, icing, and other techniques.
Your key responsibilities will include:
- Proofing doughs to the required standard, ensuring consistent quality and structure
- Baking, finishing, and decorating viennoiserie products with consistency and attention to detail
- Using piping bags, glazing, icing, filling, dusting, and other finishing techniques to decorate pastries to company standards
- Working closely with the production team to ensure smooth daily operations
- Maintaining a clean, organised, and hygienic workstation at all times
- Preparing ingredients, doughs, and workstation setup for the following day's production
- Following standardised recipes, production methods, and quality procedures
- Reporting any equipment, maintenance, or production issues to management promptly
About You:
- Previous experience as a Baker in a bakery, French patisserie, sweet pastry shop.
- Skilled in croissant pastry / viennoiserie preparation
- Confident in dough handling, shaping, proofing, and baking techniques
- Experienced in decorating baked goods using cream, icing, and glazes
- Reliable, self-motivated, and a strong team player
- Great organisational skills and at multitasking
- Able to maintain high hygiene standards and follow precise recipes
- Available working weekends and bank holidays
- Available to start at 6AM including on Sundays and bank holidays.
- UK Work permit valid for min 2 years.
- Good Basic Spoken English.
Food Hygiene Certification is an advantage but not essential.
Basic spoken English and the right to work in the UK are required.
Whats On Offer:
- Salary starting from £14 per hour depending on experience.
- Stable, permanent role in a modern and supportive working environment
- Progression opportunities
- 50% staff discount across all products
- Weekly shift rota
- Uniform provided (black trousers and kitchen-safe shoes required)
- Easily accessible Central London locations (Zone 1)
If you are passionate about artisan baking, care about quality and detail, and enjoy being part of a close-knit kitchen team - we would love to hear from you.
Apply now and bring your pastry skills to life in one of Londons most beautiful and innovative bakery settings.
Package Details
Viennoiserie Baker in London employer: RND Recruitment
Join a leading premium bakery chain in London, where we pride ourselves on our vibrant work culture and commitment to employee development. As the Head of Multi-Site Bakery Operations, you will benefit from competitive remuneration, comprehensive training programmes, and opportunities for career advancement within a supportive team environment that values innovation and excellence in customer service.
