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Baker Pastry Chef

Fairbairn Bakery Emerald QLD 4720

Permanent Full time
Base pay Above avg.
$61,388

About the role

As a Baker Pastry Cook at Fairbairn Bakery in Emerald, you will be joining a family owned business with over 70 employees and over 11 production team members baking in 3 production centres. We are looking for talented, reliable pastry cooks to join our amazing team as we continue to grow this very successful business. We offer a generous salary, relocation allowance and temporary accommodation if required.

What you'll be doing

  • Preparing a variety of breads, pastries, cakes, slices and other baked goods to the highest quality standards
  • Monday to Friday 4am starts and rotating weekend shifts shared
  • Creation of baking production sheets to meet daily baking volumes on orders
  • Guiding apprentices, assistants and lead shifts on occasions.

What we're looking for

  • Minimum 5 years experience as a Pastry Cook
  • Strong knowledge of baking techniques, ingredients, and food safety practices
  • Have a great presentation on cake decorating and writing on cakes
  • Energetic passion towards baking and providing amazing quality products to the community, wholesale and tourist customers.
  • Very trustworthy and reliable person able to work unsupervised
  • Strong teamwork and communication skills

What we offer

Located in Emerald, we offer a relocation allowance and up to 3 months temporary share accommodation for a single or couple. An above industry salary to attract great people.

We highly value our staff and are committed to providing a rewarding and supportive working environment.

About us

Fairbairn Bakery is a family-owned business that serves the Central QLD community, wholesalers and a large amount of tourists. We pride ourselves on using high-quality ingredients to create a wide selection of freshly baked breads, pastries, and cakes.  Our mission is to bring joy to our customers through our delicious products and exceptional customer service.

If you're excited to join our talented team of bakers, apply now!

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More details
Date posted
12 Feb 2026
Category
Hospo, Tourism & Food Services
Occupation
Food Preparation & Cooking
Contract type
Permanent
Work type
Full time
Job mode
Standard/Business Hours
Company size
51 to 200

Fairbairn Bakery

51 to 200
Company size
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