Night Baker

Leila Bakery and Cafe is a rapidly expanding artisanal bakery that specializes in crafting high-quality quiche, kolache, and a diverse range of scratch-made pastries. Known for its commitment to producing perfect pastries daily, Leila Bakery is continuously innovating, developing new products and unique flavor profiles to delight its customers. This bakery is not just focused on delivering delicious baked goods but also prioritizes creating a positive, challenging, and rewarding work environment that fosters both personal and professional growth. The ownership and management team at Leila Bakery are highly supportive and work collaboratively to maintain a low-stress workplace culture. This supportive culture allows bakers and staff to concentrate on their craft, bringing out the best in every pastry they create.

The bakery is currently seeking a skilled and dependable overnight baker to join their team at the Lakewood location. This full-time role involves working the overnight shift, typically from 10:00 pm to 6:00 am, with alternative shifts available such as 12:00 am to 8:00 am, five days a week. The ideal candidate will have a strong dedication to the craft of baking, including a refined attention to detail and persistence, as well as enthusiasm for teamwork. The overnight baker is responsible for preparing a broad variety of baked goods, including fresh breads, scratch-made cakes, pies, custards, laminated pastries, kolache, and more. This role plays a crucial part in ensuring the bakery opens each day fully stocked with fresh, high-quality items ready for customers.

In addition to baking duties, the baker will help maintain a clean and organized work environment that complies with food safety standards, manage inventory and ingredient levels adequate for overnight production, and operate baking equipment safely. The overnight baker will also assist with packaging and preparing products to meet the day’s commitments. Collaboration with other team members ensures bakery operations run efficiently and smoothly. Leila Bakery values individuals who embrace their culture, promoting work-life balance, mutual respect, and responsibility toward the environment, fostering a positive emotional atmosphere within the team.

Leila Bakery offers a competitive hourly wage starting at $18.00 per hour, with pay based on experience. Employees can expect benefits including twice-annual merit bonuses, access to health insurance after six months of employment, free pastries and coffee during shifts, employee discounts, and lots of samples and snacks. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced baker looking to grow within a supportive, low-stress workplace that truly values quality baking and teamwork. If you have the passion and skills to contribute to Leila Bakery’s tradition of excellence, they encourage you to apply with a resume and cover letter outlining your relevant experience.