Baker

Job Description

Job Description

Benefits/Perks

• Competitive Compensation
• Employee Discount
• Career Advancement Opportunities

Introduction to APNI MANDI
Apni Mandi is a leading Indian food and grocery chain based in the San Francisco Bay area, founded in 2018. Apni Mandi is a privately held company that plans to grow beyond San Francisco to other Californian cities and to other states. 
Currently, Apni Mandi operates four full-service stores in the southern Bay area with another two to four stores being added in 2025. These stores offer a full range of groceries and a bakery and kitchen that makes a wide range of traditional Indian dishes.
The company offers competitive compensation and work conditions. We are a company that holds to high standards of ethics and to continuously improving the capabilities of our teams and colleagues. 
We are a growth company that offers an exciting career opportunity to a motivated and ambitious person who enjoys working in a fast-paced and entrepreneurial company. 

Job Summary
We are seeking a Baker to join the team at our growing bakery! In this role, you will prepare a variety of breads, rolls, croissants, cakes and pastries, puff patties, etc. You will be responsible for opening the bakery in the morning and prepping for the day ahead, all operational requirements of the physical space. The ideal candidate has previous bakery experience and a passion for creating high quality breads and pastries. If you are creative, hardworking, and want to share your tasty creations with customers, we’d like to hear from you!

Duties and Responsibilities: 

• Opening and closing of the bakery
• Ensure hygiene and cleanliness
• Manage bakery operations -ordering and receiving ingredients, menu quality standards, culinary standards including food preparation
• Bake a variety of breads, cakes (decorate cakes) and pastries
• Constantly seek to improve the bakery menu and items by understanding  customer's needs and preferences
• Motivate the bakery team by coaching them and inspiring them to delight customers
• Minimize wastage
• Prepare custom orders
• Track, maintain, and order inventory as necessary  
• Practice all local, state and federal government labor, safety, hygiene and sanitary standards and laws
• Expand the scope and scale of the bakery section and the product line as required.

Qualifications: 

• Previous experience as a baker, pastry chef, or in a similar role and/or culinary school certification is preferred 
• Resident/ citizen/ Work Authorization in US
• Ability to use professional-grade kitchen appliances and equipment
• Knowledge of food safety practices
• Previous experience decorating cakes
• Knowledge of Indian cuisine is preferred
• Strong organizational and time-management skills
• Team player
• We operate 24 hours, so some flexibility with schedule is preferred