Pastry Baker & Cake Decorator | All-Day Café & Bakery, Downtown Charleston

Pastry Baker & Cake Decorator | All-Day Café & Bakery, Downtown Charleston

We're looking for the best cake decorator in Charleston, and we're willing to pay for it.

This role sits where artistry meets production. You'll turn sheet cakes into individually finished desserts, run the decorating work that makes our pastry case worth stopping for, and help develop new items rather than only executing someone else's recipes. It's an all-day café and bakery on East Bay Street, so the work covers daily pastry production alongside custom and celebration cakes.

We pay at the top of the range for candidates with true high-end decorating expertise. If your decorating is the thing people notice first about your work, that's what we're hiring.

Decorating

• Decorate and finish sheet cakes into individual, retail-ready desserts
• Apply buttercream, fondant, ganache, and other finishes with precision and consistency
• Execute piping, borders, florals, lettering, and custom designs
• Hold a consistent, high-quality finish across large batches
• Produce custom and celebration cakes to order

Baking and production

• Produce desserts, cakes, and pastries to spec in a scratch bakery
• Execute recipes and production processes efficiently at volume without losing quality
• Hold consistency, quality, and presentation standards across every batch, whatever the order size

Development

• Design and refine new desserts, cakes, and pastry items from concept to finished product
• Collaborate with the team on seasonal designs, custom orders, and new dessert concepts
• Contribute to portioning and costing on new and existing products

Standards

• Keep your station organized, clean, and food-safety compliant
• Manage your time to meet daily production and order deadlines

Required

• Strong artisanal cake decorating skill. This is the core of the role, not a nice-to-have
• A portfolio or photos of past decorating work
• Steady hands, patience, and an eye for symmetry and detail
• Ability to work efficiently at volume without sacrificing quality
• Comfort with piping bags and tips, spatulas, turntables, and standard decorating tools
• Professional bakery, pastry, or decorating experience
• A positive, team-oriented attitude

Pays at the top of the range

• Advanced decorating technique: fondant sculpting, sugar work, airbrushing, custom toppers
• Product development experience. You can create something new, not only replicate a recipe
• Experience with custom cake orders for weddings, celebrations, and corporate events
• Commercial or higher-volume bakery background
• Formal culinary or pastry training

• Every cake that leaves your station is a finished piece, not a slice of something bigger
• Real input on what we make. Seasonal designs and new items come from this role
• A pastry case in a high-traffic downtown location where your work gets seen every day
• We pay for skill. The top of our range is reserved for genuine high-end decorating

$25.00 - $35.00 per hour, based on decorating skill and experience. Candidates with true high-end decorating expertise are paid at the top of the range.

Work Location: In person, 333 East Bay Street, Charleston, SC 29401.