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Holiday Baker – Sugar Cookie & Gingerbread Production
Company: Angel Baked NYC
Location: Lower East Side, New York, NY
About Us
Angel Baked NYC is a boutique cookie studio specializing in beautifully designed, custom royal icing cookies for celebrations, brands, and special events. During the holiday season, we take on high-volume orders while keeping the quality, consistency, and attention to detail that our clients expect.
We’re looking for a dependable, experienced Holiday Baker to join our production team and help us prepare and bake sugar cookies and gingerbread cookies throughout the busy holiday season.
Position Overview
As our Holiday Baker, you’ll be responsible for the preparation, baking, and production of sugar cookies and gingerbread cookies using Angel Baked NYC’s established recipes and quality standards.
This role is primarily focused on baking and production rather than decorating. We’re looking for someone who’s organized, efficient, comfortable in a fast-paced kitchen, and able to produce consistent results across large batches.
Key Responsibilities
- Prepare sugar cookie and gingerbread dough according to established recipes and production standards
- Accurately measure and scale ingredients for both small and large production batches
- Mix, portion, roll, cut, and prepare dough for baking
- Operate commercial ovens and baking equipment safely and efficiently
- Monitor cookies throughout the baking process to ensure consistent color, texture, shape, and doneness
- Troubleshoot common dough or baking issues and communicate concerns to the production team
- Organize baked cookies by order, design, size, or production batch
- Assist with cooling, sorting, counting, and storing finished cookies
- Keep the kitchen clean, organized, and food-safe throughout production
- Follow all food safety, sanitation, and kitchen procedures
- Assist with general kitchen prep and other production tasks as needed
- Work efficiently to help meet daily and weekly holiday production goals
Requirements
- Previous baking or professional kitchen experience preferred
- Experience making sugar cookies, gingerbread cookies, or similar baked goods
- Strong understanding of baking fundamentals and recipe execution
- Ability to accurately measure, scale, and follow recipes
- Comfortable working with commercial ovens and kitchen equipment
- Strong attention to detail and consistency
- Ability to work efficiently in a fast-paced, high-volume production environment
- Reliable, punctual, and dependable
- Comfortable standing for extended periods and performing repetitive production tasks
- Ability to lift and move trays, ingredients, and supplies as needed
- Strong understanding of food safety and sanitation practices
- Able to follow established recipes and production procedures precisely
Preferred
- Previous experience in a bakery, commercial kitchen, cookie studio, or similar production environment
- Experience with high-volume cookie production
- Experience working with royal icing cookies or within a custom cookie business
- Familiarity with commercial mixers, rolling equipment, baking racks, and other bakery equipment
- Experience producing baked goods for large corporate, event, or holiday orders
Schedule & Compensation
- Seasonal holiday position
- Part-time or full-time availability
- Schedule will vary based on production needs and holiday order volume
- Weekday and/or weekend availability may be required
- Additional hours may be available during peak holiday production
- Competitive hourly rate based on experience and skill level
How to Apply
Please submit your resume along with a brief description of your previous baking or kitchen experience. If you have experience with sugar cookies, gingerbread, or high-volume bakery production, please include photos or examples of your work.
We’re looking for someone who’s reliable, hardworking, detail-oriented, and comfortable working as part of a fast-paced holiday production team.
Pay: $20.00 - $25.00 per hour
Benefits:
- Flexible schedule
Work Location: In person
Salary : $20 - $25