Patisserie Assistant

Biscuiteers is an award-winning luxury gifting brand, sometimes described as the ‘NET-A-PORTER of biscuits’. We launched in 2007 with the mission to offer a more unique, stylish and personalised gifting solution under the banner ‘why send flowers when you can send Biscuiteers?’ Every single biscuit is lovingly made from start to finish and each one is totally individual.

Our aim is to provide a seamless, joyful experience that delivers a little magic, one hand-iced biscuit at a time. We’ve grown enormously, particularly in the last 18 months. In 2020 alone, we hand-iced over 2.5 million biscuits and delivered them to customers all over the world.

As well as our eCommerce business, we have two biscuit boutiques, where we offer ‘School of Icing’ events, teaching our customers to ice like an expert, while they enjoy a cup of tea or coffee…or even a glass of Prosecco. We also work with a wide range of corporate clients, creating bespoke and branded designs for every occasion.
In 2019, we opened the Ministry of Biscuits – a brand new purpose-built production space in Wimbledon, London. It is here where the biscuit magic happens. Now delivering to over 193,000 customers in 117 countries, our Production team will dispatch over 150,000 orders this year. We’re on the hunt for self-motivated and hardworking individuals who thrive in a creative and dynamic environment.

Who we’re looking for…

We are now looking for a Patisserie Assistant to join our small, dedicated team at our Ministry of Biscuits in our Colliers Wood, to help produce our patisserie selection, which includes our Afternoon tea, Cakes, Cupcakes and Macarons, a great opportunity to upscale your skills!

Successful applicants will report to our Bakery Production Manager and work closley with our Patisserie Team Leader. You will work full time hours between 7.00-4.00pm mainly between Monday to Friday, although we ask for the flexibility to work longer hours and some weekends at peak times.

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  You will work well as part of a team to ensure daily baking targets are met.
• Play a key role in supporting with the production of our Patisserie product range, this includes our mince pies, macarons, cakes, cupcakes, Christmas cakes, shortbread and Afternoon Tea.
• Maintain strict food hygiene and safety standards.
• Support other areas of the bakery as required.
• Contribute to our bakery production, H&S and food safety.
• Bring lots of other great skills such as pastry, team-working and time management

You will need..

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  Good Knowledge or experience of pastry skills.
• A pastry qualification such as City & Guilds or equivalent is preferrable although not essential.
• To be able to build and maintain excellent working relationships at all levels.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• To be able to work quickly and methodically, with close attention to detail.
• Experience of working in a professional bakery would be preferable but full training will be given.
• Qualifications in Health & Safety and Food Safety would be an advantage.
• A positive proactive approach.
• To enjoy creating delicious products and a love of biscuits a must!

What we offer…

We want to make Biscuiteers a really happy place to work. If you join the team, we’re pleased to offer a number of benefits to sweeten your working day, including:

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  Regular daytime hours between Monday to Friday.
• A special staff discount of 35% on all our beautiful products.
• Breakfast and fruit available for all to share.
• Regular social activities to bring us all together.
• A birthday gift on your special day.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Automatic pension contributions.

What our team says about us…

“The business is at a really exciting juncture and there’s lots to get your teeth stuck into and lots of opportunity to develop. A good place to learn in a fun, energetic environment with a really knowledgeable and passionate team.”

“Great people to work with!”

“I’ve learned to ice biscuits really well and the other staff are friendly.”

“The atmosphere is inclusive, welcoming and encouraging. The work was interesting and varied and I learned a huge amount. The free lunch that everyone ate together was a lovely added extra.”

“The staff are lovely. Really committed to the business and everyone helps each other out.”