About Our Café

ButtrMe is a premium café and artisan bakery in South Melbourne, specialising in handcrafted French pastries, specialty coffee and fresh grab-and-go food. As a current and growing business, we are seeking enthusiastic team members who are passionate about hospitality, quality products and delivering outstanding customer service.

Who are we looking for

Pastrycook ($75,000.00 - $ 85,000.00 Plus superannuation)

You are a skilled and passionate Pastrycook with experience producing high-quality pastries, viennoiserie and baked goods. You take pride in consistency, craftsmanship and presentation, while maintaining excellent food safety and hygiene standards. You are organised, reliable and enjoy working in a fast-paced environment where quality is paramount.

Key responsibilities as a Pastrycook

- Inspecting the quality of raw ingredients, accurately measuring quantities, and preparing doughs, batters, fillings, and other pastry components for production.
- Mixing, laminating, kneading, rolling, cutting, moulding, and shaping doughs using the appropriate techniques and equipment.
- Producing, baking, finishing, and decorating a variety of croissants, pastries, cakes, breads, tarts, and other specialty baked goods to a high quality standards.
- Regulating oven temperatures and monitoring baking times and product appearance to achieve consistent quality, texture, and presentation.
- Organising and carrying out the baking, cooling, finishing, and preparation of pastry batches to meet daily production schedules.




- Maintaining a clean and hygienic work environment by inspecting equipment and work areas and complying with food safety, hygiene, and workplace health and safety requirements.
- Operating, cleaning, and maintaining bakery equipment, including mixers, dough sheeters, ovens, and other pastry production machinery.
- Cleaning, preparing, and maintaining baking trays, tins, moulds, and utensils to ensure they are ready for ongoing production.
- managing the storage, freezing, preservation, and rotation of pastry products and ingredients to maintain quality and minimise waste

Qualifications

- Certificate IV in Patisserie is highly desirable
- good communication, time management and organisation skills

Retail Bakery Manager ($75,000.00 - $ 85,000.00 Plus superannuation)

You are an experienced hospitality or retail professional with strong leadership and customer service skills. You are confident managing day-to-day operations, leading a team, driving sales and ensuring an exceptional customer experience. You are highly organised, hands-on and motivated by the opportunity to help build and grow a premium bakery and café business from the ground up.

Key duties for this position

- Determining the product mix of croissants, pastries, breads, cakes,



and café offerings, maintaining appropriate stock levels, and ensuring high customer service standards
- Formulating and implementing purchasing, merchandising, and marketing strategies, and setting prices for bakery and café products
- Promoting and advertising the café's baked goods, specialty pastries, seasonal products, and food and beverage offerings through in-store and digital channels
- Overseeing the sale of bakery products and café items, assisting customers with product selection, and providing information on ingredients, flavours, and specialty offerings
- Maintaining records of inventory levels, ingredient usage, sales performance, and financial transactions to support efficient business operations
- Preparing and monitoring budgets, controlling costs, and analysing sales data to maximise profitability and minimise waste
- Recruiting, training, scheduling, and supervising bakery, café, and customer service staff to ensure efficient daily operations
- Ensuring compliance with food safety, workplace health and safety, and hygiene regulations, and maintaining a clean and safe retail and production environment

Qualifications

- Qualification in business management is highly desirable
- good communication and time management skills
- 2 years experience as a retail manager

if you believe that you are a good fit for any of the above positions, apply through Indeed and we will get in touch with you.

Pay: $75,000.00 – $85,000.05 per year

Work Location: In person

📌 Pastrycook and Retail Bakery Manager (South Melbourne)
🏢 COCCINELLA CAFE - CLARENDON
📍 South Melbourne