About us
Al Naturale is a is an Italian-inspired café at 6 Acland Street, St Kilda. It started with a focus on producing premium nut milks, making fresh almond, hazelnut and walnut milk, and later expanded into a café/patisserie in St Kilda. We are looking for a skilled and creative Pastrycook to join our team.

About the role
You will be responsible for producing and decorating a wide range of cakes, pastries and baked goods to a high standard, including custom orders for special occasions.

Key responsibilities

- Preparing, baking and finishing cakes, tarts, pastries and choux products
- Producing layered cakes and custom cakes and cookies to client specifications
- Decorating with royal icing, fondant, buttercream, cream and piping techniques
- Creating freehand cake and cookie art and bespoke designs
- Producing chocolate and sugar work decorations
- Checking the quality of ingredients and finished products




- Planning daily production and managing stock levels
- Maintaining a clean and secure kitchen in line with food safety standards

Skills and experience required

- Relevant qualification (e.g. Certificate III or IV in Patisserie or equivalent) and at least 1 o 2 years of experience as a Pastrycook or 3 years of full-time experience as a Pastrycook
- Demonstrated skills in royal icing, fondant and buttercream decoration
- Custom and freehand cake and cookie decorating
- Piping and cream techniques
- Chocolate work and sugar work
- Layered cakes, tarts, pastries and choux pastry
- Strong attention to detail, creativity and the ability to work to deadlines
- Flexibility to work early mornings and weekends as required

Pay: $75,000.00 – $80,000.00 per year

Work Location: In person

📌 Pastry Cook (St Kilda)
🏢 Al Naturale
📍 St Kilda