Food Service Baker

## Description

Join Pilgrim Place, a welcoming senior living community in Claremont, CA, where respect, kindness, and teamwork guide all that we do. We’re looking for a dependable and compassionate Food Service Baker to join our team. In this role, you’ll provide personal care and support that helps residents maintain comfort, dignity, and independence.

**Schedule Requirement:** This position requires **full open availability**, including weekdays, Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays. Shifts may vary based on operational needs.

**What You’ll Do:**

• #### **Commercial Baking & Prep:** Scratch-bake and prepare daily meals, pastries, and baked goods in high volumes for daily service and special events following standardized recipes.
• #### **Dietary Compliance & Recipe Scaling:** Maintain logs, scale commercial recipes, and adjust batch production to meet specific therapeutic diet plans , texture modifications, and meal counts.
• #### **Inventory & Stock Support:** Assist with receiving deliveries, inventory tracking, cost control, and FIFO (first-in, first-out) stock rotation.
• #### **Kitchen Sanitation & Equipment Safety:** Safely operate, clean, and maintain heavy commercial bakery equipment (e.g., industrial mixers, deck/convection ovens, proofers) and maintain strict health department sanitation standards. Consistently maintain a clean, organized and sanitary kitchen, bakery and food preparation area.
• #### **Operations Support:** Collaboratively support line service, station breakdown, dining room cleaning & reset, dishwashing, catering events, and general dietary team duties as needed.

**What We Offer:**

• Full-time role with medical, dental, and vision benefits.
• Generous PTO, sick leave, and ten paid holidays.
• A mission-driven community where your work truly matters.

## Qualifications
**What You Bring**

• High school diploma or equivalent
• **Commercial Baking & Prep:** Minimum (2-4) years of commercial, institutional or high-volume professional baking experience required (such as senior living, healthcare, hotel, restaurant, resort, cruise lines or commercial bakeries) *(Home baking, casual cooking, or non-commercial experience does not meet the minimum requirements for this position.)*
• **Technical Culinary Skills:** Demonstrated proficiency in scaling, batch-preparing, and scratch-baking recipes; experience operating commercial kitchen equipment (e.g., industrial mixers, deck/convection ovens, proofers).
• **Dietary Compliance:** Ability to strictly adhere to therapeutic diet specifications, (e.g., gluten free) texture modifications (e.g., IDDSI standards), and portion control guidelines.
• **Operational Standards:** Strong judgment regarding food safety/sanitation, ability to maintain confidentiality, and reliable attendance for all scheduled shifts.