We Are Hiring | Head Baker



Rosetta is a specialty coffee business based in Cape Town, founded in 2010. We roast and sell wholesale and retail, as well as supply our own cafes around the city. 

We're looking for a Head Baker to lead the baking in our production kitchen in Claremont.

Our kitchen supplies artisan breads, sourdough, pastries and cakes to our four cafés every day. This is a new role: you'll take ownership of the baking side of the kitchen, working alongside our kitchen lead and the wider team. It suits a strong baker who has already led a shift or a small team and is ready to step up into their first Head Baker role.

What you'll do

  • Own the daily bake of breads, sourdough, pastries and cakes
  • Set and manage fermentation, proofing and baking schedules
  • Keep the standard consistently high across everything we send to our cafés
  • Train and support team members who bake with you, so the standard holds on every shift
  • Keep food safety, hygiene and kitchen standards tight
  • Leave the kitchen organised and ready for early-morning service

Where the role can grow

As you prove yourself in the role, there's a real path into a broader leadership role in the kitchen. That could include:

  • Quality control across all our sites
  • Running our central production and portioning systems
  • Demand planning and cost control across the cafés

What we're looking for

  • Strong baking training and experience, ideally in a high-standard kitchen (a destination restaurant or similar)
  • Some experience leading others, whether running a shift, a section or training junior bakers
  • Confident baking a varied range of breads and pastries at volume
  • Experience with naturally leavened (sourdough) doughs, and a real interest in them
  • A thorough understanding of fermentation, dough development, proofing and baking
  • Organised and numerate, with an interest in the planning and costing side of a kitchen
  • Reliable and disciplined, with high standards you keep day after day
  • Able to get to Claremont for a 4am start

Hours

4am start, five days a week, rostered across our seven-day operation.

Why Rosetta

If you're ready to step up and lead a bakery, and want to grow with a quality-led coffee business, we'd love to hear from you.

Please send your CV and a cover letter to jobs@rosettaroastery.com


Note: We're also hiring a Baker. We'll consider every applicant for both roles.