What are the responsibilities and job description for the CAKE ARTIST position at Honey Crumb?
Baking, filling, and crumb-coating cakes
Making and working with Swiss meringue buttercream
Making and working with fruit compotes, citrus curds, chocolate ganache, and caramel sauce
Creating realistic sugar flowers and foliage
Hand painting and hand lettering (experience with calligraphy or brush lettering is a plus!)
Buttercream tinting, piping and texturing
Tinting fondant and gum paste to match specific color swatches
Making and working with Royal Icing (incl. cookie decorating)
Working with edible gold leaf and metallic lusters
Sculpting figurines
Packaging cakes and desserts
Delivering cakes (driver’s license and own car required)
Assisting during workshops
Consulting with clients and designing cakes
Dishes and kitchen cleaning tasks
Covering cake boards
Maintaining tidiness of workstations
Building layer cakes
Frosting cakes in buttercream
Experience with the “top-down” method of covering cakes in fondant
Experience with the “paneling” method of covering cakes in fondant
Extensive experience with sugar flowers (i.e. making and arranging them)
Attention-to-detail
Strong sense of color, proportion, and scale
A keen interest in the visual arts of all kinds (painting, sculpture, fashion, textile design, etc)
Excellent problem-solving skills
Solid communication skills, ability to ask for help / guidance when needed, ability to take feedback constructively
Excellent dexterity / fine motor skills
Self-motivation
Ability to comprehend instructions quickly
Passion for the food and pastry industries
Creative ambition
Willingness to work weekends and holidays
Ability to stand for long periods of time
Ability to lift 50 lbs
Fine Arts
Photography
Customer service
Baking and Cake Design
Details
30-40 hours per week, based on workflow (our “peak” season is May-September)
Tuesday-Friday with the occasional Saturday
Starting rate: $18 /hour, DOE
Position start date: Immediately
Please EMAIL your resume, a cover letter, and 3-10 images of any art or pastry work that you feel is pertinent to the position to carla@honeycrumb.com