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Two Roles Required in London

Posted: 44 days ago
Place: Islington, Greater London



We are a chocolate company specialising in drinking chocolate, made from organic, single-origin chocolate shavings and in a variety of natural flavours. We also run a chocolate cafe in Islington, based around the hot chocolate with chocolate cakes and a chocolate-themed menu.
We are hiring for two part time roles.
- Chocolate production assistant 3-4 days/week (30 + hours)
- Baker (vegan cakes) 1-2 days/week
Please state which one you are applying for, or if applying for both.
Both roles are to start during September

Chocolate production assistant 3-4 days/week (30 + hours)
We are looking for someone to come and help us with our drinking chocolate production.
Role includes: tempering chocolate, operating chocolate shaving machine, packaging, cleaning. Most of your time will be spent producing similar products, at certain times of year we add other products.
experience working with chocolate is preferable but not essential as we have our own methods, as long as you have some relevant kitchen experience. The role requires strict precision in following recipes, e.g. Counting drops of essential oil. You will be lifting weights continuously throughout the day – 5kg chocolate bars, 10kg containers of shavings, 25kg bags of ingredients – so please ensure you are physically able to do this.
The job will be based at our chocolate cafe in Angel, and the production takes place in a semi-open (visible) kitchen at the back of the shop.
Training will be given, we have our own chocolate tempering methods.
Criteria
Essential
Food preparation experience / experience working in kitchen.
Attention to detail
Able to move 25kg weights (sacks of cocoa/sugar)
Fluent English speaker
Love chocolate!

Preferable
Chocolate tempering experience
Have level 2 food hygiene cert
Love of food
Interest in sustainability and ethical sourcing.

Hours
Avg 30 hours per week, over 3 weekdays. This could be increased to 4 days during the winter.
Must be fully available October-December, no holidays during this period.

Baker
We are looking for a part-time baker to make cakes for us 2 days per week. We have recipes in place, there is also freedom to bring your own and try new things out as well. Training will be given in our recipes. The cakes are all vegan.
The cakes are generally chocolate-based; with big cakes, brownies, cookies, muffins.
There is some flexibility in which days you work, as long as they are spaced out during the week.
Depending on the candidate, there are opportunities for additional kitchen work – e.g. Weekend brunch prep and chocolate making - please let us know if this would suit you.
Criteria
Essential
Skilled baker
Love of chocolate!
Fluent English speaker

Preferable
experience of vegan baking
experience working in a cafe kitchen
Creativity
Have level 2 food hygiene certificate
Interest in sustainability and ethical sourcing.

If you would like to apply please send CV with a cover email. Apologies but we can only apply to suitable applications.

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