Pastry Chef/Production Manager

Are you looking for a leadership position within a fast-growing bakery with a super-strong brand, an innovative culture and a passion for quality? Brooklyn Boy Bagels – the producer of Australia's best and most authentic bagels – is looking for a Pastry Chef/Production Manager within its popular Marrickville bakery to oversee its continued growth in bagels, artisan breads and pastry.

About the Position

Reporting to the Operations Manager, you will be responsible for the day-to-day, hands-on supervision of production whilst working closely with other senior team members. You will be a part of a senior management team that is responsible for driving the company's strategic and operational goals. It is a major advantage in our selection process for you to have strong experience in baking or production management. This is a hands-on leadership role focused on quality, efficiency, team development, and product innovation.

Duties & Responsibilities

The Pastry Chef/ Production Manager will oversee all operations within Brooklyn Boy's Marrickville bakery, including pastry, bagels, bread, driving growth and organizational change. Responsibilities will include:

• Lead daily pastry and bakery production — croissants, cookies, cakes, and specialty pastries
• Manage and train a small, skilled production team
• Oversee dough preparation, proofing, boiling, baking, and finishing processes
• Ensure preventive maintenance and care of bakery equipment
• Contribute to new product development and seasonal launches
• Develop new products in collaboration with management and the Head Chef
• Drive consistency, efficiency, and continuous improvement across production
• Manage all operations and production outcomes in the Marrickville bakery
• Ensuring financial targets are met, including P&L accountability and cost control, by leading, identifying and executing cost-saving measures
• Actively drive development and improvement of current processes to improve and optimize operations
• Manage quality control of all products that leave the bakery
• Quality Assurance, HACCP compliance and certification, and Work, Health & Safety (OH&S) program management
• Develop a cohesive team culture that reflects a positive work environment
• Recruitment & performance management of your team
• Supervise, train, coach and develop staff to promote a productive environment with a culture of continual improvement
• Procurement and supplier negotiations (equipment + materials)

The Right Person

• Qualified Pastry Chef with minimum 3 years' commercial experience
• Previous manufacturing or production experience highly desired
• Solid knowledge of doughs, laminated pastries, and bakery production systems
• Highly self-motivated individual with the capability to work collaboratively with excellent organizational skills and impeccable eye for detail
• Technical skills to continually improve bakery efficiency, hygiene and quality
• Strong leadership and people management skills
• Familiar with HACCP and GMP programs, and a strong understanding of various Australian Food Safety standards
• Financial and commercial acumen – experienced in and controls of wages, margins, P&L, and expenses
• Flexibility to work a combination of mornings, afternoons, evenings, along with weekends and ability to work public holidays.

About Us

• Our goal is to attract, develop, motivate, reward, and retain the best people in the industry. If you're looking for a long-term opportunity with a dynamic, continuously growing business, then this is the right role for you

Who We Are

Brooklyn Boy Bagelsproduces Australia's best and most authentic bagels and other NYC-style baked goods. We have been named the Best Bakery in Australia at the Local Business Awards. This followed our recognition in 2024 as the best in the Asia Pacific region and third internationally at Bagelfest in NY, solidifying our status as one of the premier bagel makers in the world. We specialise in properly boiling and baking our artisan bagels, embracing the two-day techniques that the original Polish-Jewish bakers used when they brought their expertise to New York's Lower East Side and then to greater America. We are a skyrocketing business, growing from a pop-up concept several years ago to our current wholesale and retail bakery operations in Marrickville.

But we're more than just a manufacturer. We treat our team and customers like family. We have a love of old-school hip-hop, Frank Sinatra and New Orleans funk. We make damned good coffee. And we source top ingredients like single-origin flour and American malt. Our founder was born in Brooklyn, so our DNA is truly New York.

To Apply

Think you're the right person to take the reins? Send your CV to or call