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Baking & Prep Assistant

SVEA is looking for a dependable, detail-oriented, and food-loving Baking & Prep Assistant to join our small production team in Longwood, Florida.

This is a hands-on, back-of-house role focused primarily on baking, pastry production, and kitchen prep. You’ll work alongside and under the direction of our Head Baker to help produce the items that make the SVEA experience possible, including Scandinavian-inspired pastries, baked goods, sandwiches, and seasonal menu items.

This position is ideal for a culinary or baking student, baker in training, experienced home baker looking to enter professional production, or someone with bakery, café, restaurant, or food-production experience who wants to continue developing their skills.

What You’ll Do

Depending on the production schedule, you may help with:

  • Baking and pastry production

  • Measuring, scaling, mixing, shaping, filling, proofing, baking, and finishing baked goods

  • Preparing doughs, fillings, glazes, sauces, and other components

  • Preparing sandwich ingredients and assembling sandwiches as needed

  • Packaging, labeling, and organizing products for truck service, pop-ups, catering, and events

  • Following recipes, production lists, food-safety procedures, and production timelines

  • Maintaining a clean, organized, and efficient kitchen

  • Washing dishes, sanitizing work areas, and assisting with end-of-shift cleaning

  • Preparing seasonal and limited-release menu items

  • Supporting catering and special-event production

  • Learning more about Scandinavian baking, flavors, food culture, and café-style production

Who We’re Looking For

We’re looking for someone who is reliable, organized, careful, efficient, and genuinely interested in baking and food.

Previous bakery, pastry, culinary, restaurant, café, catering, or food-production experience is preferred, but we are also open to the right candidate who is currently in culinary school or actively developing their baking skills.

More than anything, we value:

  • Reliability and punctuality

  • Strong attention to detail

  • Cleanliness and organization

  • Consistency

  • The ability to follow recipes and instructions precisely

  • Comfort working with your hands and performing repetitive production tasks

  • A strong work ethic and willingness to learn

  • Genuine interest in baking, pastry, culinary arts, or food and beverage

SVEA is a small and growing Scandinavian-inspired food and beverage company, so this role is best suited for someone who enjoys a hands-on kitchen environment and is comfortable helping wherever needed.

For the right person, there is meaningful opportunity to learn, become more independent, contribute to new products, and grow into a more advanced baking or back-of-house production role as SVEA grows.

Pay

$20–$24 per hour, depending on experience.

Candidates with professional baking, pastry, culinary, or food-production experience may qualify toward the higher end of the range.

Schedule

Part-time, approximately one production day per week.

We are looking for someone who can regularly commit to one consistent weekday production shift, primarily during overnight and early-morning hours, typically Friday evening/Monday morning. Additional hours may occasionally be available around holidays, catering orders, special events, or periods of increased production.

Location

Team members report to our production facility in Longwood, Florida.

Applicants must have reliable transportation to and from the kitchen. A driver’s license is preferred but not required.

Requirements

  • Must be at least 18 years old

  • Must be dependable and punctual

  • Must be able to follow recipes, prep lists, and production procedures

  • Must be detail-oriented and comfortable with repetitive hands-on food production

  • Must be willing to assist with dishes, cleaning, restocking, and kitchen organization

  • Must have a genuine interest in baking, pastry, culinary arts, or food and beverage

  • Must be comfortable working under the direction of our Head Baker

  • Food-handler training is required, but we can help the right candidate complete it

  • Resume is encouraged but not required

If you love baking, enjoy working with your hands, and are interested in being part of a growing Scandinavian-inspired food company, we’d love to hear from you!