Join our kitchen team

Sheepscot General is a MOFGA-certified organic vegetable farm and modern country store with a bakery and cafe. We love our community and our customers: they have enthusiastic appreciation for our breads, our chocolate chip cookies, our bagels, our corned beef reuben, our pizza. The food we produce is made from the ground up, thoughtfully developed from the best recipes, and using seasonal ingredients from the farm.

We are looking for that special person who thrives on variety to join our kitchen team. Are you a jack of all trades who would flourish in a small venue? Do you have the light touch of a pastry-maker as well as the muscle of a bread-baker? Is your answer to “Savory or Sweet?” “Both!”? Come and join our team at Sheepscot General.

To apply:

Please submit your resume and cover letter via email at sheepscotgeneral@gmail.com or hand-deliver

This job is:

Full-time
A mix of mornings, afternoon/evenings, weekends, and some holidays

Benefits:

Wages: competitive, with experience
Employee discounts
Working with a dynamic and supportive team
Accrued paid time off
Option for matching retirement funds
Option for dental insurance
Training and development opportunities

You are:

Clean and organized
Punctual and reliable
Able to create and follow lists for the day and week that accurately reflect needed production workload
Capable of assessing inventory, consolidating, and rotating supplies
Someone who has a comprehensive understanding and skill in sourdough bread production: starter maintenance, dough mixing and retarding, high hydration bread forming, scoring, and baking
Proficient in pie making, cookies, pastries, and cakes
Able to follow established recipes and create new ones for the bakery and deli using seasonal ingredients from the farm and grocery
Someone who has comfort and competency with various kitchen equipment, including mixers, slicer, food processor, blender, gas ovens and stove
Able to communicate to the kitchen manager if repair and maintenance of equipment and kitchen tools is necessary
Able to observe and act on needs related to inventory and production levels
Able to observe and act on cleaning activities including daily upkeep and ongoing deep cleaning
Someone who has an understanding of food safety practices
Able to make handsome food while working at steady clip

Our ideal candidate has a compelling desire to make seriously good food. We love to talk about food and all its aspects: where it comes from, who does it best, what goes with what. We have gluten-free options that taste so good it’s what we prefer. We are curious, enthusiastic about learning, and strive to improve our products. If there’s something we don’t know or are unsure about, we ask. Always looking to be able to serve our customers a delightful variety of food (and because we like to make All The Things), we work on time management skills. We communicate with coworkers, managers and the owners so we all know how we’re doing.

Requirements and qualifications: