We’re excited to share a fantastic opportunity to join our team at The Early Bird Bakery as a full-time Pastry Chef.

Based on Kings Heath High Street, The Early Bird is a well-established coffee shop and bakery known for our high-quality bakes and warm customer service. Over the past eight years, we’ve built a loyal following, we expanded by opening a second site, Perch, in Birmingham city centre. We supply Perch daily from our Kings Heath bakery and also run a growing corporate catering arm from this central location.

We’re now looking for a talented and motivated Pastry Chef to lead the day to day of our pastry section and help take our offering to the next level.

About the Role:
You’ll work closely with our experienced kitchen team, leading the pastry section in the preparation of cakes, viennoiserie, and patisserie. Key responsibilities include:

• Overseeing pastry production and maintaining product quality
• Managing and supporting the pastry team
• Planning and developing menu items
• Ordering and stock control

As an independent bakery, everything we make is baked in-house and we have full creative freedom with our menu — so we’re looking for someone with ideas, initiative, and a genuine passion for baking.

Please Note:
This is an early-start position, with at least one shift a week beginning from 4am. Public transport is limited at this time, so please consider how you would travel to Kings Heath for these early starts.

Salary will be £31,500 with a service charge included on top.