Cake Decorator

Albertsons Companies • Santa Clara, CA

3d

About The Position

As a Cake Decorator, you create decorated cakes and desserts by preparing icings, applying designs, and completing custom orders in accordance with established recipes and decoration standards. You add finishing touches ranging from simple finishes to detailed designs, ensuring products are ready for display and customer orders.

You maintain a clean, organized work area and keep display cases stocked and visually consistent. You process customer orders, review order details, and complete decorations to match requested specifications. The work takes place in a fast-paced environment where consistency, accuracy, and attention to detail support product quality and department success.

Requirements

• Must be 18 years of age or older.
• Previous cake decorating experience is required.
• Availability to work early mornings, evenings, weekends, and holidays.
• Experience or skill with icing, piping, and cake and pastry finishing techniques.
• Ability to prepare icing, whipped toppings, and decorative elements using standard methods.
• Clear communication when taking orders, gathering custom-order details, and exchanging information with colleagues.
• Attention to detail in design execution, labeling, presentation, and adherence to order specifications.
• Organization and time-management skills to manage multiple orders and maintain workflow.
• Ability to read and interpret order forms, tags, and production instructions.
• Comfort working with changing priorities and varying order volumes.
• Knowledge of sanitation practices and product-handling requirements.
• Ability to stand for extended periods, use hands continuously, and occasionally lift or move products weighing up to 45 pounds.

Responsibilities

• Prepare icings, whipped toppings, and decorative elements using standard methods.
• Decorate cakes and pastries with icing, piping, finishing techniques, and other designs according to recipes and standards.
• Complete custom orders to match customer specifications and order details.
• Take customer orders and communicate to gather details for custom requests.
• Read and interpret order forms, tags, and production instructions.
• Maintain clean, organized work areas and follow sanitation and product-handling practices.
• Keep display cases stocked and visually consistent.
• Manage multiple orders, changing priorities, and varying volumes while meeting timelines.

Benefits

• Competitive wages paid weekly.
• Flexible work schedules.
• Associate discounts.
• Training, career growth, and development support.
• Health and welfare benefits for eligible employees, including medical, dental, and 401(k).
• Vacation and paid time off.
• Depending on eligibility and applicable terms, benefits may include vision, disability and life insurance, sick pay, paid holidays, and retirement benefits.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed