Cake Decorator

Albertsons • Vergennes, VT

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About The Position

As a Cake Decorator, you create decorated cakes and desserts using established recipes and decoration standards. You prepare icings and decorative elements, apply designs, and complete custom orders according to customer specifications. The work ranges from simple finishes to detailed designs and includes maintaining clean, organized work areas and keeping display cases stocked and visually consistent. You process customer orders, review order details, and complete decorations to match requested specifications in a fast-paced environment where consistency, accuracy, and attention to detail support product quality and department success.

Requirements

• Must be at least 18 years of age.
• Previous cake decorating experience is required.
• Experience with icing, piping, and finishing techniques for cakes and pastries.
• Familiarity with preparing icing, whipped toppings, and decorative elements using standard methods.
• Ability to communicate clearly, interpret order forms and production instructions, and execute designs accurately.
• Ability to manage multiple orders, changing priorities, and varying order volumes.
• Awareness of merchandising, sanitation practices, and product-handling requirements.
• Comfort standing for extended periods and using hands continuously.
• Ability to lift or move products weighing up to 45 pounds occasionally.
• Availability to work early mornings, evenings, weekends, and holidays.

Responsibilities

• Prepare icings, whipped toppings, and decorative elements using standard methods.
• Decorate cakes and pastries using icing, piping, and finishing techniques.
• Complete custom orders according to order details and customer specifications.
• Read and interpret order forms, tags, and production instructions.
• Maintain clean, organized work areas and follow sanitation and product-handling requirements.
• Keep display cases stocked and visually consistent.
• Manage multiple orders and changing priorities while maintaining workflow and meeting timelines.
• Communicate clearly with customers when taking orders and gathering custom-request details, and exchange information with colleagues.

Benefits

• Inclusive work culture built on belonging.
• Competitive wages paid weekly.
• Flexible work schedules.
• Associate discounts.
• Training, career growth, and development.
• Health and welfare benefits for eligible employees, including medical, dental, and 401(k).
• Vacation and paid time off.

What This Job Offers

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