Baristas, Junior Chefs/Pizza Chefs & Kitchen Staff

Join the Blackhood Bakes Team

Love great coffee, artisan baking, and working in a fast-paced hospitality environment?

Imagine starting your day surrounded by the aroma of fresh coffee, gourmet pies, artisan sourdough, French baking, great people, and the opportunity to grow with one of the Kāpiti Coast's fastest-growing hospitality businesses.

If that sounds like your kind of workplace, keep reading.

Blackhood Bakes is growing, and we're looking for talented people to grow with us.

With our established bakery and café operations across the Kāpiti Coast, exciting breakfast service expansion, and evening pizza service planned for our Paraparaumu Beach and Te Horo locations, and new stores planned from Levin through to Wellington, we're now recruiting for a range of positions both now and for the near future.

Whether you're a newly graduated chef, cook, talented barista, hospitality superstar, kitchen hand, or someone looking to build a career in hospitality, we'd love to hear from you.

Current Opportunities

Baristas & Front of House Hospitality Superstars

Pizza Chefs

Junior Chefs

Kitchen Hands

Full-Time, Part-Time & Casual Positions Available

What You'll Be Doing

Depending on the role, your responsibilities may include:

• Creating exceptional coffee and beverages while delivering outstanding customer service and creating memorable experiences for our customers.
• Preparing sandwiches, cabinet food, toasties, smoothies and iced drinks while maintaining high presentation and quality standards.
• Assisting with breakfast, brunch and pizza service, including food preparation, kitchen support and service during busy periods.
• Using SafefoodPro to monitor and record key food safety requirements while maintaining high food safety, cleanliness and presentation standards.
• Assisting with cleaning, stock replenishment, general site upkeep and working as part of a positive, high-performing team.

What We're Looking For

• Reliability, punctuality and a strong work ethic.
• A positive attitude, willingness to learn and the ability to work efficiently during busy service periods.
• Great communication skills, a passion for food, coffee and hospitality, and pride in delivering excellent customer service.
• Team players who take pride in their work and are available to work weekends.

Previous hospitality experience is preferred; however, training can be provided for the right people with the right attitude.

Why Join Blackhood Bakes?

We're a locally owned artisan bakery and café business that continues to grow across the Kāpiti Coast and greater Wellington region.

You'll be joining a supportive team that values quality, community, great coffee, great food and genuine hospitality.

Perks of the job include:

• Coffee during your shifts, plus pies, baking and selected food during your breaks.
• Opportunities for training, development and career progression as the business continues to grow.
• Working alongside a passionate and supportive team while being part of an exciting local business with ambitious plans for the future.

If you're motivated, reliable, and want to be part of something exciting, we'd love to hear from you.

Please send your CV and a brief introduction telling us a little about yourself, and let's arrange a time to meet.

Contact Josh Woodgate-Jackson 021 129 6202 woodgate.jackson@gmail.com