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We are looking for a dedicated, skilled, and passionate Artisan Baker to join our production team. This is an exceptional opportunity to bring your mastery of slow fermentation and hand-shaped loaves to life while our estate sleeps, ensuring that every sunrise brings fresh, world-class bakes to our guests and farm shop.\nWho is the ideal candidate?\nYou have a deep respect for the science and art of traditional baking. You thrive in the calm, focused rhythm of the night and take immense pride in turning raw, wholesome ingredients into golden, crusty perfection before dawn. You understand that true quality begins with patience and precision-from temperature control and hydration levels to scoring and baking times. You work seamlessly with your team and take ownership, delivering consistently exceptional results night after night.\nRequirements\nAt least 3 to 5 years’ hands-on experience in artisan bread production and laminated doughs.\nProven experience handling sourdough starters, long-fermentation doughs, and wood-fired or deck ovens.\nFull availability and willingness to work regular night shifts, weekends, and public holidays.\nDeep understanding of dough, hydration, shaping techniques, and crumb structure.\nStrong physical stamina and the ability to lift heavy flour bags and stand for extended periods.\nStrict adherence to food safety, hygiene regulations (HACCP), and workplace cleanliness standards.\nStrong time management, self-motivation, and reliability when working overnight.\nGood communication skills and a team-first mindset.\nAs an Artisan Baker on our night team, you will be the engine behind our morning service. You will take charge of mixing, shaping, proofing, and baking to ensure that every loaf leaving our ovens reflects the unmatched quality Babylonstoren is celebrated for.\nResponsibilities\nManage the overnight production cycle for daily artisan breads, baguettes, rustic loaves, and morning pastries\nMaintain and feed sourdough starters with strict attention to temperature and fermentation schedules.\nMix, scale, fold, shape, and score doughs by hand to exact specifications.\nOperate, monitor, and clean commercial deck ovens, mixers, proofer cabinets, and kitchen equipment.\nMonitor oven temperatures, steam injection, and bake times to ensure uniform crust, color, and texture.\nManage stock rotation (FIFO) and raw ingredient prep for upcoming production runs.\nMaintain impeccable sanitation standards across all prep tables, utensils, and baking stations throughout the shift.\nHand over morning stock cleanly and communicate clearly with the daytime culinary and retail teams.\nWhy Babylonstoren?\nAt Babylonstoren, you won't simply work in a bakery-you’ll become part of a working farm where agriculture, craftsmanship, and hospitality unite. Here, you'll have access to stoneground flours, fresh farm produce, and traditional methods rarely preserved at scale. You'll work alongside passionate artisans who value your craft, take pride in honest food, and support your growth.\nIf you are a committed baker ready to master your craft through the quiet focus of the night, we look forward to hearing from you.","description_format":"text","description_chars":3369,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":3,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Hotels & Resorts","Wine & Winemaking"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-29T12:59:16Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":90,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.903,"p_room":1,"age_days":2,"expected_fill_days":21,"reasons":["conf:1","velocity","win:early"],"computed_at":"2026-11-01T06:10:25Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/babylonstoren-artisan-baker-night-shift","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/babylonstoren-artisan-baker-night-shift.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-11-01T19:01:18Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":29073,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-11-02T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":692549},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=692549"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fbabylonstoren-artisan-baker-night-shift"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fbabylonstoren-artisan-baker-night-shift"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fbabylonstoren-artisan-baker-night-shift"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/babylonstoren-artisan-baker-night-shift\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fbabylonstoren-artisan-baker-night-shift"}],"agent":{"mcp":"https://alion.io/mcp/jobs","mcp_open":"https://alion.io/mcp/open","next":[{"tool":"get_job","arguments":{"id":3458448}},{"tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":"babylonstoren.com","detail":"compact"}},{"tool":"match_people","arguments":{"job_id":3458448},"note":"people open to offers who fit this vacancy"}],"note":"The same data through MCP tools: https://alion.io/mcp/open needs no sign-in (compact searches, postings, people); https://alion.io/mcp with an Alion account has everything. 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