Bakery Assistant Apprentice
EDGIE EATS LTD
Bristol (BS16 1RY)
Closes in 13 days (Tuesday 30 September 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 16 September 2025
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Summary
Join Edgie Eats as a Bakery Apprentice! Help with wholesale production, baking, packing orders, labelling, cleaning, and paperwork while learning food hygiene and recipe development. Perfect for someone eager to learn, work hands-on, and grow a career in a fast-paced, creative bakery.
- Wage
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£12,170.60 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
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Overtime will be paid for. Sometimes work patterns might change and hours may be longer.
- Training course
- Production chef (level 2)
- Hours
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Monday 09:00 - 17:00
Tuesday 09:00 - 17:00
Wednesday 09:00 - 17:00
Thursday 09:00 - 17:00
20-minute paid break every day.
Occasional weekend and evening work but at least 2 weeks’ notice will be given.
31 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 6 October 2025
- Duration
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1 year
- Positions available
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1
Work
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
What you'll do at work
During your apprenticeship at Edgie Eats, you’ll gain hands-on experience across all areas of a working bakery. An average day or week could include:
- Wholesale Production & Baking: Preparing ingredients, mixing, baking, and finishing products to meet daily orders while learning professional bakery techniques
- Packing & Labelling Orders: Accurately weighing, packing, and labelling wholesale products, ensuring they are ready for timely delivery
- Cleaning & Food Hygiene: Maintaining a spotless work area, washing equipment, and following strict food safety and hygiene procedures
- Paperwork & Compliance: Completing temperature logs, production records, and other required documentation to meet quality standards
- Recipe Development & Testing: Supporting the team in creating and trialling new products, giving feedback, and helping improve existing recipes
Where you'll work
Unit 2, Simmonds Buildings
Bristol Road, Hambrook
Bristol
BS16 1RY
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
CITY OF BRISTOL COLLEGE
Training course
Production chef (level 2)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Prepare and cook pre-portioned fresh and frozen meat, fish, and poultry to business standards.
- Prepare and cook fresh and frozen fruit and vegetables to business standards.
- Prepare salad vegetables to business standards.
- Cook poached, simmered, steamed, boiled, braised, stewed, baked, grilled, and fried dishes.
- Regenerate dried and frozen ingredients and dishes.
- Undertake stock control, storage, and rotation.
- Communicate professionally with colleagues, line managers, stakeholders, and customers.
- Work as part of a team to support service delivery.
- Follow specifications to produce, portion, and present food.
- Manage own time to ensure allocated tasks are completed.
- Use techniques for maintaining good mental health and wellbeing to support self and others, including asking for and giving help with daily tasks.
- Use feedback to improve own performance.
- Prepare and close down an area for service.
- Use problem solving techniques to resolve routine and non-routine issues within scope of own role.
- Maintain prep and par levels according to business need.
- Clean and maintain manual and electrical food-preparation and cooking tools, equipment, and technology.
- Follow standard operating procedures to select and safely use appropriate knives and boards for the task, for example red handled knife and red board for raw meat.
- Monitor and record food temperatures and manage allergens during preparation, cooking, holding, and serving.
- Apply hygiene management techniques to maintain a safe clean work environment, for example COSHH, personal hygiene, and uniform.
- Reduce the waste of resources, acting to measure and reduce plate waste, exercise portion control, and maximise yield.
- Comply with health and safety legislation, regulations, guidelines and procedures, including stress management.
- Follow equity, diversity, and inclusion legislation and organisational policies.
- Deliver to key performance indicators to support the production, performance, and budget within own area of responsibility.
- Use manual and electrical food-preparation and cooking tools, equipment, machinery, and technology.
- Prepare and cook pre-portioned fresh and frozen meat, fish, and poultry to business standards.
- Prepare and cook fresh and frozen fruit and vegetables to business standards.
- Prepare salad vegetables to business standards.
- Cook poached, simmered, steamed, boiled, braised, stewed, baked, grilled, and fried dishes.
- Regenerate dried and frozen ingredients and dishes.
- Undertake stock control, storage, and rotation.
- Communicate professionally with colleagues, line managers, stakeholders, and customers.
- Work as part of a team to support service delivery.
- Follow specifications to produce, portion, and present food.
- Manage own time to ensure allocated tasks are completed.
- Use techniques for maintaining good mental health and wellbeing to support self and others, including asking for and giving help with daily tasks.
- Use feedback to improve own performance.
- Prepare and close down an area for service.
- Use problem solving techniques to resolve routine and non-routine issues within scope of own role.
- Maintain prep and par levels according to business need.
- Clean and maintain manual and electrical food-preparation and cooking tools, equipment, and technology.
- Follow standard operating procedures to select and safely use appropriate knives and boards for the task, for example red handled knife and red board for raw meat.
- Monitor and record food temperatures and manage allergens during preparation, cooking, holding, and serving.
- Apply hygiene management techniques to maintain a safe clean work environment, for example COSHH, personal hygiene, and uniform.
- Reduce the waste of resources, acting to measure and reduce plate waste, exercise portion control, and maximise yield.
- Comply with health and safety legislation, regulations, guidelines and procedures, including stress management.
- Follow equity, diversity, and inclusion legislation and organisational policies.
- Deliver to key performance indicators to support the production, performance, and budget within own area of responsibility.
- Use manual and electrical food-preparation and cooking tools, equipment, machinery, and technology.
Training schedule
Training and Qualification Level - What training will the apprentice take and what qualification will the apprentice get at the end?
- Production Chef Level 2
- Working as part of a team in kitchen environments
- City of Bristol College
- Off site in its entirety
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Number skills
- Analytical skills
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Time Management
- Positive Attitude
- Foodie at Heart
- Hands-On & Energetic
- Team Spirit
- Reliable & Ready
- Proud of Your Work
Other requirements
Heavy lifting of ingredients and equipment. Can be hard to access via public transport so please take this into consideration - there is a bus stop, but nearest station is Filton abbey wood. Uniform provided.
About this employer
Edgie Eats is a proudly independent, female-led wholesale bakery based in the heart of Bristol. We may be a small team, but we’re mighty – passionate about what we do and growing fast! We’re looking for someone who wants to be part of our journey and join us for the ride. Working with us means being part of a close-knit, supportive team where every member makes a difference. You’ll get to see first-hand how a small, independent bakery runs – from production to packing, recipe testing to deliveries – and gain a real understanding of what goes into making a food business thrive. If you love great food, enjoy learning new skills, and want to grow alongside an exciting, rapidly developing company, Edgie Eats is the perfect place to start.
https://www.edgieeats.com/ (opens in new tab)
Company benefits
50% employee discount at our cafe. Staff socials. 28 days holiday pro rata.
After this apprenticeship
Full-time employment if the right fit for the team!
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
CITY OF BRISTOL COLLEGE
Business Partnerships and Onboarding Team
apprentice@cityofbristol.ac.uk
01173125250
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000342297.
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Closes in 13 days (Tuesday 30 September 2025 at 11:59pm)
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