Join the Bridge Bagels team.

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• Baker & Operations Lead

  Part-time role under Lauren (GM & co-founder): bake great bagels, keep production tight, and be an extra pair of hands on ops as we grow from home kitchen to a proper production facility and shop.

  • Part-time · flexible shift patterns
  • Early mornings & weekends as rostered
  • £14.50–£16.50/hr depending on experience
  • Start as soon as possible
  • Cambridge (home kitchen → production facility / shop)

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  The role

  Bridge Bagels is hiring a hands-on Baker & Operations Lead to support Lauren, our GM and co-founder. Baking is at the heart of the role — dough prep, boiling, and baking consistent, high-quality bagels — alongside day-to-day ops support as we scale. You'll work from our home kitchen now and help us build out into a proper production facility and shop. Creative input on new bagel flavours, schmears, and menu ideas is welcome, with Lauren's sign-off. Flexibility matters: you'll also step in on front-of-house, shift cover, and general business support when needed.

  What you'll do

  • Execute production: dough preparation, boiling, and baking to deliver consistent, high-quality bagels.
  • Help develop and test new bagel flavours, schmears, and menu ideas with Lauren.
  • Monitor product quality, batch yields, par levels, and waste.
  • Uphold food-hygiene standards — HACCP, allergen management, Safer Food Better Business (SFBB), and a 5-star hygiene rating.
  • Manage kitchen stock levels, ingredient sourcing, and raw inventory.
  • Partner with Lauren on day-to-day service and operational flow.
  • Lead shift operations, staff coordination, and customer service when Lauren is away.
  • Cover front-of-house and help train others to keep service standards high.
  • Support marketing ideas, promos, and a welcoming community atmosphere.
  • Help stand up production as we move from home kitchen to a dedicated facility and shop.

  What you bring

  • Strong baking, kitchen production, or commercial food-prep experience (bagel or bread baking highly desirable).
  • Creative culinary mindset and genuine interest in developing new recipes and flavour combinations.
  • Must be a morning person — this role includes early starts.
  • Comfortable with flexible part-time hours, including early mornings and weekends as needed.
  • Shift-lead or supervisory experience in food retail or hospitality is an asset.
  • Practical working knowledge of Safer Food Better Business (SFBB) guidelines.
  • Valid Level 2 (or higher) Food Hygiene certificate, or willingness to obtain before start.
  • Full UK driving licence and access to a car (for markets, multi-site runs, and ops support).
  • Attention to detail, reliability, physical stamina, and a wear-multiple-hats startup mindset.
  • Warm customer-service attitude; prior serving experience is a plus.
  • Right to work in the UK.

  On your feet for long stretches; heat and steam; lifting (e.g. flour sacks up to ~20kg).

  Pay & perks

  • £14.50–£16.50 per hour depending on experience
  • Statutory paid holiday + UK workplace pension enrolment
  • On-shift meals and employee discounts
  • Room to grow responsibility as Bridge Bagels scales

  How to apply

  Apply via the form on this page — CV plus a short note on why you're interested and your availability. We read every application.

  Bridge Bagels is an equal opportunity employer. Six months' probation. Recipes, processes, and company data remain Bridge Bagels' IP; standard UK GDPR terms apply in the contract.