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. Up to 3 months' probation. Recipes, processes, and company data remain Bridge Bagels' IP; standard UK GDPR terms apply in the contract.