Baker

Description

ABOUT OUR BAKERY

Mack's Bingo Bakery is an approachable, from-scratch bakery rooted in one simple belief: delicious comes first. Our focus is on sweet and savory treats made with care and seasonal intention. Our bakery serves as a learning opportunity for our Junior Crew (local Appalachian youth participating in our program) to engage with all aspects of baking and production, providing a well-rounded experience in the culinary and hospitality industry. Youth have opportunities to work in the bakery preparing and baking, as well as supporting roles across our broader operation including the market, kitchen, and interactions with our guests.

As a social enterprise, Mack's Bingo Bakery provides a meaningful production environment for local youth to complement the opportunities offered in our farm, market, glass studio, and restaurant. It also provides the community with thoughtfully made, fresh-baked goods rooted in Appalachian tradition and the seasons we live in.

Please read more about Mack's Bingo Bakery here. 

OVERVIEW

We're looking for a skilled, passionate baker to help maintain the energy of Mack's Bingo Bakery — someone who sees baking as both craft and story, and who leads with quality, consistency, approachability, and a fresh perspective.

This role is central to our bakery operation. You'll work closely with our Bakery Manager and culinary team to build and execute a program anchored in what's delicious, what's meaningful, and what our guests keep coming back for — from cookies and seasonal offerings to savory treats and our growing bread program. You bring technique, consistency, and genuine care to every item that leaves the bakery.

Beyond the baking itself, this role carries a mentorship dimension. You'll work alongside Junior Crew and apprentices, helping to build a bakery culture grounded in learning, high standards, and genuine pride in the craft. You set the tone — in your method, your station, and the way you show up every day.

If you're a baker who wants their work to mean something beyond the oven — and who is energized by the idea of feeding a community while growing the next generation of culinary talent — this is exactly the right bakery for you.

This position reports to the Bakery Manager.

MUST-HAVES

• Curiosity and Learning Mindset: You approach your work with genuine eagerness to learn and grow. You are adaptable, open to change, and actively engaged in a consistent feedback loop — both giving and receiving feedback with care and intention. You see every challenge as an opportunity to get better and bring that energy to your team.
• High Volume, High Efficiency: You stay organized and thrive in a dynamic environment, managing multiple priorities without sacrificing quality. You keep things moving, embrace new projects, and aren't afraid to experiment — even when the workload is heavy.
• Attention to detail: You don’t just notice what’s off—you fix it. You set high standards and hold yourself and your team accountable, creating a culture where small details matter
• Love for Food and Craft: You believe that delicious comes first — always. You take pride in scratch baking, trust quality ingredients, and bring intention to every item you make. You find meaning in food that is rooted in place, shaped by the people around you, and approachable enough to make guests feel at home. Your passion for the craft shows up in your consistency, your curiosity, and your willingness to let many voices — including the youth you work alongside — shape what comes out of the oven.
• Commitment to Hospitality: Deliver exceptional experience for our guests, vendors and distributors, and staff.

Additional responsibilities will be detailed in the interview and full job description.

KEY QUALIFICATIONS 

• Must have a valid driver’s license
• Ability to lift up to 50 lbs and ability to stand for long periods of time
• Willingness and ability to commute to Wardensville, WV if necessary.

EXPECTED WORK SCHEDULE

For part-time roles: 

This position is expected to work 16-29 hours a week for three days a week inclusive of mornings, evenings, weekends and some government holidays.

For full-time roles: 

This position is expected to work at least 30 hours a week for five days a week, inclusive of mornings, evenings, weekends and some government holidays.

COMPENSATION

For part-time roles: 

This position is classified as nonexempt with a starting wage of $15.00. In addition to competitive pay, we offer the following benefits for part-time employees:

• discount on items in the market
• paid training and scholarship opportunities

For full-time roles: 

This position is classified as non-exempt with an hourly rate starting at $15.00. In addition to competitive pay, we offer the following benefits for regular, full-time employees:

• generous paid time off structure
• bereavement leave
• employer-paid life insurance
• optional health, dental, vision, and short-term disability insurances
• discount on items in the market

ABOUT FARMS WORK WONDERS

Farms Work Wonders is a nonprofit social enterprise whose mission is to ignite the spark of curiosity in Appalachian youth so they see themselves and their future in new and exciting ways. Our businesses provide local Appalachian youth real-life learning experiences and generate proceeds that are 100% reinvested back into the local community. In 2016, Farms Work Wonders started with the Wardensville Garden Market project—an organic farm and farm stand.  Since opening, our enterprises have expanded to include a market, bakery, glass blowing studio, and restaurant that have created 80+ local, good-paying jobs with around half held by local high school students.

Farms Work Wonders provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification form upon hire.This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.