Apprentice Baker

• Company: One Garden Brighton
• Closing Date: 25-09-2026
• Location: One Garden Brighton, Falmer
• Salary: £27,976 per annum
• Hours: 40 hours per week
• Contact Email: recruitment@plumpton.ac.uk

Description

Application deadline: 25^th September 2026

Course Start: Delivery for this course begins in November 2026

 

One Garden Brighton is a newly redeveloped tourist destination, a walled garden, rediscovered, reinvented and opened to the public for the first time. One Garden Brighton features expertly designed gardens, One Kitchen, a place to eat and drink, One Market, a retail space complete with plant sales, and One Events offering small and large-scale community events. One Garden Brighton is a subsidiary of Plumpton College.

THE ROLE

Are you a passionate and skilled home baker who wants to develop their hobby into a profession? A bakery apprenticeship is a perfect way to learn all the elements of professional bakery in a commercial kitchen, working alongside a talented and motivated Head Baker. One Garden Brighton’s Bakery Apprenticeship offers the opportunity to bake and develop recipes and ideas with fresh, local ingredients and the latest equipment, whilst earning a salary and receiving weekly formal training.

This is an exciting opportunity to work with us as our Apprentice Baker – which will include a mixture of on and off the job training. The Level 2 Apprenticeship is 18 months in duration and will equip you with the skills required to embark on a career in bakery.  The apprentice baker will learn how to work safely with machinery, manage supplies and come up with ideas for new products. 

Under the direction of our onsite baker, you will create exceptional products which will be served to our guests in One Kitchen. You will have opportunities to work independently and develop your baking skills within a professional, commercial environment. Working in the kitchen you will be actively involved in ensuring that our catering facilities are fully compliant with food safety & hygiene regulations. 

The successful candidate will also be supported to obtain Functional Skills English and Maths or equivalent, if not already held.

The Apprenticeship training will be delivered in a hybrid model, with 50% taking place at Plumpton College, and 50% online. This will constitute one day per week, with the remaining 4 days per week being based at One Garden Brighton.

We’re looking for someone who is:

• Creative in their baking and keen to develop new ideas with expert guidance
• Passionate about baking of all kinds, and able to give great customer service
• An enthusiastic team player who will work alongside our One Garden team
• Ready to make the leap from home baker to professional and looking to learn
• A self-starter, who shows motivation when working independently

Why Join Us?

• A competitive salary
• Up to 22 days annual leave plus bank holidays (pro rata)
• A supported probationary period with a structured induction process
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Well attended EDI and Sustainability committees making positive changes
• Free onsite parking at Plumpton College and One Garden Brighton
• Discounted Plumpton wine
• Discounts on Plumpton courses
• Free eye tests

 

Plumpton College is committed to the promotion of equal opportunities and is dedicated to pursuing non-discriminatory policies and practices and eliminating unfair discrimination on any basis.

Plumpton is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of learners and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

If you have the skills and share our values, we would love you to be a part of our growing team. To apply please send your CV to recruitment@plumpton.ac.uk

As we are looking for the successful candidate to join us as soon as possible we may invite applicants for interview as soon as applications are received. Therefore, we recommend you submit your application as early as possible.