Jobs and Volunteering

Come and make bread with us!

Start Date: June 2023

We are on the look out for an experienced baker to join our team. 

A minimum of 1 year experience working in a commercial bakery is essential, of which most time has been spent working with sourdough. You must have a keen interest in working as part of a sustainable food system and be excited at the prospect of baking with heritage grains. This is an excellent opportunity to work with freshly milled flour straight from our on-site mill as part of a passionate, experienced and close-knit team of bakers, pastry chefs and chefs.

We ask for weekend & early morning availability.  5 days a week. 

We are a London Living Wage employer but wages can be adjusted according to experience.

If you would like to find out more please respond to this job listing with your CV and a cover letter attached.

Come and make coffee with us!

We are on the lookout for an energetic individual to join our our team at our sister-site in Poplar. Poplar Bakehouse is a community-focused bakery/cafe/coffee roastery. We work with Poplar Union, an adjoining community arts centre, to serve our local community as much as possible whilst making delicious coffee, bread, pastries, soups, sandwiches among many other things. Poplar Bakehouse is where we house our 6kg Giesen coffee roaster so you will have the opportunity to see and be part of the whole process from green coffee bean to the customer enjoying their cup! 

We're looking for someone who already has a good level of barista experience and a genuine passion for coffee to strengthen and support our existing team. 

E5 bakehouse is a London Living Wage employer. A hearty lunch and drinks will be provided on shift and staff discounts in the shop are just some of the perks of the job!

If you would like to find out more, please respond to this job listing with your CV and a cover letter attached.

Come and cook with us!

We are looking for an energetic cook to join our kitchen team at our sister-site, Poplar Bakehouse. This is a perfect opportunity for someone who is interested in cooking with beautiful produce surrounded by people passionate about their work. The international team is made up of a wonderful group of individuals who have a combined wealth of knowledge around sourdough, coffee and pastry among many other things. 

During the summer and autumn months you will have the unique opportunity to work with organic produce grown using regenerative farming methods on our very own farm in Suffolk and which is then delivered directly to the bakehouse every week! While we value excellence in what we produce we also hold sustainability, inclusivity and diversity at the centre of what we do. If you are a curious person who shares similar values and has a genuine passion for good food and joyful cooking then this is the job for you.

E5 bakehouse is a London Living Wage employer. A hearty lunch and drinks will be provided on shift and staff discounts in our shop are just some of the perks of the job!

We ask for a minimum of 2 years experience in a commercial kitchen setting. The role is part-time (approx. 4 days p/week, including weekends) and daytimes only.

If you would like to know more about the role and are interested in applying please respond to this job listing with your CV and a cover letter attached. 

Come and  roast coffee with us!

We are looking for someone with a lot of excitement working with carefully sourced coffee beans alongside our head roaster in Poplar on a 6kg Giesen roaster. 

Ideally this role would mean to roast twice a week in Poplar and three days of barista work split over both sites helping our managers with the maintenance of equipment and quality control of our coffees. We will host external training for the barista team but do rely on experienced team members for the development of everyones coffee skills. 

We ask for at least 1 year of roasting and specialty coffee experience that shows they can produce consistent, high quality coffee. Some of the qualities we're looking for are: the ability to adjust recipes, manage stock levels, adjust roasting profiles, great communication, attention to detail, great palette,... 

e5 Bakehouse is a London Living Wage employer but wages can be adjusted according to experience. A hearty lunch and drinks will be provided while on shift, delicious coffee all day and staff discounts in our shop and on our classes are just some of the perks of the job!

If you would like to find out more please respond to this job listing with your CV and a cover letter attached.