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Sales, Bake Assist, & Packaging Team

This role in our kitchen is multifaceted and will keep you moving! Help with the final stages of the bake, package and sort finished product destined for our wholesale accounts, jump in with the sales team at our weekly community spirited sales event, and lastly close out the kitchen for the day. Potential to join our Farmers Market team that travels to Crested Butte every Sunday May 25th - October 5th.

Special Scheduling Note:

We are currently implementing a change in our production; details are still being ironed out! There are multiple PT openings with different schedules - some involving early mornings and weekends, others involving afternoon starts into early evening. Let’s talk about your availability and find the best fit for our needs and yours!

FT may be available with cross training into other departments.

Starting at $16.50 - $21 DOE including shared tips.

This position is great for someone who:

• enjoys staying busy and collaborating on a team

• is highly detail oriented and precise

• is reliable and able to show up on time for early shifts

• has strong communication and interpersonal skills

• keeps a steady and sometimes fast paced work flow

• has physical stamina; we are on foot and moving around a fair amount of weight throughout shifts

• is comfortable with use of basic technology such as Square Point of Sale & learning to print on various computer software

• has competency with basic math; confident in one’s ability to be exact with numbers e.g. adding up totals during sales events as well as reading packing sheets and packing orders with precision

• previous sales or customer service experience preferred

Prep Cook

Work independently and with others making breakfast burritos and processing seasonal fruits, vegetables, and herbs for our kitchen. This is an important role in our kitchen; one that supports the bread and pastry departments by preparing the local bounty pouring into the kitchen for use in pies, pastries, and bread specials.

We have a clean, well equipped and organized kitchen - prep cooks can expect to roll in, put on a pot of coffee, and jump right into tackling the prep list for the day. Prep cooks are responsible for leaving the kitchen and dish pit closed out in a good way - dish washing is a part of the gig though it’s a shared task amongst all departments.

PT, approx. 20-30 hr/week

Starting at $16.50 - $21 DOE including shared tips.

FT may be available with cross training into other departments.

Shifts occur during normal daytime hours.

This position is a good fit for someone who

• has experience working in a commercial kitchen and developed knife skills

• strong self direction and ability to work independently

• physical stamina; ability to be on foot for duration of shift and lift up to 50lbs (we’re regularly moving around big containers of fruit and fillings!)

• able to execute recipes with precision; comfortable scaling recipes using the metric system

• finds the peace in repetitive tasks

• goal oriented; happy to complete a task list and leave the prep kitchen clean and tidy for the next person

Farmers Market Lead

We are looking for an experienced sales lead to join our team for the 2025 Crested Butte Farmers Market season. This position includes a market prep shift and all Sundays May 25th - October 5th. Optimally this position will include cross training to ensure comprehensive familiarity with our products and operations.

PT, minimum of 14 hr/week; more hours available with cross training for other sales or production shifts.

Starting at $18 - $22 DOE including shared tips. Paid travel time.

In this role, you’ll be responsible for:

• packing market bins and preparing the van prior to market day

• arriving to the kitchen to pack out the market van

• driving the market van over Kebler Pass to Crested Butte

• leading the team through setup of the 40 foot long display with efficiency and attention to detail

• opening our market booth in a timely manner

• providing exceptional customer service through a fast paced sales event

• providing leadership to a team of 4-5 other team members

• stocking out product and maintaining an attractive display

• learning about our full line of products and offerings

• representing what we stand for; developing and sharing an understanding of our company mission

• fielding questions from the team and customers

• upholding food safe practices; wearing gloves, hand washing, keeping food at temp

• initiating event clean-up and breakdown with efficiency and timeliness

• returning the market van to the kitchen and unloading upon arrival

• washing market dishes and leaving the van and kitchen in a clean and tidy state

• communicating issues and debriefing markets with management

We are looking for someone who:

• has weekly availability dependably on Sundays

• has excellent attention to detail

• an eye for keeping an aesthetic and tidy market display

• experience leading a team and customer service experience

• enjoys a fast paced work environment

• has physical stamina for a busy 11.5 hour shift

• has strong communication skills

• has an upbeat and positive attitude and is able to maintain it through the course of a long day

• is a morning person

Pastry Assist

Now hiring an aspiring baker to join our team - an opportunity to get kitchen experience, learn about the craft, work on a team, and help make beautiful baked goods. Shifts involve working on a team, mixing/shaping/finishing pastries, doing dishes and cleaning work spaces, sorting pastry for wholesale orders, and helping where needed as a supporting role on the team.

PT, approx. 20-30 hr/week

Starting at $16.50 - $21 including tips and DOE.

Some early morning 4am starts and weekends required.

Here are some things we are looking for in an ideal candidate:

• Kitchen experience is appreciated but not required

• Attention to detail and focused diligent work ethic

• Communication skills and ability to take direction from department leads

• Ability to read and execute recipes with accuracy

• Ability to perform physical work, be on foot, and lift 50lbs 

• Desire to learn, work with your hands, and be a team player

Bread Baker & Miller

Mountain Oven is looking for an experienced baker to join our team. We’re focused on fresh-milled flour, naturally leavened bread, and grain forward products. We are a wholesale bakery, and host a pop-up once a week to open our space to the local community. We make a broad array of products in the bread department, alongside a full pastry department that produces viennoiserie and other baked goods.

Our bread program works exclusively with fresh-milled flour, and we mill a diverse array of whole grain flours and sifted bread flour. Bread bakers work to make pan-style breads baked in rack ovens, hearth loaves baked in a deck oven, and various additional products like bagels, challah, buns, and more. Production is focused on our central product line with weekly seasonally-driven specials. We run 4-5 bake days a week, baking 200-350 Kilos of dough on a given bake day. We are serious about our craft, but also like to keep things relaxed, enjoy ourselves throughout the work, and eat really great food.

We’re looking for a baker with experience working with sourdough/naturally leavened products and fresh-milled flour, and with experience milling or a desire to learn the craft. Candidates should be excited to work in a community-focused environment, with an emphasis on local, diverse grains, and high-level artisanship. Bakers have the opportunity to help craft our weekly specials and take initiative in developing new products or refining processes and formulas.

Bakers should expect to spend shifts as a mixer, shaper, and baker, as well as shifts milling flour, doing prep work and mise en place, and doing regular cleaning/maintenance of the bread and flour production spaces. Bakers have 4-day work weeks with 8-10 hour shifts. No shift starts before 4 AM, with shift starts staggered between 4 and 8 AM.

Interested candidates should be excited to live in a rural environment, in a small town on the western slope of the rocky mountains. Independent housing on land with other bakery staff/owners is available to support relocation, and can be negotiated as part of compensation.

Candidates should have:

• 2+ years professional bread production experience, emphasis on naturally leavened processes

• Experience working with fresh milled flour and whole grain flour, priority for those with experience milling

• Attention to detail and a focused and diligent work ethic in order to carry out techniques and recipes with precision and efficiency

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with an ability to lead a team of bakers and collaborate with the management team

Starting at $17.50 - $22 including tips and DOE. FT, approx. 30-40 hr/week, free bread and shift food/drink, bakery discount, and potential healthcare assistance with extended employment.