Cake Decorator
A career for creative individuals preparing and decorating cakes using various techniques.
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- What's it like to be a Cake Decorator?
- How to become a Cake Decorator
- Latest Cake Decorator jobs
- Top skills and experience for Cake Decorators
- Is Cake Decorator the right role for you?
- Cake Decorator role reviews
What's it like to be a Cake Decorator?
A Cake Decorator is responsible for preparing and decorating cakes for customers.
Tasks and duties
- Prepare cakes for decorating by liaising with clients about the design, flavour and theme
- Use various decorations and techniques to decorate cakes, including royal icing, fondant, piping, sugar flowers, hand painting and glazing
- Ensure that the appearance of the cake matches the client’s brief.
How to become a Cake Decorator
Formal qualifications are not necessary to work as a Cake Decorator in Australia, however the skills and knowledge gained through training are likely to increase your employability
- Undertake a short course in cake decorating. This may range from a one-day course to a multi-week course. The courses are usually offered through hospitality institutes.
- Practice your cake decorating skills and gain work experience in the cake-decorating field.
- Career options for cake decorators include becoming a Pastry Chef, opening your own cake decorating shop and store, or teaching others how to decorate cakes.
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Find out how your salary compares with the average salary for Cake Decorators.Latest Cake Decorator jobs on SEEK
Be one of the first to discover these recently listed jobs, or browse all Cake Decorator jobs on SEEK right now.Commis Chef - Cake Making
Brunetti Classico
Carlton, Melbourne VIC
Part Time
Hospitality & Tourism7d ago
Baker/ Bakers Assistant
Bakers Delight Niddrie
Niddrie, Melbourne VIC
Full Time
Trades & Services11d ago
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Skills and experience employers are looking for
Having the right skills and experience can make you an in-demand applicant. Cake Decorator employers on SEEK are looking for job seekers with expertise in the following areas. Cake Decorating
Decoration
Sanitation Standard Operating Procedures
Sanitation
Food Safety
Merchandising
Respectful
Members Service
Cleaning
Warehouses
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Latest Cake Decorator reviews
May 2021
Cake decorating is not only a career it’s journey of learning art
Reviewer's QualificationBachelor of Engineering
Experience5 – 9 years
Organisation sizeSmall (1-19 employees)
SpecialisationFondant cake decorator
The good thingsCake decorating is a tough work unless you have the talent of decorating and love to learn new skills every now and then to follow the new and trendy designs being resilient is a must to enjoy the pi...
The challengesCake decorating require lots of other skills than being an artist it needs your being patient and good customer service representative and sometimes it takes very long hours that takes you from family...
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Dec 2018
Patisserie chef is a hard job but i’m Passionate wouldn’t that hardb
Reviewer's QualificationCertificate IV in Hospitality
Experience10+ years
Organisation sizeSmall (1-19 employees)
SpecialisationCake decorator/patisserie chef
The good thingsIn my experience I can help some people work around me to solve the problems as baking not quite right the oven temperature
The challengesI’m passionate in decorating cake, so I can do best when the customer ask to order the cake what’s design so I try to do as same as that the customer expects and enjoy
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