Internship Program

Marked for Dessert offers a complete internship for students interested in learning hands-on the fine art of wedding cake production as well as general bakery production (with the exception of yeast bread products). Although some requirements vary from school to school, the experience for all students is extensive and extremely educational.

Experience Overview

• All interns will work directly with pastry chefs and cake stylists to prepare components for wedding cakes as well as cookies, cakes, pies, and pastries for our retail store.
• During the internship program, each intern will travel to a wedding reception site for cake delivery and set-up procedure at least once.
• Each intern will complete an individual project. Projects will be a joint decision between the student and owner based on student interests and company needs.

Time commitment
Culinary school students are bound by school minimums. Most internships last 10 weeks.

General proficiencies
Interns will work on the production schedule dictated by the event calendar. Throughout the course of the internship, a set of specific proficiencies will be emphasized by Marked for Dessert staff and mastered by the intern:

• Swiss meringue buttercream
• Assembling cake layers
• Crumb coating
• Icing cakes
• Stacking cake tiers
• Mixing cake batter
• Making gum paste
• Make a gum paste rose with leaves and calyx
• Piping basic borders (rope, bead, shell, rosette, colonial scroll)
• Preparation of regular bakery items for retail store location

Requirements
In order to be considered for an internship placement at Marked for Dessert, applicants must meet a set of basic requirements:

• Must understand procedures for proper dishwashing in a triple sink
• Must understand and exhibit proper procedures for equipment cleaning
• Must already possess or be in pursuit of a Chicago Sanitation License
• Must provide two professional references, at least one of which is food business related; this may be a chef instructor

To be considered for an internship placement, please contact Marked for Dessert via email at mark@markedfordessert.com.