What specific tasks with being a baker involve?

A Baker, or Pastry Chef, is in charge of preparing baked goods for sale to customers. Their duties include creating recipes, ordering ingredients and coordinating baking schedules to produce breads, cakes, pastries, pies, cookies and other goods.

1. What's it like being a baker?
2. Why do I want to be a baker?
3. What is a typical day for a baker?
4. What skill does a chef need?

What's it like being a baker?

This career is not all glamour like people may assume: It requires very early hours. It's a very physically, mentally demanding job. You're working with your hands all day long and if something goes wrong, it's because you did it wrong. So you have to be on point every moment you're working.

Why do I want to be a baker?

Being a professional baker is fairly fashionable in the current climate, it's the ability to show off your craftsmanship alongside the ability to balance the flavour. But it's not only that. Working in a team of skilled, motivated people and the challenge to forever improve your skills is what keeps me excited.

What is a typical day for a baker?

Well, for the average baker, the day starts bright and early. Bakers are often up before 4am, so they can get to the bakers and start preparing the day's bakery products by 5am. A baker's first job of the day, is to sanitise the kitchen area and prepare the dough to make the bread, buns and other baked goods.

What skill does a chef need?

The most important hard skill chefs need is an ability to cook, as well as knowledge of the kitchen. This broad skill includes a variety of smaller skills, including knife and tasting skills. Chefs need to be able to cook precisely and efficiently.