How To Become... A Baker
By: Riley Feeney
Introduction
Education
Day to Day life of A Baker
A Baker’s morning starts early, sometimes even at 2:00 am, rolling and preparing dough for bread, croissants, etc. They will clean the baking sheets and ovens. Then finally around 9:00 am they will start mixing ingredients for cookies, pies, cupcakes, etc. Then they will put out the bread from earlier and decorate cookies and pies etc. When it’s around lunch they start making lunch time treats, just after the 12 pm kitchen clean. Then they start preparing ingredients for the next day and clean the kitchen AGAIN.
2:00 am - 7:00 am
Get up and head to bake shop and clean kitchen then start rolling dough for breads, croissants, pies crusts, etc. and get them in the oven ASAP
7:00 am - 9:00 am
Mix ingredients for cakes, cookies, pies, and get them in the oven when the dough from earlier is done. Set the breads out. clean kitchen.
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Clean kitchen and set out the rest of the cookies and pies etc.
12:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Many small bakeries close at 12 pm but some larger bakeries will close at 7, but when it’s closing time, they clean the kitchen one more time and ready ingredients for tomorrow.