Baking the Best of it in Culinary School
If you enjoy the aromas of fresh baked pie or cake, a career in baking may be a sweet job for you-it can lead you to work in restaurants, baking shops, or even own your own specialty bakery.
Introduction to Career in Baking
Bakers produce foods like bread, pastries, and other baked goods. Professional bakers can deftly roll, shape, and cut dough into different shapes. When baking pies, tarts, or turnovers, bakers cut and peel fruit for fillings. Bakers also make frosting and icing used on baked goods like cakes and pastries. Rolling pins, cookie cutters, and nimble hands are some of the most important tools a baker can have.
Some bakers work in kitchens in restaurants, grocery stores, and bakery shops. Other careers in baking include working for companies that manufacture large quantities of baked goods that are then sold through businesses such as grocery stores. For example, bakers who work for manufacturing companies use much larger ovens and mixing devices, as they are more likely to be producing large numbers of the same item.
The Job and Training of a Professional Baker
As a baker, you will likely check a production schedule each day to determine the variety and quantity of goods to bake. You will need to know how to select the appropriate pans for baking various baked goods, as well as the correct oven temperature to bake each type of baked good at.
Most bakers usually have training from a formal baking training program. These programs are offered by many technical schools and culinary schools. The curriculum can include training in food preparation, food selection, and the storage of food. Some programs also teach you how to bake specialty items such as pastries, gourmet breads, or even wedding cakes. Many bakers also learn their skills on the job from an experienced baker. In this case you will begin as a baker trainee or apprentice baker and learn to bake different kinds of baked goods, decorate cakes, and handle different kinds of foods. As you gain more experience, you will receive more difficult tasks and more independence as a baker. You may even go on to create and develop recipes of your own.
Featured Schools
Develop your portfolio at The Art Institutes, and get a competitive advantage.
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Enhance your marketable skill set quickly with Remington College.
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Star Career Academy - the career school of choice. What makes us unique, and unlike other trade schools, is the dedication of our staff to provide performance-based occupational training.
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San Diego Culinary Institute is San Diego's culinary school of choice.
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Your rewarding career in Health Care, Technology, or Programming begins at Florida Technical College.
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Keiser University - Center for Culinary Arts can provide you with the practical hands-on skills and experience you need to succeed in the rapidly growing culinary field.
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