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CAREER
OPPORTUNITIES IN
BREAD INDUSTRY
Prepared by: Maria Merllan Estrellante Mier

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What Is Baking & Pastry?
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• Baking and pastry is the culinary sector that includes baked
goods and desserts like bread, cakes, pies, breakfast pastries,
chocolate, and other sweet and savory baked goods. It’s
distinct from culinary arts, which usually includes the food
items on an entrée plate like proteins, vegetables, and grains.
• Baking and pastry are also approached differently from the
culinary arts. Most baking work is done in advance for future
customers who will enjoy those treats later in the day or
possibly the next day. Conversely, a great deal of culinary arts
cooking is done in real-time while the customer is waiting at the
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What Is Baking & Pastry?
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• Baking and pastry also require a strict level of
exactitude. Baking recipes must be followed to the letter
in order for crucial chemical processes to occur. That’s
why baking and pastry could be an excellent career
choice for detail-oriented people.
• “Pastry students and pastry chefs tend to be finicky
about precision and accuracy and having everything
weighed and measured.”
- Anne Lanute Escoffier, (online baking & pastry arts
executive chef)
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Baking
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1. Baker
• Becoming a baker is one of the obvious career options
on the table. But what does the life of a baker actually
look like?
• It often involves early mornings. If you’re baking
breakfast bread and pastries, they need to be in the
oven early. So a baker’s day could start as early as
4:00 or 5:00 AM.
• But not all bakers work in bakeries. Some work in
restaurants, making bread for lunch or dinner service.
They may also make sandwich bread or dessert
pastries. And others work in wholesale bakeries, where
they’re preparing items with a longer shelf life. So early
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• “Baking and pastry” are often grouped together. But while they
share some traits, they’re not necessarily the same thing. Baking
refers to baked goods, like cakes and bread. Pastry, while it
usually includes some baking, refers to a broader range of
desserts.
• In a restaurant, a pastry chef may make plated desserts that
include a baked component, cooked fruit, chocolate, ice cream, or
a sweet sauce. The pastry chef is responsible for each
component of the dish. Pastry chefs may also work in bakeries,
making tarts, pies, and laminated doughs like croissants or puff
pastries.
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• Pastry chef: the chef in charge of the pastry

department. Responsible for the dessert menu and
recipes. The pastry chef may be the only person in the
department, or they may supervise a team.

• Pastry cook: a pastry employee, supervised by the

pastry chef.
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3. Chocolatier
• A chocolatier is a specialist who makes desserts and confections out
of various types of chocolate. These could include truffles, fudge,
bonbons, chocolate bars, and more. They may also make intricate
centerpieces of chocolate molded into animals, flowers, and fruits.
• A chocolatier must know how to perfectly temper and mold different
types of chocolate for the desired finish — whether smooth and
glossy or more textured. This expert can work in a bakery or pastry
shop, restaurant, or specialty chocolate shop. They could also
specialize in centerpieces, and contract with caterers or event
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4. Wedding Cake Baker & Designer
• Wedding cakes are their own specialty niche
within baking and pastry. Wedding cake
bakers must be masters of sponge, baking
delicious moist layers that will both taste
delicious and layer well into a sturdy tiered
masterpiece.
• They also need to have a great eye for
design. Wedding cakes are custom
showpieces, and they must look beautiful
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• If you love baking and you love writing, you could enjoy a
career as a baking blogger or writer. Baking bloggers
spend their days experimenting with new recipes and
sharing them with readers. Blogs may be monetized
through ads on a specific platform, or through affiliate links
that earn the blogger a commission when a reader buys a
recommended product.
• Baking and pastry writers could also work for magazines or
publications that highlight cooking and lifestyle topics like
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6. Food
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implementation of new products, processes, and
changes to existing products, ensuring product quality
safety, and legal requirements are met.
7. Buyers source the right ingredients for the product.
8. Food Scientist working in a testing laboratory
9. Production Manager – responsible for producing
the correct quantities of bread using recipes
developed by the Product Development Department.
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exciting NPD projects from concept to launch as well as
consumer and health trends. Working with internal teams
and suppliers to create products that make an impact on
the marketplace.
11. Food Packaging Researchers – work closely with the
development and technical teams on all packaging. Driving
packaging ideas, solutions, and innovation that will deliver
a competitive advantage for current and future products.
Liaising with NPD teams, production, and engineering to
ensure high quality, legislative issues are addressed and
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Manager – Manages all technical team
activities. Would be expected to have a degree qualification
or equivalent in a Food Science discipline and a number of
years experience within Food Manufacturing.
13. Distribution Manager – Requirements would be
current knowledge of transport legislation, to lead and
motivate teams, excellent communication skills, possess
excellent analytical and numerical capability working in a
fast-paced environment.

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14. Quality Assurance Manager – Working to
ensure the quality of all products and monitor
hygiene standards within the manufacturing
environment. Work closely across all departments
ensuring constant monitoring and review of general
safety standards on the manufacturing floor. A
sound understanding of quality procedures from
within a food manufacturing environment.

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• Primary duties: A dough maker is responsible for

preparing dough for bread, pies, pastries, biscuits,
cookies, and other baked goods. Dough makers measure
and mix ingredients to produce different types and flavors
of dough. They monitor temperature and humidity levels to
facilitate the dough rising process, move the dough into
proofing cabinets and determine when the dough is ready
for baking. Dough makers may also divide, package, and
store dough for later use, carefully labeling the dough with
the date and name.
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• Primary duties: Bakery clerks handle the front-of-

house duties at a bakery including greeting
customers, answering phones, taking orders and
processing cash transactions. A bakery clerk places
prepared baked goods into packaging, attaches
labels to the produce and arranges them into an
appealing display. Their other duties include
sweeping the floor, cleaning display cases, replacing
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• Primary duties: Dishwashers work at bakeries to provide

bakers with clean kitchen equipment. They clean and
sanitize bread pans, muffin tins, molds, spring forms,
mixing bowls, spoons, spatulas, and measuring cups. After
washing the bakery dishes, they organize the utensils and
kitchen equipment for easy access. Dishwashers may also
assist with other cleaning tasks like cleaning ovens, wiping
stoves, and mopping floors.

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• Primary duties: Fryers at bakeries operate frying

machines to produce fried dough goods like doughnuts,
doughnut holes, beignets, croquettes, fried pies, fritters
and fried buns. Their duties include cleaning and
maintaining fryer equipment and regularly replace the oil.
They shape the dough, add filling and place it carefully in
the fryer. Once the fried item is ready, a fryer removes it
from the oil, pats off extra grease and adds a topping, like
powdered sugar or a flavored glaze.
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• Primary duties: Bakery assistants provide direct support

to bakers when producing bread, cases, and other goods.
They can help with front-of-house duties like serving
customers or kitchen tasks like mixing batter and
organizing inventory. Other duties for bakery assistants
include preparing fillings for pastries, notifying the
manager when ingredients are low, tracking expiration
dates, and counting the number of available goods.

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• Primary duties: Cake decorators use icing, frosting,

candy, fondant, and other decorations to make visually
appealing designs. They communicate with clients about
the decorations they want, making notes about the
occasion for the cake, color schemes, and flavors. When
preparing a cake, they remove the cake sponge from the
pans and cut it into a uniform shape. Cake decorators use
piping bags to write messages in icing, create frosting
flowers, and produce interesting textures on the cake.
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• Primary duties: Pastry cooks, also known as

dessert chefs, bake and decorate sweet baked
goods like cakes, cupcakes, tarts, Danishes, and
custards. They combine ingredients to make pastry
dough and may use the dough to create attractive
patterns and designs. Pastry cooks organize baking
implements, measure product temperatures, and
place requests for supplies.
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• Primary duties: A bakery manager is responsible for

coordinating and supervising the bakery's business
operations. They hire and train employees, process payroll,
manage relationships with supplies, organize inventory and
develop marketing and promotional materials. Bakery
managers uphold safety and sanitation practices at the
bakery by inspecting the kitchen and developing workplace
policies. Bakery managers collaborate with bakers to
develop a menu, including planning specials and rotating
baked goods.
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• The best place to start could be with a baking education.
Baking and pastry is both an art and a precise science. In
baking and pastry school at Auguste Escoffier School of
Culinary Arts, students explore the roles of each component
in a baking recipe, like the fat, rising agent, binder,
sweetener, and flour. They complete coursework in custards
and dessert sauces, different breads, confiserie, patisserie,
and chocolate. In school, some students even discover that
they have a passion for a type of baking they’d never even
heard of before!
• Concerned about balancing work and school? You don’t
have to quit your job or move to a new city to get an
excellent education in baking and pastry. With Escoffier’s
online degrees and diplomas, you can explore and hone
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your craft from your own kitchen, right in your own home.
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• After completing your formal education, the next step is to

practice (and practice some more!). The best way to perfect
your pastry and baking skills is to get out there and do the
work — not once, not twice, but hundreds of times. This is
the kind of experience you can only get on the job.
• Look for an expert in the type of baking you wish to pursue,
and then soak up everything they’re willing to teach you.
Working for and with experts can help you to pick up their
good habits and perfect your craft.
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Certifications
• As you progress along your career, many bakers and
pastry chefs elect to get advanced certifications that
validate their skills and expertise. Industry groups like
the American Culinary Federation and the Retail Bakers
of America offer industry certifications that prove a baker
or pastry chef has achieved a high level of proficiency at
their craft.

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One Industry, So Many Career Choices
• Baking and pastry may appear to be a narrow field at
first glance, but it can offer many exciting career
opportunities. Whether you want to be up early at a
bakery, stay up late at a restaurant, or manage your own
schedule as a pastry blogger, you can create the career
of your dreams within the world of baking and pastry.

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