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Are you a professional baker who wants to master the latest pastry recipes or baking trends, a home baker who wants to improve your baking skills, or are you looking for a new career?  Whatever situation or stage of life you are in attending one of the many accredited baking schools would advance your career and increase your knowledge of baking techniques and equipment.

Most restaurants, professional bakeries or large manufacturers of baked goods require their employees have at least a high school diploma. But because there are so many vying for the same position it is adamant that you have as much on your resume as possible.

The demand for artisan bread and pastry bakers has increased steadily through the years. This is because there are more cinnamon roll bakeries, specialty bread and bagel shops opening every day.  In addition, a lot of grocery stores and restaurants now have bakeries on their premises providing fresh baked goods daily.

It wasn’t uncommon in times past for a person to learn the baking trade while working under another professional.  This method of gaining baking knowledge can take many years.  For the doors to a career in baking to open for you it would be wiser to attend a school and get a degree offered a professional baking schools or culinary arts colleges. 

A creative cooking school will normally include courses in food preparation, menu planning and in the baking of gourmet breads and pastries.  You will learn many other basic but very important information such as nutrition, ingredient selection, bakery ingredients and products as well as baking, icing and decorating.  You will also become familiar with mixing and baking machines, tools and equipment as well as their maintenance and operation.  You will also be required to learn local and general government health and sanitation rules and regulations.  Another important course is applied chemistry, where you will understand how ingredients mix together and are affected by heat and the mixing/kneading processes.

There is a lot of physical work and technical head knowledge required to work in the baking profession.  Accredited baking schools will give you these skills, information and hands on knowledge so that you will be well informed on what the profession of a baker entails.

Each day a baker must check the baking schedule; Weigh, measure and mix ingredients to make dough, batter, fillings and icings; Work with huge and possibly complicated mixing and blending machines;  Knead, roll twist, and form dough into a variety of shapes for cookies, tarts, pies and more; Pare and cut fruits for pies and pastries; Have knowledge of the correct tools, pans and cooking sheets for each job; Setting proper oven temps and closely watching the goods as they bake; and most importantly, checking the baking equipment each day to be sure that they are up to local safety and health regulations and standards.

If all this sounds like something you would like to do, I recommend you do some online research into the many Baking Schools available.  There may be one near you or one located in an area of interest to you such as in the Sonoma Valley Wine country, San Francisco, Oregon, Italy and the list goes on.  Each region has their specialty baked breads and pastries which you may want to discover and bring home to your neighborhood bakery or restaurant.

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