Mixes and bakes ingredients to produce breads, rolls, cookies, cakes, pies, pastries, or other baked goods.
This career is part of the Hospitality and Tourism cluster Restaurants and Food/Beverage Services pathway.
A person in this career:
- Checks products for quality and identifies damaged or expired goods.
- Sets oven temperatures and places items into hot ovens for baking.
- Combines measured ingredients in bowls of mixing, blending, or cooking machinery.
- Places dough in pans, molds, or on sheets and bakes in production ovens or on grills.
- Sets time and speed controls for mixing machines, blending machines, or steam kettles so that ingredients will be mixed or cooked according to instructions.
- Measures or weighs flour or other ingredients to prepare batters, doughs, fillings, or icings, using scales or graduated containers.
- Observes color of products being baked and adjusts oven temperatures, humidity, or conveyor speeds accordingly.
- Checks the quality of raw materials to ensure that standards and specifications are met.
- Checks equipment to ensure that it meets health and safety regulations and performs maintenance or cleaning, as necessary.
- Adapts the quantity of ingredients to match the amount of items to be baked.
|
Insider Info
Dig into the details and check
out what people in this job
have to say about their work.
|