Bakers, pastry-cooks and confectionery makers
Bakers, pastry-cooks and confectionery makers make various kinds of bread, cakes, and other flour products, as well as handmade chocolate and sugar confectionery.
Skill level: Semi-skilledCheck your pay
- Salary range for the majority of workers in Bakers, pastry-cooks and confectionery makers - from £2,235 to £3,480 per month - 2026.
- A Bakers, pastry-cooks and confectionery makers typically earns between £2,235 and £3,279 gross per month at the start of the job.
- After 5 years of service, this is between £2,271 and £3,250 per month for a working week of 38 hours.
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Job Responsibilities
- Making bread, cakes, biscuits, pastries, pies and other flour products
- Making handmade confectionery from mixtures of sugar, chocolate and other ingredients using hand tools and some machines
- Combining measured ingredients in bowls of mixing, blending, or cooking machinery
- Checking the quality of raw materials to ensure that standards and specifications are met
- Applying glazes, icings, or other toppings to baked goods, using spatulas or brushes
- Checking the cleanliness of equipment and operation of premises before production runs to ensure compliance with occupational health and safety regulations
- Monitoring oven temperatures and product appearance to determine baking times
- Coordinating the forming, loading, baking, unloading, de-panning and cooling of batches of bread, rolls, pastry and confectionary products
