Master pastry cook

Bakers, pastry-cooks and confectionery makers produce various types of bread and other bakery products, as well as handmade chocolate and sugar confectionery.

• making bread, biscuits, pastries, cakes and other bakery and confectionery products;
• making sugar and chocolate confectionery by hand using hand tools and utensils;
• mixing measured quantities of ingredients in containers of kneading, mixing or baking machines;
• checking the quality of raw materials to ensure compliance with standards and specifications;
• applying icings, jellies and other coatings using spatulas and brushes;
• checking the cleanliness of equipment and work areas before starting production to ensure compliance with occupational health and safety requirements;
• controlling oven temperatures and determining baking times according to the type of product;
• coordinating the shaping, loading, baking, unmoulding and cooling of batches of bread, rolls, pastries and confectionery.
• Examples of occupations in this unit group:
• Master baker, bakery products
• Master pastry cook
• Master, confectionery production
• Baker
• Producer, handmade bread
• Glazer
• Icer