Bakers can be employed at restaurants, bakeries, hotels, catering companies, grocers, manufacturing facilities and cafes to manage or assist in filling customer orders and providing fresh inventory. They assess the quality and freshness of ingredients each morning and follow recipes to measure ingredients, mix dough, mold it into attractive shapes, bake it at the correct temperature, remove it from heat at the appropriate time, let it cool, add glazes and place each type of bread and pastry in the correct display or package. Bakers may also decorate cakes and cookies, wash dishes and sanitize the kitchen each day.
