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Bakery assistant

Serves customers in a bakery and helps with simple production such as finishing, packing and loading ovens. Often an early-morning job.

A real shift

Set up displays with fresh bakes, serve, slice and bag, help in production, clean and close.

Skills that matter

  • Customer service
  • Food handling
  • Speed
  • Product knowledge
  • Cleaning

Qualifications

  • Level 2 Food Safety
  • Level 2 Baker apprenticeship (route into production)

Where it leads

  1. Bakery assistant
  2. Baker
  3. Bakery supervisor
  4. Pastry roles

What we'd ask on the show

  • Bakeries and the early bird
  • What happens to unsold bread
  • The high-street bakery chain versus the artisan

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