As soon as we hear the word – baker, the first image that comes to our mind is a fat man with a baker’s hat, holding a huge tray of varieties of cookies, pastries and steaming slices of breads. However, a baker’s someone who does much more than simple baking. He is someone who brings taste into your life. Can you imagine a life without biscuits to munch on while having your evening tea or having a birthday party without that perfect cake? What about the varieties of breads that you get to choose from when you visit reputed restaurants and hotels? Moreover, who is that special person without whom the world famous kids’ poem “Hot cross buns” would never have been written? You get it right – we are talking about a professional baker here, who gives you the most tempting dishes to eat.
A baker is a professional individual who has learnt the technique of making, baking and selling items that need to be baked with the help of a proper heat source. Such items include breads, cookies, biscuits, cakes, pastries, etc., that need a professional hand to be made with an enhanced and rich taste.
If you are an aspiring baker, there are a lot of advices available for you on different websites. They all talk about common things – opting for a course in bakery, finding a job in a bakery, etc., but we are here to give you some unique tips to help you be a professional baker, on your own:
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Turn your kitchen into a bakery:
Ever read something like this before? Probably not. We know that having your kitchen transformed into a bakery is impossible but what we mean by turning your kitchen into a bakery is that you can always try to invent some new stuff and bake them up at home, by buying cheap or used baking machines. This way, you get to practice at home and feed your friends and family with good food – that is if you end up making something tasty enough to be eaten!
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Be creative and decorative:
Although baking is all about making the basic shape and a baker may not necessarily be a good decorator for the baked items; there’s no harm in being a creative baker and taking the term of ‘baking’ one step ahead of the older version. Step out of the classic concept of baking and drown into ideas of decorating what you bake. Be it a plain cake or a flat cookie, you can always turn them into something unique and eye-tempting, along with tongue tempting. Get rid of the old traditional heart moulds for cookies or the same triangle shape for pastries, change the meaning of baking and stand unique in the crowd of professional bakers. Remember – creativity is the only thing that would help you in being different from others who belong to the same profession.
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Sell your successful experiments to shops:
Rather than being a part of a bakery or working under a head baker, it is always better for you to experiment stuff at home and end up making something that deserves to be tasted by others in the market. If you think your product can stand out from the products of other bakeries, contact a local shop and tell him to sign a deal with you for your baked items. This deal can either be on regular money basis or commission basis, wherein he would charge a particular commission to sell your baked stuff. In either of the case, you get to know whether people like the stuff that you make, which would help you get a proper feedback from real consumers. This feedback would motivate you to make something more in order to reach a level where you be a competition for famous bakers.
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Introduce baked items of other countries:
While garlic breads are famous in a few countries, there are other countries where multi-grain breads are more popular. Find out what is not popular in your area and what is the specialty of the other countries, when it comes to their baked item tastes. Do a survey and find out the tastes of the local people living in your area. Imitate the baked items of a few other countries and prepare mini samples of the same. Approach different people in the market and request them to try your samples, for free or for a small token amount. If they like what they eat, you can pass on your business card to them to get orders from them, in case they wish to. If they don’t, you are surely going to find someone who does. Be positive and work towards your goal, only hard work is paid enough in the end.
No matter how many obstacles come in your way, remember one thing – there are a lot of bakers and bakeries out there and hence you need to be calm enough to win over them. Just be unique in your special way and you would reach above them in no time.
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