What is a Bakery Chef?

Becoming a bakery chef requires skills, like being creative and having patience. A bakery chef is responsible for shaping breads and desserts and making different sauces, creams, jellies and fillings. Knowing how to blend all the ingredients combined with nutrition is important too.

• The chef in a professional kitchen that is in charge of making baked goods, such as pastries, breads and desserts.




• Usually in charge of the dessert menu in a restaurant, which can include gourmet cheese platters, wine desserts and specialty dessert beverages, as well as the traditional desserts.




• Prepares the desserts beforehand.




• In charge of creating new recipes and testing them.




• Can be employed in cafes, bakeries, restaurants, bistros and large hotels.




• Earn an associate's or bachelor's degree in baking and pastry arts.




• The average salary of a bakery chef ranges from $20,000 to $70,000.