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baker A baker is a tradesperson who bakes and sometimes sells breads and other products made of flour by using an oven or other concentrated heat source. The place where a baker works is called a bakery. History Ancient history Since grains ha ...
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Maria Anna Fisher Maria Anna Fisher (1819–1911), also known as Anna Maria Fisher, was an African American baker, entrepreneur and philanthropist. Beginning around 1834, at the age of 15, she sold homemade biscuits door to door in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at 12. ...
, 19th-century biscuit entrepreneur *
Paul Hollywood Paul John Hollywood (born 1 March 1966) is an English celebrity chef and television presenter, widely known as a judge on ''The Great British Bake Off'' since 2010. Hollywood began his career at his father's bakery as a teenager and went on to ...
, judge of ''
The Great British Bake Off ''The Great British Bake Off'' (often abbreviated to ''Bake Off'' or ''GBBO'') is a British television baking competition, produced by Love Productions, in which a group of amateur bakers compete against each other in a series of rounds, att ...
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Charles Joughin Charles John Joughin ( '; 3 August 1878 – 9 December 1956) was a British-American chef, known as being the chief baker aboard the . He survived the ship's sinking, and became notable for having survived in the frigid water for an exceptionally ...
, chief baker aboard the RMS ''Titanic'' *
James William Middleton James William Middleton (born 15 April 1987) is an English entrepreneur. He is the younger brother of Catherine, Princess of Wales. Born in Reading, Berkshire, Middleton was educated at St Andrew's School, Pangbourne. He briefly attended the Un ...
, baker of theme cakes *
Angelo Motta Angelo Motta (8 September 1890 – 26 December 1957) was an Italian entrepreneur, founder of the food company . He is associated with the commercial production of the sweet yeast bread panettone. Biography Motta was a Milanese pastry chef before ...
, Milanese baker famous for the revival of
panettone Panettone (, ; lmo, label=Milanese, panetton ) is an Italian type of sweet bread, and fruitcake, originally from Milan, usually prepared and enjoyed for Christmas and New Year in Western, Southern, and Southeastern Europe as well as in South A ...
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Lionel Poilâne Lionel Poilâne (June 10, 1945 – October 31, 2002) was a French baker and entrepreneur whose commitment to crafting quality bread earned him worldwide renown. His father, Pierre Poilâne started a baking business in 1932, creating bread us ...
, noted for the excellence of his
sourdough Sourdough or sourdough bread is a bread made by the fermentation of dough using wild lactobacillaceae and yeast. Lactic acid from fermentation imparts a sour taste and improves keeping qualities. History In the ''Encyclopedia of Food Microbio ...
* Ragueneau, fictional baker and poet in
Edmond Rostand Edmond Eugène Alexis Rostand (, , ; 1 April 1868 – 2 December 1918) was a French poet and dramatist. He is associated with neo-romanticism and is known best for his 1897 play ''Cyrano de Bergerac''. Rostand's romantic plays contrasted with t ...
's play ''
Cyrano de Bergerac Savinien de Cyrano de Bergerac ( , ; 6 March 1619 – 28 July 1655) was a French novelist, playwright, epistolarian, and duelist. A bold and innovative author, his work was part of the libertine literature of the first half of the 17th cen ...
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Sylvia Weinstock Sylvia Weinstock (January 28, 1930 – November 22, 2021) was an American baker and cake decorator. She was known for making delicious, multi-tiered wedding cakes decorated with botanically accurate sugar flowers. She also created elaborate trom ...
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Nancy Silverton Nancy Silverton (born June 20, 1954) is an American chef, baker, and author. The winner of the James Beard Foundation's Outstanding Chef Award in 2014, Silverton is recognized for her role in popularizing sourdough and artisan breads in the Unit ...
, founder, La Brea Bakery; James Beard Foundation Outstanding Chef 2014 *
Wu Pao-chun Wu Pao-chun (, born 5 September 1970) is a Taiwanese baker best known for winning the title of Master Baker in the bread category of the 2010 Bakery Masters competition held in Paris. Wu is also known for a rose-lychee bread he created which in ...
, 2010 winner of the Bakery Masters, bread category


See also

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De Echte Bakker De Echte Bakker (usually written De ''Echte'' Bakker - means: "''The Real Baker''") is an organisation of traditional bakeries in the Netherlands, comprising approximately 230 members. The term itself means 'The ''Real'' Baker', and, according t ...
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List of baked goods This is a list of baked goods. Baked goods are foods made from dough or batter and cooked by baking, a method of cooking food that uses prolonged dry heat, normally in an oven, but also in hot ashes, or on hot stones. The most common baked item ...


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Bakers A baker is a tradesperson who bakes and sometimes sells breads and other products made of flour by using an oven or other concentrated heat source. The place where a baker works is called a bakery. History Ancient history Since grains ha ...