This article refers to the cooking profession. For other uses, see Baker A baker is someone who primarily bakes and sells bread. Cakes and similar foods may also be produced, as the traditional boundaries between what is produced by a baker as opposed to a pastry chef have blurred in recent decades. The place where a baker works is called a bakehouse, bakeshop, or bakery. History of baking The first group of people to bake bread were ancient Egyptians, in 8000 BC. During the Middle ages, it was common for each landlord to have a bakery, which was actually a public oven; Housewives would bring dough that they had prepared to the baker, who would use the oven to bake it into bread. As time went on, bakers would also bake their own goods, and this is where numerous tricks come in place: for example, Some bakers would have trap doors, that would a

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