Terry the Baker

As part of our breadmaking unit we invited Terry from the New World bakery to come into our class and speak to us about his job. We each chose a question to ask him that was related specifically to his job in the bakery. We learnt so many interesting things...did you know that they use approx 2000 eggs a week to bake all the various types of bread, buns, cakes and biscuits?

Terry has been a baker for about 20 years but has only worked at New World for 6 and a half years. He has burnt himself lots of times while doing his job. He is the bakery manager and has 14 other staff members who work with him. He taught us how to make a plait and a knotted bun. He told us that his favourite type of bread is a cheese and onion roll.

He brought some bread dough along for us to knead, then we designed our own bun. Terry then took the buns back to the bakery on a huge tray, cooked them all and then brought them back just before lunch. They were delicious, the bread was so fresh and it was still warm as it had just come straight out of the oven!