bakers

plural of baker
as in chefs
someone who bakes bread, cakes, etc. I'm a very good baker, especially of pies. She's a successful baker who opened a chain of bakeries.

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Recent Examples of bakers There are more than 34,000 bakers across France churning out around 6 billion baguettes each year, according to the national federation of bakeries and patisseries, which says that about one quarter of them use oil- or gas-fired ovens. — ABC News, 27 Sep. 2026 Every autumn the siren song of baking calls bakers home until the volume becomes too much to bear. — Jesse Szewczyk, Bon Appetit Magazine, 24 Sep. 2026 From small pop-ups by home bakers to award-winning pastry chefs, here are some of our favorite places to stop for a cookie. — Chicago Tribune, 23 Sep. 2026 That's come to fruition at the location in New York, where customers can see the bakers baking behind a glass pane. — Owen Carry, USA Today, 22 Sep. 2026 The postage stamp sized-town is brimming with cafés and shops; including the historic Baldwin Extracts, which for over a century has been a draw for in-the know chefs and bakers. — Madeline Weinfield, Vogue, 14 Sep. 2026 Parisian bakers are experimenting with new pastries like the crookie, a crispy croissant with a melty chocolate chip cookie inside. — Dee-Ann Durbin, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026 And don’t worry casual bakers, not every recipe is super involved. — Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 11 Sep. 2026 Down the hall, the parents of the bakers with special needs were sitting in a lounge drinking coffee and catching up. — Miami Herald, 9 Sep. 2026
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Noun
  • Two sushi chefs will take care of six guests each, and the food will be more detailed, featuring, for example, two types of rice instead of just one.
    — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 3 Oct. 2026
  • To promote the oils, Corto has launched its first-ever Agrumato Month, partnering with 24 chefs across the country to showcase the premium oils in their dishes for a limited time in October.
    — Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 2 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Content creator Leah Victoria has turned the recipes she's known for online @leahscucina into a new cookbook full of recipes for busy parents, at-home cooks and anyone looking to speed up their dinner routine.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Concentrations were generally highest immediately beside the stove and near the updraft of the smoke-clearing ventilation hoods, where cooks and chefs are typically working.
    — Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026

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“Bakers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bakers. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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