The Master & Wardens
Each year a new Master is elected to lead the Worshipful Company of Bakers. They are supported by four Wardens, from whose number future Masters will be elected, and their immediate predecessor, who serves for one year as Deputy Master.
Master: Peter Baker
Peter became Master Baker in December 2024, after serving as a Warden for eight years having deferred “his year” in 2021 due to COVID restrictions. He became a Freeman of the Company in 2003, then received his Freedom of the City in 2005 and was clothed that year.
Peter is well aware of the term “nominative determinism,” as he has spent a large part of his career in the bakery industry. Indeed on collecting his City Freedom the Clerk joked about the rarity of three cherries, his name, his company and his trade.
For his full biography, see here
