Education & Industry
The Bakers' Company, both directly and with partners, plays an active part in baking industry education in all its forms, to help create rewarding careers for people of all ages.
The three main thrusts are:
- Through schools and colleges, to introduce baking as a career option, encouraging young people into the profession.
- To support young people in main stream bakery education
- To promote training events for both students and individuals working in the industry who are seeking to improve their craft skills.
Examples of the Company's work can be found in schools, colleges, bakery businesses, allied trades and industry associations throughout the UK, reflecting its commitment to meeting needs across the country, not just in and around London.
SHORT COURSES 2025
The Worshipful Company of Bakers is delighted to announce that a Professional Bakers Summer Short Course will take place at the Weinheim Akademie in July 2025.
The course is open to college students who have completed their course and have at least one year of work experience/work placement at a commercial bakery, or trainees who have the equivalent level of a workplace-based training course or apprenticeship, in the UK and Ireland only.
Applications for this year's course are now closed.
For more information SEE HERE
Education
The Company makes a number of specific awards each year.
The Bakers' Company Award is made to successful applicants, enabling them to receive high quality craft training in mainland Europe.
The Joseph Award was introduced in 2002, funded from the consolidated bequests so kindly made by the Joseph family over the years. The Joseph Award is presented each year and enables the successful applicant to receive high quality craft training in the UK or mainland Europe.
Details of the Bakers' Company Bursary Course are published annually on this website and details can also be found in the Trade Press.
The Company also funds a number of early and mid-career training opportunities.
The Worshipful Company of Bakers: Bursary Course 2024 at Richemont
It was with great pleasure that the Worshipful Company of Bakers revisited the renowned Richemont Centre of Excellence in Lucerne for another short course in bakery and patisserie. Fifteen bakers drawn
from all parts of the UK and Ireland were selected to attend: bringing skills that needed some refreshment; a desire to learn about new products and production methods; and an enthusiastic passion
for their craft.
The full report can be read HERE.
Additional information about course content and feedback can be found HERE.
One place at each Richemont course is sponsored by ABIM.
The winner of the 2024 award was Courtenay Jones, who attended a course at the Richemont School in Lucerne, from the financial support given by ABIM.
Courtenay has produced a report about her course which can be found by clicking here.
The Worshipful Company of Bakers: Bursary Course 2024 at The School of Artisan Foods
An enthusiastic delegation of young bakers travelled to the heart of Nottingham to benefit from the expert teaching of Kevan Roberts and Martha Brown. Once again, the School of Artisan Food was the venue for this learning experience, where our bakers honed their skills in the production of long fermentation artisan breads and patisserie products.
The delegates were drawn from bakeries and colleges as far afield as Glasgow, North Wales, Norwich and the Cotswolds, providing a rich mixture of baking experiences which they could all share.
For more information, see here
Click here to read about Professional Careers in the Baking Industry.
