baker

as in chef
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 baker The now-teenager is a runner and baker who inspires her father every day. Emy Lacroix, People.com, 17 May 2025 Even for an amateur baker like myself, some of the most intriguing recipes fall in the dessert chapter—because who wouldn’t want chewy tahini blondies or a coffee and cream icebox cake to end the meal? Wilder Davies, Bon Appetit Magazine, 2 May 2025 Dylan, a baker’s apprentice, wants to marry her; their journey on his moped is one of the film’s loveliest sequences, an image of freedom and happiness that suggests such a life might be within reach. David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 24 May 2025 The women, with two big gets in the portal in Kayleigh Heckel and Serah Williams, are poised for Geno Auriemma to go for the baker’s dozen. Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 24 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for baker
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Noun
  • The setting is intimate and elemental: handmade ceramics, just 13 tables, and a quiet chef’s table in a separate room that leads into the kitchen, for those who want to witness the process up close.
    Rooksana Hossenally, Forbes.com, 14 June 2025
  • New this year is a Best Ice Cream Flavor of the Year competition judged by celebrity chefs Claudia Sandoval, Zuliya Khawaja and Sam The Cooking Guy.
    Linda Mcintosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 June 2025
Noun
  • Paul Brinegar as George Washington Wishbone Paul Brinegar played Wishbone, the camp cook who added heart and humor to the trail.
    Tereza Shkurtaj, People.com, 7 June 2025
  • The English cook and writer’s 2006 book is a heartfelt hymn for wonderful food and flavors, without hours spent toiling in the kitchen or overly formal settings.
    Hayley Maitland, Vogue, 7 June 2025

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