The Most Important Job In The World - The Baker

The most important person in town was the Baker. Men and women in communities who worked every day to feed their families depended on him. Without bread, people would go hungry, even homeless; there would be civil unrest and riots in the streets. Can you believe that all of this was because of bread?

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[tommyg]

I'm a baker by trade and I have been for the last fifteen years, this last month I've been considering doing something else, but this, this encourages me, to keep getting up at midnight, to keep doing what I know deep down in my heart is my favourite thing to do, I'm gonna watch this every time I feel like giving up. Thank you John

[toryistatertot]

Ever wonder how many bakers throughout history needed to hear this? How often in our daily lives do we go along with the drudgery and forget how important our little piece of the puzzle is. Wonderful message.

[jamesofallthings]

Not much has changed. Nobody realizes how fragile our society is. I'd argue however that the most important people then just like today are farmers. Least appreciated and hold your lives in their hands.

[burnu]

ive been a baker for 18 years now, thanks for giving me an appreciation for what i do

[stopsign]

It’s amazing how the breads have flipped. The white is now most affordable and the whole-r grain ones are now more expensive.

[gibberishname]

from 1790 until 2014 (that's 225 years) in Paris there was a law stating only HALF the bakers could go on vacation in the month of July and the OTHER HALF in August because they were so worried that if too many bakers went on vacation at the same time, people would be unable to buy fresh bread.

[madeleinecanoesify]

thank you, from a professional bread baker! I make traditional style sourdough 5 days a week at a small local bakery.

[annwlodarczyk]

My Dad was a baker and he taught me from the time I was old enough to hold a measuring cup. He apprenticed under his Brother and I apprenticed under him. This video is by far my favorite one of yours. I love your channel.

[shanartisan]

Tomorrow is my last day baking for a commercial franchise. I'm taking the leap to making my own sourdough in the hope to build my own company from scratch. This video was perfectly timed. Thank you.

[DonnaMSchmid]

My grandparents were German bakers who owned a shop in the Kensington section of Philadelphia during the 1930s-1950s. One of the things I remember hearing about was how busy the bakery was around Thanksgiving... Not so much for the baked goods, but for the hundred or so of turkeys they would bake for people who either had no oven or whose oven was too small to fit a turkey! From the day before Thanksgiving all of the way through Thanksgiving afternoon, there was a constant flow of people bringing in their prepared raw turkeys, each in the customer's own roasting pan, each on a tight schedule for roasting!

[marcelgowa]

im in deep awe watching this as a german guy, our bread is a national treasure to us and it makes me really sad to see small familly owned bakerys being replaced by huge franchises with cheap quality bread....

[Necrodermis]

In Japan probably our closest equivalent to the bakers importance was probably rice farmers. It was used as currency for a long time and a reliable form of food. Amongst all the farming jobs they probably had the most important one in my opinion.

[bagel]

Working full time as a baker is brutal but rewarding. Your presence is missed. I wake up at 3 every day but I love it.

[quinnlollis]

I’ve been a baker since about 5 years old and still baking at 75 years old now. I don’t know why I just love to bake! I appreciate your video because I know how important baking is and now hopefully many more people will too!

[dwaynewladyka]

My maternal, great grandmother worked in a bakery in Prague, in the late 1800s, before she came to North America, in 1900. Bread is one of the early convenience foods. It is multi purpose. Even if it is stale, bread can be used for different applications. In early times, in North America, things like bannock and hard tack were staples. Thanks for sharing this video. The content is very informative and awesome. Cheers!

[lananieves]

My great grandfather was a bread baker in the Caribbean. My grandmother would talk about how important he was in their small town. In those days (late 1800s/early 1900s) a baker in the Caribbean was a man of high status. My grandmother enjoyed a life of privilege because of her father's stature in the community. unlike most people in their town, he could afford to have all of his children go to school until they were 16 during an era when most kids were done with school by age 10.

[heatherwade]

I felt like a wizard when I learned how to make proper bread. Still do and it is wonderful and theraputic.

[Bangalangs]

I found my popularity grew during the pandemic, when I let it be known at my work (nursing home) that I knew how to make bread. Had a small stock of multi-purpose flour and yeast, I was baking a couple of small loaves every other day on a pizza stone.

Literally traded one loaf for a half dozen fresh-laid eggs with a coworker, several times.

[dereinzigwahreRichi]

The baker couldn't do his job without the farmer and the miller before him. But they all are important and should be appreciated.

[cogspace]

Many of the most common surnames are the professions that made life possible for centuries: Farmer, Miller, Brewer, Baker. My surname is Hungarian for Miller. It's strange to know that this name is an echo of some forgotten man who turned grain into flour to feed his family and his community. Thanks, dédnagyapa. <3