baker

noun

Definition of bakernext
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 Wilde’s nine buttercream commandments show home bakers how to create visually striking, deeply personal cakes. — Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2026 Instead, Barry Callebaut is also leaning into premium chocolate, growing its Gourmet business, which supplies chefs and bakers, while expanding higher-end specialty chocolate products. — Sawdah Bhaimiya, CNBC, 26 July 2026 Weber, a fifth generation French baker, apparently likes to leave the merde off Main Street. — Richard Johnson, New York Daily News, 26 July 2026 Home bakers have also created many copycat versions of the iconic snack. — Teresa Mull, FOXNews.com, 26 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for baker
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  1. chef
  2. cook
Noun
  • Kish’s emotional responses have become as rewarding and heartwarming as seeing the chefs rise to their cooking challenges.
    — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Food and drink The open-fire restaurant, Ambos, is led by Argentine chef Norberto Piattoni, an alum of celebrity grillmaster Francis Mallmann.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of chef
Noun
  • The answer was in a push-pull between Banderas’ chef and Leo Woodall’s bad-boy cook Sal.
    — Laurie Ochoa, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Leo Woodall’s brash cook Sal blends Dmitri from Kitchen Confidential with the unnamed sous chef Bourdain later describes working with in New York.
    — Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of cook

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