The Better Baker Academy Blog

Your Bakery Shouldn’t Stop Running When You Walk Out the Door There is one question every bakery owner should ask themselves: If I didn’t come to work tomorrow, could my team still produce every item we sell exactly the way I would? If the answer is no, you’ve uncovered one

Training bakery employees often feels like a trade-off: either production slows down, or training gets rushed (or skipped altogether). But effective bakery training doesn’t have to derail your daily output. In fact, the right training system actually improves speed, consistency, and quality over time. Successful bakeries treat training as an

Poor Training Rarely Looks Like a Training Problem Most bakery owners don’t wake up thinking, “We have a training issue.” What they feel instead is that they are constantly answering the same questions, they end up fixing mistakes that “shouldn’t be happening anymore,” they are struggling to keep good employees,

A bakery owner recently said something I had never heard articulated before: “The quality of training my bakery staff is directly impacted by the time of year they are hired.” This statement resonated deeply with me because in my own journey as a business owner has many moments of mangled

Running a successful bakery takes more than great recipes. It requires strong customer service, business skills, and a workplace culture where staff can thrive. That’s why we created Course 201: Customer Service & Business Skills at Better Baker Academy. This training goes beyond the basics of baking to focus on

Starting a job in a bakery can be both exciting and overwhelming. From learning recipes to understanding food safety, there’s so much to take in. That’s why we created Course 101: Bakery Basics at Better Baker Academy — a structured training program designed to give new bakery employees the skills,

Hi, I’m Jen Barney—a proud bakery owner, mom, wife, and winner of three Food Network Championships. I created Better Baker Academy because our bakery industry needs something practical, fast, and effective: a resource to guide new bakers into the fast-paced world of pastry kitchens, while helping bakery owners and managers