Skip to content
Bakers: Earning a crust episode artwork

Nov 14, 2019 26 min

Bakers: Earning a crust

from The Food Chain Hosted by BBC World Service

Running a bakery is hard work - you’re up all night mixing, kneading, proving and baking, and then when the sun rises you need to actually sell your bread and run the business. It’s physically demanding too - repetitive strain injuries to hands are not uncommon. So who’d be willing to put themselves through it? Emily Thomas meets three artisan bakers from different continents to find out what drives them, and why they think most of us have been eating bread all wrong: Islam Sabry, who runs Cairo's Baker, in Egypt; Lee Utsumi, of Lee's Bread, just outside Tokyo, Japan; and Seth Gabrielse, co-owner of Automne Boulangerie in Montreal, Canada. Plus, what happens to your waistline when you're surrounded by freshly baked bread and pastries all day? (Picture: Islam Sabry, Seth Gabrielse and Lee Utsumi. Credit: Cairo's Baker, Automne Boulangerie, Lee's Bread, and BBC).

Episode details come from the podcast's RSS feed.

Embed this episode

Ready to play

Bakers: Earning a crust

0:00 26:28

No transcript yet.

Requests help us decide what to transcribe next.

Frequently asked questions

How long is this episode of The Food Chain?

This episode is 26 minutes long.

When was this The Food Chain episode published?

This episode was published on November 14, 2019.

Can I download this The Food Chain episode?

Yes. Use the download control on the episode player to save the publisher-provided media file.