Head Baker

type: role
role-keeper: Mara Holt
for-domain: Bakehouse
version: 1.0
decision_date: 2026-05-20
review_date: 2026-11-20
created_at: 2026-05-24

Purpose

Driver

The Bakehouse needs one person accountable for what gets baked and to what standard, so quality and the morning schedule don’t drift.

Requirement

A single role that owns the recipe range, the daily bake plan, and the food-safety standard.

Description

The Head Baker curates the standing range, decides recipes and the daily bake plan, sets the bake schedule, and holds the quality bar for everything that leaves the Bakehouse.

Concerns

Quality consistency, food-safety compliance, and protecting the morning dispatch window.

Accountabilities

Own the recipe range and the daily bake plan.
Sign off quality before dispatch.
Train and supervise the bake team.

Decision Rights

Decides recipes and the daily bake sequence (autonomous).
Curates the standing range and proposes changes to it — a range change is a Bakery Strategy bet under the Daily Range Cap; Mara Holt holds the final call. (Today both hats sit on Mara — the split still matters: it survives a hand-over of the role.)
Consulted on hiring for the Bakehouse; the owner decides.

Evaluation

Metrics and Monitoring

Quality complaints per week; dispatch on-time rate; unsold-waste ratio.

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Head Baker.md

---
type: role
role-keeper: "[[Mara Holt]]"
for-domain: "[[Bakehouse]]"
version: "1.0"
decision_date: 2026-05-20
review_date: 2026-11-20
created_at: 2026-05-24
---

## Purpose

### Driver

The [[Bakehouse]] needs one person accountable for what gets baked and to what standard,
so quality and the morning schedule don't drift.

### Requirement

A single role that owns the recipe range, the daily bake plan, and the food-safety
standard.

## Description

The Head Baker curates the standing range, decides recipes and the daily bake plan, sets
the bake schedule, and holds the quality bar for everything that leaves the [[Bakehouse]].

## Concerns

Quality consistency, food-safety compliance, and protecting the morning dispatch window.

## Accountabilities

- Own the recipe range and the daily bake plan.
- Sign off quality before dispatch.
- Train and supervise the bake team.

## Decision Rights

- Decides recipes and the daily bake sequence (autonomous).
- Curates the standing range and proposes changes to it — a range change is a
  [[Bakery Strategy]] bet under the [[Daily Range Cap]]; [[Mara Holt]] holds the final
  call. (Today both hats sit on Mara — the split still matters: it survives a hand-over
  of the role.)
- Consulted on hiring for the [[Bakehouse]]; the owner decides.

## Evaluation

### Metrics and Monitoring

- Quality complaints per week; dispatch on-time rate; unsold-waste ratio.