Baked In Science

At BAKERpedia, we hear a lot of questions from bakers. And most of the time, we find that a lot of other people are wondering the same thing. That’s why we spend time each week answering questions on social media and our BAKERforum (https://bakerpedia.com/forums/) A few questions keep coming up. So in this episode, Dr. Lin Carson brings on Richard Charpentier to answer 9 of them. Since a very young age growing up in France, Richard has had a heart for baking. From an unpaid apprenticeship at 16 in a very tiny bakery to a commercial bakery, he learned the art of bread and croissant baking. After completing a Master Baker Program along with a marketing degree he moved to the Bahamas and fell in love with the science of baking. So, he went to study R&D at Kansas State University. From there, he worked in flour mills, created baked good MRs with a 3 year shelf life for the military, and worked on Twinkies at Hostess. Now, his company Baking Innovation helps smaller bakeries with R&D consulting so they can ge