Porto's Bakery and the Pastry Business
Your Reality Checked : Episode FLYRC-207
If you're dreaming of a career as a pastry chef, consider these statistics about the business in general and Porto's Bakery in Glendale, Calif., in particular:
- Porto's serves an average of 3,000 customers a day.
- It sells nearly 5,000 pastries each week, one dozen Grand Marnier cakes per day and more than 3,500 mango mousses per month.
- Nine-inch round cakes at Porto's sell for $16-$25.
- Each month, the bakery uses more than 60 pounds of flour, 10 pounds of sugar and 120,000 eggs.
- The pastry department uses more than 1,000 cases of fresh strawberries and 1,500 pounds of chocolate per month.
- There are more than 170,000 bread and pastry chefs in the U.S.
- Pastry chefs can make $27,000-$200,000 a year — the average salary is $50,000.
- Pastry cooks, who assist pastry chefs, make $6.50-$20 an hour.
- Over the next 15 years, jobs for chefs are projected to increase by up to 35 percent.
- There are more than 1,500 culinary schools in the United States.
Resource
Porto's Bakery
Glendale, Calf.
818-956-5996
www.portosbakery.com
A family-owned and operated business for more than 35 years, Porto's offers wedding cakes, specialty cakes for all occasions and dessert slices.
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