Industry Links

Here we've complied a list of interesting and resourceful links to global industry websites...

American Society of Baking
A portal to information on many aspects of baking in the US and worldwide

Bakeriesworld Links to all the baking-related sites you can imagine, sorted by country. "A world of baking at your fingertips." The New Zealand page alone is well worth a a look.

Bakinfo is the website of the New Zealand Baking Industry Research Trust (BIRT). It offers fast access to baking information, opportunities and research plus profiles of some New Zealand bakers and news of innovations. An excellent resource.

Bakels Worldwide Home page for the multinational baking products company with a link to its large NZ operation.

Baking Industry Association of Queensland The title tells you.

Baking Industry Association of Victoria As above. A useful site.

Bakingbusiness.com
A US-based online community for professionals in wholesale and retail baking. It offers daily news, extensive article archives, and technology and product information, The site includes the editorial and data resources of Milling & Baking News, Baking & Snack and Baking Buyer magazines.

Bakery Production Clubs Regional bakery associations in the US

Bakery-net The professional baker's on-line magazine. A very good resource.

Barkers Fruit Processors A NZ supplier of fruit fillings and related products.

The Beechworth Bakery, Victoria, Australia Home of the remarkable Tom O'Toole

BEMA is an international, non-profit trade association representing bakery suppliers and food equipment manufacturers. A rich resource of links and contacts.

The British Society of Bakers promotes the exchange of knowledge and experience between members of the baking and related industries.

The Canadian Bakers Journal offers some excellent articles from time to time from a bakery scene with many similarities to New Zealand's.

Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology CPIT is home to the New Zealand Baking Training Centre , the only one in New Zealand, offering a wide range of industry-led courses, both full time and part time. The theory of baking is also offered on-line to apprentices and any other people interested in developing an underlying knowledge of baking.

Competenz - Baking Training in NZ The New Zealand Engineering Food & Manufacturing Industry Training Organisation.

Department of Labour

Ferguson Plarre Bakehouses Award winning birthday cakes online, pies, pasties and much more in Melbourne, Australia.

Food Safety Programmes
How to protect your customers and your business. This NZFSA site offers an easy-to-follow guide to food safety issues and several straightforward leaflets and brochures you can download.

Food Standards Australia New Zealand (was ANZFA)
This body's role is to protect the health and safety of the people of Australia and New Zealand by maintaining a safe food supply.

Fruitpackers (HB) Co-operative Ltd
A Hawkes Bay company selling fresh apples into local and export markets and soft-pack fresh diced pie mix and sieved apple pulp to the food industry.

Global Baker - Dean Brettschneider is a global-based professional baker and patissier with an international following.

Golden Bridge Marketing
A leading New Zealand supplier of cake decorations and food enhancers. Informative background on the company, its history, and of course its product range.

Leading Edge Journal The largest distributed baking industry publication throughout Australia & New Zealand and also Pacific region countries.

McPhail Gibson & Zwart Ltd The Bakers' Information & Advisory Service for advice on employment law and related matters.
Telephone 03 365 2345 (free helpline for BIANZ members)

Manukau Institute of Technology School of Baking and Patisserie

Marsanta Foods A New Zealand natural food ingredients supplier.

Milly Systems Milly Systems offer software designed for food handling operations including bakeries. The system includes: costings, labelling (including nutritional labelling from recipe input), production scheduling, accounting,
Specialised debtors incorporating standing orders, Sales training and Support. It promises to do 90% of the administrative work in a bakery.

Moffat New Zealand
The Moffat group designs, develops, manufactures and markets a comphrensive range of commercial food service & catering equipment and products including Warewashing (Dishwashers and Glasswashers), Cooking, Bakery, Refrigeration equipment as well as Meal Distribution and Food Shelving & Storage systems to New Zealand and throughout the world via a global network.

NZ Bakels Baking ingredients and expert advice.

NZ Cyberguide to Flour Milling and Baking A resource for students, teachers and anybody interested in wheat, flour, bread and baking worldwide. This is the Internet version of a CD-ROM that can be ordered through the site. A great resource for bakers and people considering a career in baking.

Pastry Chef Central - Baking and Pastry Education Center A professional information forum, including "Master Baking & Pastry Training".

Pipers - Almost anything you could want to know about food and things in New Zealand
An amazing resource!

Progressive Baker A great website for baking skills, new recipes and techniques, and sales boosting ideas for craft retail bakers. Highly recommended.

Retailer's Bakery Association Home Page An excellent site from this large and long-established American association. Includes many more links.

The New Zealand Cyberguide to Milling & Baking (NZ Crop & Food Research)
Food science in New Zealand

The New Zealand Employers Federation deals with a wide range of current employment issues

Small Business Retail Information is mainly American and home-business orientated, but gives some good ideas for all types of retailers.

Weston Milling is a leading New Zealand cereal processor with flourmills in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch and a pleasantly quick-loading site that includes some recipes.