A good guess would be that bakers in Medieval times were baking. I don't think the profession has changed much over time...maybe the ovens have gotten fancier.
bakers were very important because...
What a baker did in medieval times was bake food and make bread to sell. They baked whole wheat, brown bread for the poorer people and wastel which was the finest bread that was sifted 2-3 times...
Yes, they had guilds. Many times families were bakers as the family profession. This also happened with tanners, smiths, and other jobs. Some of the surnames we have today come from this time when...