WITH Exeter still in the grip of a heatwave, spare a thought for the man with possibly the hottest job in the city.
Brian Oliver is beavering away at temperatures of 35°C plus, 11 hours a day.
Brian, who runs Olivers bakery in Magdalen Road, doesn't even get to wear shorts and flip flops to keep even vaguely cool.
He said: "It is 35°C in here, but it's all about hygiene when you are baking, so it's no shorts but rather all bakery whites with long trousers and safety shoes. I do get to wear a white T-shirt .
"We have a four deck electric oven going all day and I am right next to it from 4am until around 3pm, baking fresh bread and pasties pies and cakes.
"It is worse in this hot weather because there isn't even a breeze as you get in the winter. I have a fridge full of ice cold squash to hand to keep my liquids up."
But the work is no sweat for Brian, who has just opened the bakery in Exeter, following on from the family shop in Crediton run by his father David and brother James.
Brian, 34, added: "The only real problem is not the heat here but the fact that the hot weather means people are eating less hot food – so I'll be making more sandwiches and fewer pasties while the heatwave goes on."
Do you know someone working in warmer conditions? Get in touch by emailing echonews@expressandecho. co.uk
