Baking is not chemical engineering. Chemical engineering doesn't even have much to do with chemistry. It's mostly about temperatures and flow rates, pressure, etc.

Saying "the baseline of programming knowledge could be more than zero" is meaningless. The baseline of chemical engineering knowledge could also be more than zero. It's also a fundamental part of our society. But, the average person doesn't need to know how to program, just like the average person doesn't need to know how to design a refinery.

People do learn some basic computer skills. They should learn more. They should know about files. They should know how to back up their data. And, more importantly, they should learn how to restore data from a backup after something goes wrong. They should know how to properly update their devices, how to tell if their devices are infected, and the basics of managing a home network. They sometimes learn how to do basic functions in excel spreadsheets. That's about as far as they do, or should need to go in programming / IT. Beyond that, why should the average person need to know how to do recursion, or how loops work?