In Suzanne Collins’s The Hunger Games, Peeta Mellark’s father is known as Mr. Mellark. He is the baker in District 12 and is described as a kind man who occasionally visits the Everdeen family.
Peeta grows up above or near the family bakery, where he learns the skills that later help him survive in the arena. His father’s occupation also connects Peeta to the bread that he once gave to Katniss when she was starving after her father’s death.
The novel does not prominently provide Mr. Mellark with a personal first name, so “Mr. Mellark” is the canonical form used for him. He is distinct from Peeta, whose full name is Peeta Mellark, and from Haymitch Abernathy, the former victor who mentors Peeta and Katniss. The bakery becomes an important symbol of generosity and survival in Katniss’s memories.