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O Bagel comes to Brisbane

After a very successful year on the Gold Coast, O Bagel is setting up a new shop in Brisbane. When Nick Jang first decided that he wanted...

Industry

“Grab a mate, grab a pie”

Shaun Pyne is no ordinary Aussie larrikin. In 2021, Shaun started Pyney’s Pie Day, where $1 from the sale of every pie at participating bakeries across the...

People

Five minutes with Reece Hignell

Reece Hignell went from a regular life working in recruitment to MasterChef Australia finalist in 2018—returning to the show’s Back to Win series in 2020 where he...

Industry

Pampas workers strike for better conditions

On Monday 21 November, workers at the Pampas pastry factory in Footscray, Victoria began an indefinite strike. Roughly 50 workers joined in the strike, which comes as...

Recipe

Kaak—cookies with a sesame anise glaze

These cookies resemble old-fashioned Dutch cookies in more than name only. Syrians, too, like the Dutch, eat their kaak with coffee or tea. ...

Industry

LoDe Pies and Pastries’ $20 pie

Despite having been open for more than a year, talk has recently been buzzing about LoDe Pies and Pastries, but not for reasons you might imagine. The...

Openings

Mia Dolci Italiani to open in Sydney

Mia Dolci Italiani, the brainchild of Riccardo Falcone (former Rockpool executive pastry chef) and Orazio D’Elia (Da Orazio chef), is set to open in Sydney’s Alexandria early...

Industry

PBCo recalls products

The Protein Bread Company (PBCo) has had to recall three of its products due to the presence of an undeclared allergen: soy. PBCo, which markets itself as...

Industry

The future of trade: Where are we headed?

Trade industries across the country are crying out for apprentices, but with little funding or advertising going into this avenue of education, many school-leavers are disregarding it...