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Merger Heats Up Bakery Ingredients Industry

George Weston Foods (GWF) has merged its Weston Milling business with AB Mauri’s Australia & New Zealand operations. The new entity launched as MAURI anz, a division...

Industry

It’s Official: Melbourne Pastry Chefs Break Guinness Record For World’s Largest Chocolate Bouquet

Savour Chocolate & Pâtisserie School has achieved a world record for the largest chocolate flower bouquet, creating a 9m-long showpiece weighing 308.133kg. The school’s director Kirsten Tibballs,...

Industry

Tasmanian Bakery Owners Forced To Back-pay Almost $80k

A prominent Hobart bakery-restaurant and its directors have back-paid 94 of its employees a combined amount of $77,921. Between December 2011 and May 2013, food and beverage...

Openings

Messina Opens Mix N’ Match Dessert Bar

The team behind popular Sydney-based gelato brand, Gelato Messina, has opened a do-it-yourself dessert bar in Darlinghurst. The Messina Dessert Bar is essentially a soft serve sundae...

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Fremantle Bakery Celebrated For Its Historic Building

In more architecture and design news, Bread in Common bakery in Fremantle, Western Australia, has been shortlisted in National Architecture Awards Architect Dimmity Walker said the building...

Industry

Baking Industry Has A Taste For Fine Design

A Canberra bakery and a Melbourne pâtisserie are among food and beverage businesses around the country being recognised for design innovation and excellence. The annual Eat Drink...

Places

Cooking With Booze: A Spirited Christmas

As the season gets more festive, bakers around the country begin to delve into the booze cupboard… and some of it goes into the food. Christmas baking...

Spotlight On

Butter: The Churning Question

Butter: a vital part of almost all baking recipes. But with so many different types on the market, which will best serve a baker’s needs? Ghee Also...

Spotlight On

Sweet Street: Sydney’s Dessert Playground

Grabbing a bite to eat at a street market isn’t that extraordinary – unless your hotdog is actually an éclair and your burger is filled with ice...

Recipe

Gingerbread Christmas Cookies

Gingerbread is a staple in any suburban bakery and, come Christmas, adding a festive spin to the gingerbread ‘boy’ and ‘girl’ repertoire can be a welcome break...