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Coles Banned For Three Years From Advertising ‘freshly Baked’ Bread

Supermarket chain Coles has been banned for three years from claiming its bread is made or baked on the day it is sold. Coles was also ordered...

Openings

Korea’s Paris Baguette Chain Expands To… Paris

A South Korean chain has opened a bakery called Paris Baguette in the heart of the French capital. The food chain now said its global aim is...

Industry

Web Ordering System To Ease Hungry App-etites

Sydney CBD workers are among the first in the country to download an innovative food app that allows them to pre-order and pay for their food purchases,...

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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,...

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...

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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...

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...

Events

Hands-On Expo For Brisbane Cake Decorators

Following its success in Melbourne, Cake Expo came to Brisbane in September, drawing more than 6000 sugared-up guests through the doors across two days. Aiming to offer...