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E33 - Sandro Farmhouse - A Great British Bake off finalist tells us what it's really like in the big tent!

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Sandro Framhouse, here’s a guy with some serious drive and motivation. Coming to England a long time ago with nothing, he grew up against many factors working against his chance to succeed but yet found a way through it all.

Sandro, has baked for a while now, but his determination comes from watching how hard it was for his mother when they first moved to England. It’s a consistent theme with Sandro. Overcoming challenges, getting to his vision. He puts a picture in his head of what he wants to achieve and then he goes after it.

He’s the first bake-off contestant we’ve had on the podcast and I’m really glad we got the chance to sit down with him. Bake-off has literally changed his life and how he has managed that change is interesting. Sandro is a breath of fresh air to speak with and we really enjoyed chatting with him. So let’s get to Sandro’s baking journey. Enjoy.

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See you next time on My Baking Journey!
-Haf & Rachel

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E21 - Georgia's Cakes - Rising to success through constant change - how do you do it?

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Georgia was one of the first people I approached about OLBAA boxes when we first launched. It’s amazing to think 3 years later she’s on our podcast!

Georgia has done so much in baking in such little time. The home cake business, moving to a commercial kitchen, supplying cakes to brands like Harrods, training, classes, moving the business to Israel, setting up a in person cake school, and building a successful YouTube channel….

It’s hard to know where to start but we certainly did enjoy this chat. She opens up quite a bit about how this all started and how she’s had to make so many changes along the way to keep the business growing and specifically growing in a direction she wanted it to.

She’s not the type to sit still and so you might be quite surprised to hear just how much Georgias’s Cakes has added a removed different things over a few short years. She’s quite private so we’re honoured to be able to talk to her and get to know more about Georgia herself. I think you’ll really enjoy this journey so let’s get on with it…

Haf

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E07 - Chell Bells Cakes - Finding what inspires YOU and making your mark in the cake world.

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Where do you go to find your inspiration? You could say looking online, you could say in books, you could say you're inspired by other people.

For our guest this week, inspiration for her is everywhere. Here we have another one person business, run by a somebody who is obsessed with managing her time efficiently, and really does try to get the absolute most out of her work on a daily basis.

She has created her own style by way of choosing what cakes she did NOT want to make. This has led to her growing her brand and cake design very quickly leading to brand ambassador partnerships, and now teaching at a cake school.

Who are we talking about? Chell of ChellBells Cakes based in South East London. Her cakes drive emotion, fun, style, and elegance. She’s not shy to share the behind the scenes her on social media and now she sits down with us to share her baking journey. So let’s get right to it with Chell. Hope you like this one.

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