By Laura Michell
Four Hume students are making a name for themselves in the baking world.
Campbellfield’s Nalie Bib, Craigieburn’s Raeda Sera and Broadmeadows’ Said Somo and Shamsa Almas clinched a number of awards at the Baking Association of Australia’s Geelong Baking Show.
The students, who study certificate III in retail baking at Kangan Institute’s Broadmeadows campus, demonstrated their bread, cake and pastry-making prowess at the show.
Ms Dib won three awards, including first place in the gateau and custard tart categories.
Ms Sera won two awards, finishing first in the assorted Danish pastries category.
Mr Somo also won two awards, including second place in the assorted Danish
pastries competition, and Ms Almas won
third place in the 680-gram wholemeal loaf upright category.
Ms Dib, who began studying baking after a stint as a hairdresser, said her success validated her hard work.
“The good feedback from the judges gave me a confidence boost,” she said.
