Calling all bakers and industry suppliers

Come with us to Melbourne for a week of the best baking, food, wine, industry experts and inspiration

Join BIANZ for “The Great Escape Tour”  Melbourne 13 – 19 September 2013

Escape to Melbourne, meet others in your industry, find out what those at the top of their game in Australia are doing, how they’re doing it and what makes them so successful.

Download the The Great Escape Tour Registration Form here:

Bakery_Registration_form.pdf

Perhaps you would consider employing a Limited Services Volunteer graduate. LSV is a six week residential motivational programme run by the New Zealand Defence Force blending physical challenges, life skills and getting ready for work.

The New Zealand Junior Pastry Team recently achieved fourth place at the Junior World Pastry Championship in Italy. The team was coached by Marcus Braun, with technical support from Arno Sturny and assistance from business manager Renny Aprea. You can watch them in action  here:

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George Weston Foods (GWF) recently launched a long-term programme called Nourish Our Kids, in partnership with the KidsCan Charitable Trust, which aims to address child hunger in New Zealand – beginning with a donation of 100,000 loaves of Tip Top® Bakery bread to schools each year.

The launch phase of the Nourish Our Kids Programme involves supplying Tip Top® bread to hungry children in deciles one to four primary and intermediate schools throughout New Zealand.

Robert Reihana from Quality Bakers in Nelson has won the 2013 "Young Bread Baker of the Year".

The judges said Robert won because of his ability to excel in three key areas: practical baking, theoretical knowledge of baking technology, and presentation of research into consumer attitudes to packaged bread and their changing purchasing habits.

Robert Reihana in action in the bakery

Christchurch bakery Kidds Cakes and Bakery is the winner of BIANZ's Great New Zealand Hot Cross Bun Competition. Their buns were unanimously chosen by the judges as the clear winner in the competition, which had 68 entries overall from around the country.

Kidds Cakes’ focus on flavour was rewarded, with the judges saying the use of lemon juice to marinate the fruits worked well for both the flavour and the texture of the buns.  Chief Judge Mike Meaclem of the Baking Industry Association of New Zealand said the buns had a lovely light texture, and a nice bold look to them with a perfect white cross.

The description of the buns, submitted with the entry, read: “Old fashioned hot cross buns hand crafted using a double fermentation process, with lemon juice marinated exotic fruits, a delicate blend of fresh spices, and a hint of citrus zest, finished with a sweet citrus glaze.” Their buns included sultanas, currants and cranberries.

   The Winning Buns

 The Department of Labour has recently launched a new web resource called Infozone: Business Essentials. This is a resource that provides simple straight forward employment relations and health & safety information for business owners and self employed people.  It tells you what you need to know, what steps to put in place and then provides downloadable templates, documents and spreadsheets to apply to your business.

 Click here to view the website: Infozone: Business Essentials www.dol.govt.nz/infozone/businessessentials/

Goodman fielder, George Weston Foods, Yarrows and Couplands have all responded to the call for the voluntary fortification of bread by introducing specific lines that include folic acid. An updated list of these breads has been made available by the manufacturers.

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