“Good things

happen to
those who
BAKE!”
WHY BAKE BREADS, PASTRIES,
CAKES, GATEUX, & TORTES?
 Baking: an area of specialization
or a basic skill?

BEFORE BAKING ONE MUST:

1.Be familiarized with the baking

equipment and tools.
2.Apply mis en place (meez ahn plaz)
3.Be focused.
4.Apply accurate measurements of
ingredients.
5.Have a positive disposition.
 HISTORY

• In the ancient Greece: Cakes and

pastries were called “OBELIAS,”
an offering to the gods.

*This was carried on with the

Romans: indicating that baking had a
deep religious and spiritual rooting.
Source: Asian Institute of Culinary Arts, Inc.
Baking: not only inspires and
satisfies the palate…
 Baking is a motivating activity
and can eliminate stress.

“It’s nice to know that something as

simple as making a cake has such a
positive effect on our emotions, whilst
adding finishing touches such as
sprinkles to your creation can give you
a sense of pride and enhance how
you’re feeling!” -John Whaite, 2012
Great British Bake Off Winner
 Baking a great physical
and mental activity!
• Very good in focusing the mind: it requires
the baker to use exact measurements and
add the ingredients in correct order.
• Having complete focus on a recipe and
not allowing yourself to be distracted by
your unnecessary thoughts can have
positive benefits to you!
• Allows you to come up with your creative
expressions!
Baking: a good
business
 Strengthen Yourself

Weaknesses What I will do to

Strengthen Myself
• WHO will buy your
product/service? How many
customers will you have? Where
do they live? If I make clothes
Can they afford to buy to sell, who will
my customers be?

your product
or service?
• HOW will you sell your product/
service? Retail
or wholesale?
Will you rent
a place?
• WHICH need of the Customer will
your product/service satisfy?
• WHY will they I wish there was a
school nearby. My
buy from you daughter needs to go
to school.

and not from

someone else?
 How do You Look for
Business Ideas?

Where do Business Ideas Come From?

• From Yourself
– Abilities/Skills
– Experience
– Interests/Hobbies
 Brainteaser

Connect all the nine dots with four

straight lines without lifting your pencil/
pen off the board/paper or retracing a
line, as this counts as two lines.
 Brainteaser

Start
1
2

Solution

4
3

Go beyond your boundaries

Get out of your personal box
Leave your Comfort zones
 AIMING TO GO TO
BUSINESS
• Ask yourself the ff. questions:
– Are You Ready to Start a Business?

• Ways to generate business ideas:

– Brainstorming
– Investigating your Environment
– Using Experiences
– Visits to the Local Business Area
 Ephesians 2:10

• “For we are God’s

workmanship, created in
Christ Jesus to do good
works, which God
prepared ahead of time
for us to do.”