Baker steps up

MEREWETHER grommet Jackson Baker has never shied away from matching it with the bigger boys.

Clean-tech investment outshines benchmark

CLEAN technology stocks are comfortably outperforming Australia's benchmark equity index despite Canberra not yet having imposed a carbon price, an analysis has found.

Mare's Coup As The Favourite Stumbles

WHITEHOUSEWHISPERS would get all the ticks if you looked at the results of the Bakers Delight Cup (1200m) from Kembla Grange on Saturday - a class record, and a clear margin but the story should have been different.

Tree Register Bears Fruit

Bakers and bottlers wanting to use locally grown fruits have picked a good time, writes Carli Ratcliff.

Baking Up Worldwide Success

WITH more than 700 bakeries worldwide, Bakers Delight lays claim to the title "World's Most Successful Bakery Franchise".

Sweet Taste Of Victory For Bakers

HUNTER TAFE baking apprentices have scooped the pool at this year's Newcastle Bread Competition awards.

Extra Dough Delights Figtree

The budding sports stars of Figtree Public School are celebrating this week after the school was awarded a $5000 grant from Bakers Delight as part of its Australia-wide Top Sports School Grants program.

Duo Get Their Just Desserts

IT was the sweet smell of success that filled the air yesterday for apprentice bakers Andrew Davidson and Josh Mantellato.

Bread Set To Rise

THE price of bread seems certain to rise, with the cost of bakers' ingredients up by 30 cents a loaf.

Judge Has Hot Tips For Bakers' Battle

IF you think woodchopping is one of the toughest battles at the Royal Easter Show, you haven't seen the cookery.

The Serve - This Week: Sweet Treats

Knead Bakers

Mirren And The Usual Suspects Are Prime Examples Of Their Art

INDEPENDENT AMERICA 8.30pm, SBS: Remember driveway service? Broken biscuits at the corner shop, milkmen and bakers who home delivered? Local hardware stores and churches? The dubious democracy that attends the big-is-better mantra has changed many things, but some links with past generations linger to sustain the small-is-better philosophy. Despite national preoccupation with sentimentality in the US, honeywarm nostalgia is harder to find since mass consumption fell under the control of corporate ...

Bakers Advised To Move

THIRTY Illawarra bakers face the prospect of competing with each other for a handful of Sydney-based jobs.

Bakers Rise To The Occasion To Make Top Crust

LOAVES of all shapes and sizes, including a Nemo likeness, filled Hamilton TAFE yesterday for the Newcastle Baking Show.

Cobs And Co In The Dough As Canada Proves A Delight

WHEN the franchise giant Bakers Delight wanted to expand into Canada, it had a problem: the name of the company was already under trademark there.

Farmers Markets Growing

ON the second Saturday of every month, bakers and craft-makers gather in Rotary Park, Kurri Kurri, for the Farmers Markets.

Bakers Delighted

THE owners of Bakers Delight Umina Beach, Rosemarie and Joseph Mondal, are delighted with their progress over the two years they have owned the business.

Stack Attack

BAKERS are born, not made. You either have it, or you fake it. I've always faked it. The thought of being exact and precise only drives me to eat more bread. Whether in Melbourne or overseas, I have a nose for artisan bakeries, where you'll find me lingering for hours eating, drinking and writing. I'm sure I'm not the only one.

Best Efforts Almost Take The Cake

APPRENTICE pastry chefs from throughout NSW put their best rye loaves and chocolate eclairs forward in a battle of the bakers at Hamilton TAFE yesterday.

The Best Of Bread

AROUND 40 bakers and apprentices competed in the 2004 Bakers Delight Ron Gillespie Awards last Thursday at the Hamilton TAFE campus.