My name is Julia Varela and I graduated from the culinary program at Southwest Tech.
So I used to work at sweet and knotty bakery and when it closed down I just
took over kind of did it on my own at home and now it's called Piece of Cake bakery. At the bakery
we have certain recipes we do and coming to school for the baking
It's like oh now I know how to make it Claire's perfect. I know how to make
different bread. She was running a bakery
and coming to school and
taking care of her children
So that's three jobs in one, you know
that says a lot about a student
Not every student takes a program as serious as she did
and then to be able to leave here and go work a nine-hour shift at a bakery
or she would be coming to school after half of her shift
was done at the bakery. Meaning she was at work at probably three o'clock in the morning
I have two kids of my own and a nephew that I'm watching for six months. I
have to keep him away from the kitchen
So it's either if my husband's home
he takes them and I bake or I have to wait till they're asleep and then I work and bake
Some time. It's like 9:00 to 1:00 in the morning. Sometimes there's 12 to 7:00 in the morning
So it just it varies. As far as you know, the day-to-day production
She stayed busy she was
always on task soon as she finished projects jumping into the next
we're trying to figure out what needed to be done. If you'll
take a bite or something and you love it
like you see someone biting you like they're like, oh my gosh is so good or a
Wedding and they're like, oh the cake was beautiful or it taste is so good. Everyone was talking about it
that just makes me feel like okay, I did my job.
Honestly, one of the the best most perfect students we could ever ask for. I loved it. I love the rush
if that make sense even even with our big baking it more calmer, but when there is a rush, I love it
