Bittersweet Baking
By Monicaa Kannan
Bittersweet Baking Jan 20, 2021
Climbing the dessert ladder to success : My Sugar Monkeys, Cindana Manickavel
Have you ever wondered if just baking can make you enough money? Have you put off your baking career because you think you don't have enough kitchen space? Have you started a baking career and stopped because you felt it overwhelming and lonely? Do you find it hard to price your products? In today's episode we're joined by Cindana Manickavel, the founder of My Sugar Monkeys. She started her baking journey with a single order of cake jars and 6 years later, she's established her cake business as one the best home bakeries. She shares her entire journey of ups and downs in a very candid chat with us. Also, stick around till the end because she shares the exact strategy on how to get and execute corporate orders. She also opens up about behind the scenes of The Great Madras Bake Sale.
Corporate employee to Baking entrepreneur : Bakeman Begins, Karthika Sravanthi
The quintessential homebaker - Harini Sankarnarayan
In this episode, we're joined by Harini Sankarnarayan. She talks to us about how her baking journey started with reading Enid Blyton books, her experience doing a degree in hotel management in the 80's. Furthermore, she shares great insights on baking with minimal supplies from a home kitchen, pricing your products even when there isn't a fixed menu and experimenting with new flavors. Also, stay tuned till the end to hear what she has to say about the baking community in Chennai - is it just fierce competition and animosity or is there a true support system.