Bake India Bake

Ever since i moved to London three years back, i have developed a hobby which is dangerously lurking on the threshold of becoming a profession. I am an HR professional by day and an avid cook and patissier by night. My objective is to become a professional patissier and chocolatier in due course and start my own little venture when i go back to India.

So now is the time to acquire the skills, knowledge and the experience. A recently published book, my loving and supportive husband tells me, says one needs to invest nearly 10,000 hours in their profession to achieve excellance in their field. It makes me think of Michael Jackson, The Beatles, Michaelangelo, Lata Mangeshkar, R D Burman, Amitabh Bachchan, Amartya Sen, Michel Roux.. well they have all put in their 10,000 hours and more, haven't they?

So that's what i am going to do as well. Feels like a long haul when i think about it, but honestly i am not counting when i am baking. I am so busy whisking, piping, smelling and most importantly tasting.. that i don't know where those long hours fly away.

Onzi (my husband) comes home and asks me what's for dinner and i say, "Cake?!".