Chef Louis Hsieh, a Taiwan Youth Ambassador, right, demonstrates to a local baker how to fold a bagel during the bakery workshop at Glace Bakery on Wednesday, September 6.
THE Ministry of Commerce and St. Lucia Bakers Association recently partnered with four Taiwanese culinary champions to launch two bakery workshops: at Mannee’s Bakery at Corinth on Monday, September 4, and at Glace Bakery at Marisule on Wednesday, September 6.
Hosted for three hours on each day, the bakery workshop aimed to help local bakers improve their bakery skills, bread-making skills and create healthier and new items.
During the bakery workshops, the four Taiwanese culinary champions, who were among 40 Taiwan Youth Ambassadors on a one-week visit to Saint Lucia, demonstrated to members of the Bakers Association how to prepare three dishes: Pastry: Chicken and Mushroom Patty (with chicken in white wine), Bagel: Mango Cheese Bagel with Earl Grey tea flavor, and Dessert: Black tea and Cranberry Scone.
In attendance at the Wednesday baking workshop at Glace Bakery were His Excellency Peter Chia-Yen Chen, Taiwan’s Ambassador to Saint Lucia; Mrs. Chen; Hon. Emma Hippolyte, Minister for Commerce, Manufacturing, Business Development, Cooperatives and Consumer Affairs; Ms. Sophia Alfay-Henry, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Commerce; Mr. Anthony Bousquet, President of the Bakers Association; Mr. Cyril Saltibus, Secretary of the Bakers Association; Ms. Constance Wang, Director General of Department of NGO International Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of China (Taiwan); Ms. Elsie Tsai, Third Secretary, Taiwan Embassy; local bakers; and four Taiwanese culinary champions.
“Consumers all over the world always want to taste something new and different, and I believe that the exchange that we have will result in new products from our Youth Ambassadors and new products from our bakers here.”
Mrs. Chen; Mr. Anthony Bousquet, President of the Bakers Association; Mr. Cyril Saltibus, Secretary of the Bakers Association; Mrs. Sylvia Cadasse, owner of Mannee’s Bakery; Taiwan Youth Ambassadors; and local bakers at the bakery workshop at Mannee’s Bakery on Monday, September 4.
Hon. Hippolyte said the opportunities exist locally for bakeries to increase their product portfolio to cater to various events. She said her Ministry remains committed to ensuring that local entrepreneurship continues to flourish.
