Hunadi founded ‘Gift a Loved 1’ earlier this year and she sells creatively designed chocolate treats as a means of making money outside of her day jobs, as an administrator at a local primary school.
Her business savvy nature stemmed from only having R20 pocket money for a week during her hostel days in primary school. “I remember thinking I have to make more money and so I saved to buy a cake from a local store and sold it to those who did not go home for the weekend,” she said.
Hunadi’s interest in baking developed when she got to high school and chose hospitality studies.
“It was love at first lesson, so I think my baking business is long overdue. When I started making the chocolate treats it was because I really loved confectionery, however, I didn’t have an oven at the house and most of my friends at work had already went into baking so, I wanted to set myself apart,” she added.
Hunadi’s love for the culinary field doesn’t stop at baking and making chocolate treats, as she also loves to cook and never misses an opportunity to do so. She plans to gain a more technical understanding of baking so that she can take her business to greater heights. Her main challenge is the management of money as she says balancing her books has proven to be difficult.
“I am learning and I ask for help at every turn,” she said.
The support that she receives from family, friends and colleagues has also been encouraging and she is grateful for that. She encourages people with business ideas to start working on them and everything else will follow. She firmly believes that there’s no idea that God puts into a person’s heart that is beyond their capabilities.
