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While working full-time as a graphic designer she carried on baking biscuits for weekend markets. Over the years the idea of a bakery specialising in gingerbread houses and ginger biscuits simmered in the back of her mind.
Then three years ago, after nine years in the graphic design field, Gisela (now 36) decided it was time to make her dream a reality.
Demand for her gingerbread products – made using her German grandmother’s recipes – had grown and she figured it was “time to stop making excuses and actively start doing”.
She didn’t quit her job right away but spent time in the evenings and on weekends creating a brand identity for her products, all the while baking on the side.
She eventually quit her graphic design job in August last year and today she has a shop in Stellenbosch in the Western Cape called Harck & Heart. She also sells her cookies in supermarkets and delis in the rest of the province and in Gauteng.
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