Neeraj Bagga Tribune News Service Amritsar November 17 Having spent nearly two decades as a chef Amit Mehta (37) ventured into opening his own bakery during the lockdown. He was earning about Rs 20000 per month when the lockdown was imposed. “Like everyone else even I waited for the situation to turn normal. During this time neighbours contacted him for cakes which he delivered efficiently without going out of home.” Evaluating the response he decided to give it a shot full time. He took the help of his grandfather in utilising his shop for extending the bakery business. He had learnt the basics of bakery from a Chandigarh-based bakery shop in Sector 13 (Mani Majra). “I learnt to bake over 50 varieties of cakes.” After returning to his native city he worked at a leading bakery shop of the city for nearly a decade. Amit a father of two kids said after the lockdown sales were not quite encouraging. Before the festive season there was an encouraging upswing. He hoped that the trend would continue. Sharing his experience of having served different strata of people he said choices vary depending upon age and paying capacity. He said grown-ups prefer butter scotch pineapple and fruit cakes. Others prefer German truffle and black current. On the scope of bakery as a profession he stated that it was immense. One can bake round the clock but still cannot complete all items. At present he is preparing only 25 varieties of biscuits which include butter biscuit almond custard dry fruit egg based and without eggs. He also added patties to the menu offering veg cheese mushroom and also non-vegetarian.

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