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Bread of life
Bread of life

QUIET coziness, regulars sit in velvety
chairs, with old music plays over the
speakers and modern storefront display
of Bread Factory Café entices customers to
stop in to enjoy the warm smell of freshly
brewed espresso and sweet pastries.
Located along Victoria Parade, Bread
Factory Café, serves coffee, espresso, tea,
smoothies, sandwiches, as well as Philop-
pino and Italian food and many delectable
bakery treats.
Dressed in a toque blanche (traditional
hat), white double-breasted jacket, and
houndstooth-patterned, black, owner
Israel Jason greets you with a smile, as
you enter.
Jason decided to open his bread shop
and restaurant when he came to Fiji three
months ago.
Originally from Quezon City in the Phil-
ippines, Jason’s quest grew with a hope of Jason and his staff at the Bread Factory. Below: Patrons enjoy their meals in comfort. Photo: Nanise Volau
achieving his dreams as a chef.
Two weeks later he realised that start-
ing a business in Fiji was his best option. About the Bread
“People loves bread in Fiji, “ Jason said Factory Café
with a smile.
“Every time you eat bread, be it a bun,
a long loaf, or part of a sandwich, I need - From pastries to home-made drinks
to make sure my pastries are nutritional.” and pasta dishes, the Bread Factory
“I came to Fiji with a wide range of has it all.
ideas, to work in a hotel or start my - It opens from 6.30am to 6pm from
business. Monday to Saturdays.
“I am indebted to the Philippino com- - Employs 10 well-trained staff mem-
munity here for their help and sense of bers
directions.”
Jason was only 11 years old when his - Also serves Italian and Philippino
dream for baking was born. He realised Jason is 36, married with a child. foods.
from his early school days that he had Being the second eldest of six siblings know what miracle is.”
very little interest in school and would he opted for a different field. Kitchen With the help of assistant chef, Mesake,
much prefer hanging around bakeries. He was his home and his mother was his Bread Factory Café bakes every morning.
would often be seen following his mother professor.
around in the kitchen baking bread and “I am excited with this new invest- “We do not sell leftovers,” he said.
“We prepare from 5am and by 6am our
cakes ment,” he said bread are on the shelves ready to be sold.”
At 17, he was enrolled at the Centre for “The people here are friendly and I “All our bread and pastries are fresh.”
Culinary Arts in Manila. Two years later, needed to provide an environment where His investment of more than $40,000
he landed his first job as a head chef at a they can enjoy their bread, coffee and
prominent hotel in Manila. perhaps a place where they can meet for is now becoming increasingly popular in
the heart of Suva.
With 10 years experience, he decided business or just leisure,” he added. Jason is now working on opening an-
to expand his horizon and explore the Jason is a living proof of the saying other outlet in a Suva suburb.
South Pacific. “When we do the best we can, we never

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