By Rebecca Fox for the Otago Daily Times…
Before hitting New Zealand shores Tomer Weisshof had never heard of, let alone made, an Easter bun. Now he is making them in the hundreds for his burgeoning artisan bakery business. Rebecca Fox finds out how the Israeli chef came to be baking in Dunedin.
Some people avoid change but not Tomer Weisshof. He seeks it out.
Whether it is a change in career or moving across the world, Weisshof is ready for the challenge.
That, in part, is how he ended up living in New Zealand, a world away from his home country Israel.
But the move was also driven by his and wife Einat’s need to provide a better future for their three children Itay (14), Roey (14) and Shira (12).
“I don’t want to get into politics, but we definitely needed a change,” Weisshof says.
However, it is not the first life-changing decision Weisshof has made. He started out studying architecture but came to the conclusion he could not sit at a desk for too long.
So after graduating, Weisshof decided to go to culinary school, studying at the Bishulim — The Israeli Institute Of Culinary Art.
Read the fully story on the Otago Daily Times here.
