JUNE 7, 2016 \ STARWEEKLY.COM.AU
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Thai pie guys win top gong Two Altona mates who opened a bakery two years ago have hit the culinary heights with their Thai vegetable curry vegan crusty creation being declared Australia’s best pie. It’s the first time in the history of the Baking Association of Australia’s competition that a meat-free pie has won. Adrian Apswoude and New Zealand-born Doug Meijer launched their Ka Pies operation in 2014, buying a Sunshine bakery, which left them with only $800 in the bank. Mr Apswoude said he was working in IT with Victoria Police when Mr Meijer, then a manager at Bunnings, heard about an old man selling a bakery. “Dougie went, ‘Let’s make New Zealand pies’, and I was like, ‘No way’,” Mr Apswoude said. “We made some, we tasted them – and they tasted great. I was, like, let’s give it a crack.” The Thai vegetable curry pie was originally vegetarian before the pair realised that by eliminating butter they could market it to a wider audience. Their “New Zealand-style” pies include roast lamb, pork and watercress, hangi, smoked fish and beef rendang. Goya Dmytryshchak
ADRIAN APSWOUDE AND DOUG MEIJER
Job knockbacks hit 478 By Adem Saban Western suburbs resident Caryn Hearsch has reached a new milestone … but not one she wants to celebrate. Last week, Ms Hearsch received her 478th rejection letter from a potential employer. Star Weekly first met Ms Hearsch in November last year, when she was knocked back for the 350th time. Six months on, she is desperate to work, but little has changed. “I’ve been applying for everything,” the Hoppers Crossing resident said. “Receptionist and admin jobs, education support jobs, even
supermarkets, but there’s nothing out there. I’m willing to travel as far as Deer Park, Craigieburn, and even Prahran, but nobody is interested.” The 59-year-old worked as a medical secretary-personal assistant at a Melbourne rehabilitation centre for 42 years until 2012, but has had no luck since finding another job. She said she struggles to receive any feedback other than “the job was given to a more suitable candidate”. Ms Hearsch receives $1080 a fortnight in welfare benefits, but $1000 of that goes straight onto her mortgage.
“I juggle the remaining $80 on electricity, petrol, rates – all that sort of thing.” She relies on a kind neighbour for meals in exchange for picking her kids up from school. “I’ve got no money in savings, no superannuation left, and every week I go to Geelong, where I sell my things at the market,” she said. “What will I do when I have nothing left to sell?” LeadWest’s chief executive Craig Rowley said Ms Hearsch was not alone. “We often focus on the rate of youth unemployment being high, but it’s a U-curve. “At 45, it begins to rise again,” he said. Caryn Hearsch
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