Woman transforms family pig farm into dessert workshop
Woman transforms family pig farm into dessert workshop
2025-08-01
There’s a dessert workshop in Chiayi’s Xingang Township that was set up in an old pig farm. A lover of sweets, the owner would often make low-sugar cakes for her elderly grandmother. With guidance from the Chiayi County Labor and Youth Development Department, three years ago, she returned home to set up the workshop, where she teaches local people how to make desserts.
Hung I-chen stands before a class, earnestly teaching her elderly neighbors how to make cake.
Hung I-chen
Baker
I came back to start a business because my grandma has a chronic condition, so I wanted to make some cakes for her that are low in sugar. All my cakes are less sweet. Some people said they really like them and asked me to hold community baking classes for the elderly people here. They also said I’m really friendly, like their own grandchild.
Hung used to work as an accountant, but her love of desserts led her to pursue another career as a baker. She started as an apprentice at a chain bakery, and after seven years was able to become a sous chef. Three years ago, she was picked up by the Chiayi County Labor and Youth Development Department to start a business back in her hometown of Xingang, turning her family’s abandoned pig farm into a dessert workshop.
Hung I-chen
Baker
There’s a young kid who wanted to make a cake for his parents. His dad is a pineapple farmer in Minxiong, so he made a pineapple cake for his birthday and to wish for a good harvest.
Hung’s cakes are low in sugar and customizable. The decorations are also all done by hand and feature local designs.
Hung runs the entire workshop by herself, without any assistants. Her record is 70 cakes in one day. Although she has a lot of orders to fill, she still makes time to teach her neighbors how to bake, bringing joy to her community.
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嘉義豬舍變身"甜點工作室" 年輕女子返鄉創業.教婆媽做點心
2025-08-01
嘉義縣新港鄉有一間甜點工作室，是利用閒置多年的豬舍改造而成，工作室的主人因為喜歡甜點，平常都會做減糖蛋糕給高齡的阿媽吃。3年前，在嘉義縣政府勞青處的創業輔導支持下，她返鄉創立甜點工作室，也教起社區婆婆媽媽們做甜點。
親切的指導社區長輩如何做蛋糕，洪苡宸就像是大家的孫女。
[[甜點師傅 洪苡宸]]
“一開始我會回來會創業，就是因為我阿媽有慢性病嘛，所以我想做減糖蛋糕，我店的蛋糕全部都是減糖的，剛好有人說我做減糖蛋糕，吃了很喜歡，希望我到社區去帶長輩DIY，然後加上他們說我比較親切，好像自己的孫女。”
原本從事會計的洪苡宸，因為熱愛做甜點，轉行投身連鎖糕點店，從學徒開始做起，歷經七年磨練，做到副主廚。三年前，在嘉義縣政府勞青處的創業輔導支持下，她決定返回老家新港鄉，把自家閒置多年的豬舍，改造成甜點工作室。
[[甜點師傅 洪苡宸]]
“小朋友要做蛋糕給爸爸媽媽吃，他爸爸在民雄種鳳梨，所以特地做一個鳳梨蛋糕，祝他爸爸生日快樂，也祝他鳳梨大豐收。”
洪苡宸的蛋糕，主打減糖和客製化，蛋糕上的圖案，都是她親手繪製，融入在地意象。
工作室只有自己一個人，沒有幫手，最高紀錄一天做了七十個蛋糕，儘管光訂單就做不完，洪苡宸仍然抽出時間指導長輩們，為家鄉帶來更多活力。
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