Guy Sebastian might have all of the musical strikes however his second cousin Benjamin Owen was lucky sufficient to get the genes of a gun brownie baker, serving to him to tackle Perth’s dessert scene.
The 35-year-old is the mega-mind behind the connoisseur brownie business Fatboi Brownies, which has risen from the standard beginnings of attempting to not burn the fudgy delight to, in response to Owen, turning over $1 million.
Starting the fervour mission in 2017, Owen started baking brownies as a method of discovering solace from his job as an occupational therapist till he lastly realised that profession path was not for him.
Much to his Singaporean dad and mom’ horror after spending their financial savings on his college diploma, he stop his job and determined to pursue his dream brownie business.
“You can imagine my mum’s fury when I quit my job to sell brownies, she said I was crazy,” he mentioned.
“When she calls and checks in she still asks how the cake business is going and, oh my god, it’s a brownie business . . . you can tell how approving she is of it.”
As the demand for his mouthwatering brownies grew, so did the business.
From a house kitchen, Owen moved to a industrial kitchen, arrange market stalls, conquered Fremantle, and at last established a hole-in-the-wall retailer in Leederville.
But when COVID-19 occurred he was pressured to close the opening within the wall, main him to arrange a web based retailer which boomed in gross sales throughout lockdown.
The demand for his $6 delights has led him to develop additional, and now Fatboi Brownies resides in a everlasting dwelling at Westfield Carousel with plans to open one other kiosk within the northern suburbs.
Perth’s potato king Tony Galati has acquired round Owen’s brownies, and the baker has additionally gifted some to Boost Juice founder Janine Allis.
Owen occurs to be associated to Australian Idol singing royalty Guy Sebastian with the pair’s grandfathers being brothers.
“I’m not overly close to him because I’m a bit younger but my sister is close to his family,” Owen mentioned.
“It’s a big family, my branch of Sebastians are from Singapore and his branch are from Malaysia. We would see each other at big family weddings.”
With his celeb secret out of the bag, it’s time for Owen to spill his secret to creating the proper brownie.
“My biggest problem was working out how to not burn the sides and when was the right moment to take it out,” he mentioned.
“My secret to the perfect fudgy brownie is you take it out when it’s baked but still soft and fluid and then put it in the fridge overnight.”
Owen has set his sights on nationwide distribution, aiming to make Fatboi Brownies a family title all through Australia.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
