Mum quits high-powered job in the oil industry to bake bread after being inspired in lockdown

Cristina Wooden used to work a high-stress job as an account supervisor for an oil firm (Image: JPI Media / SWNS.COM)

Like so many people, mum-of-one Cristina Wooden began baking bread in lockdown.

Unlike most of us, she determined to show that straightforward pleasure right into a profession.

Cristina grew up in Romania, the place her grandma baked bread in out of doors ovens, and was impressed to discover this household ardour when lockdown hit.

Overwhelmed by the calls for of her high-powered job within the oil business, the mum sought solace within the pleasures of baking.

When her dad and mom visited and the household loved a 24-hour baking session, doing every little thing by hand, that was a significant turning level: Cristina realised she not wished to surrender her life for a job that was leaving her a stressed mess, and that she as an alternative wished to decide to her pastime full-time.

So, she stop her job and started experimenting with recipes.

Cristina mentioned: ‘I used to be working silly hours, barely stopping and having fun with life.

She began baking in lockdown, and fell in love with the method (Image: JPI Media / SWNS.COM)

Quickly sufficient, the mum stop her job to decide to bread-making full-time (Image: JPI Media / SWNS.COM)

‘I used to like my job however my coronary heart wasn’t in it anymore.

‘Baking made me actually comfortable.’

Now, after months of laborious graft, Cristina has opened the Bare Sourdough Bakery & Café in Jedburgh – with queues around the door for her scrumptious creations – together with bread flavoured with brie and cranberry, black sesame with pistachio and charcoal, and caramelised onion with cheddar.

The mum’s life is now miles away from her earlier position as an account supervisor for an oil and fuel firm.

In her outdated job, she was in a position to journey overseas and was fortunate to have the ability to work at home, however her enthusiasm step by step wore out.

After months of laborious graft and experimenting with flavours, Cristina has opened her very personal bakery (Image: JPI Media / SWNS.COM)

Now, she nonetheless works lengthy hours, having to rise up at 2am to begin her bread prep. However she loves baking a lot she doesn’t thoughts a bit.

In truth, her ardour for bread is so robust, she even talks to her loaves.

She joked: ‘They don’t say something again proper now however hopefully they'll study a number of phrases.’

‘The hours are lengthy I rise up at 2am, however after I take my loaves out of the oven I’m very comfortable,’ Cristina added.

She is so comfortable along with her new way of life that she talks to her loaves (Image: JPI Media / SWNS.COM)

‘There have been moments in my life after I have to pinch myself as a result of it doesn’t really feel actual, and that was considered one of them.

‘I really feel overwhelmed and extremely grateful that that is taking place it's so surreal I can't even put it into phrases.

‘That is my little child and the sense of pleasure at what I make is one of the best feeling on the planet.

‘I’m actually obsessed with baking and what I serve within the cafe, so I hope folks will proceed to take pleasure in what I create.’