Originally from Delhi, Vaishali recently graduated from Le Cordon Bleu with an Advance Diploma in Hospitality Management. She has a particular interest in patisserie and when she used to work as an auditor, she would bake to relax. What started as a hobby became a dream to own and make pastries and cakes for her own café and she decided to come to Melbourne to make that happen. We met at Nikos Café in Oakleigh on a Friday afternoon and the ambiance was at a premium. I loved it. I think people were speaking Greek to one another and people were ordering the amazing cakes and so on. Vaishali said she wants to own a café like Nikos and she would love to do that in Delhi, but hospitality is different in India. People work long hard hours for virtually nothing and it is not seen as a worthy career choice. Vaishali loves the way food and hospitality are celebrated here in Melbourne, but she would love to be home. I so appreciated Vaishali’s generosity in sharing her story and her obvious passion for patisserie and I really hope with time her future plans will become clear.