Chris' story

"Stay curious, because there are so many weird things you can learn."

My life motto would be ‘stay curious’ because there are so many weird things you can learn. What I found at Essex is that there are a lot of opportunities outside of your degree. You can meet people you share interests with and try new things you haven’t done before. At uni this helped me set up a video production company and now I've graduated it’s also how I got into baking bread. I’m a completely self-taught baker and now have set up Playerbakes to sell my bread online and at markets on weekends. If I hadn’t have stayed curious I’d have really missed out, because baking is the most rewarding thing I’ve ever done. I hope to one day work for myself and make baking a full-time job. I’m inspired by those who I meet at the markets who have recently quit their full time employment to pursue their passion and go it alone; I find that very inspirational.