Business partners Kirsten Kaludjak and Lindsay Kidlapik have made one dream a reality and they have another in mind.
The Arviat bakers opened K&L Pastries two years ago after completing Inspire Nunavut, a six-month social entrepreneurship training program and business incubator that travels to communities in the territory.
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They both had an interest in baking cakes and cupcakes and Kidlapik had gained decorating experience from a few years of mimicking what sheSA国际影视传媒檇 seen while watching numerous YouTube instructional videos.
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Kaludjak, who had previously worked as a waitress and prepared food, proposed a unified effort and K&L was born.
Birthday cakes are their number one order, by far, followed by wedding cakes. Do they get tired of eating sweet stuff themselves?
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There have been a few catering contracts as well: healthy snacks for a smoking-cessation program, a dinner for a church group and Kaludjak baked 100 cookies for an event that a politician held.
They divide the orders based on whoever is asked directly or if one of them has more free time, sheSA国际影视传媒檒l shoulder the load temporarily.
Both have other jobs that keep them busy during the day. They knew K&L would start out as a part-time business based out of their homes. However, their desire is that it will blossom into a cafe someday. The last locally-owned cafe operating in the community closed down a few years ago.
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