They all started out on different paths – from sales offices to science labs – but each of these professional bakers found purpose and joy in baking. Here, they tell Jill Foster why it has become a passion that continues to nourish their souls

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Watching her favourite childhood film gave animal lover Olivia Mikhail an unusual, life-changing idea…

My boy got through cancer with his purple-suited hero