An RTHK presenter discovered a passion for baking during the pandemic, now she’s making bread for Hong Kong’s homeless
Mental Ideas podcaster Sadie Kaye turned a new-found passion for baking into a scheme supplying bread and muffins for Hong Kong homeless charity Breadline
People have been embracing new activities during social distancing. Some have learned a language, others a musical instrument. For radio presenter and writer Sadie Kaye, baking is her new passion.
“With summer pretty much cancelled, I spent the past few months in my kitchen,” says the presenter of Mental Ideas, a podcast on RTHK Radio 3 that has recently been shortlisted by the Association for International Broadcasting for best factual podcast. “I’m no domestic goddess – my first loaf came out of the oven on fire.”
Determined to do something, Kaye initiated a community baking project, Home Kong Kitchen, to help Breadline, a food-waste charity that supports the homeless and other vulnerable groups living in shelters.