KPMG Baking Class

Two months after the KPMG lunch sharing workshop, we were more than glad to partner with this prestigious accounting firm again, on another CSR event where there was a day-long intimate contact with the mysterious yet professional French bakery world.

It is one of SYB’s initiatives to have the idea of delivering the knowledge of bakery and promoting the charity program through public baking classes to corporate employees or interested individuals. This serves as a unique team building and fun event for those who would like to learn and get a hands-on experience. On the 15th of December, we welcomed around 20 participants from KPMG, most of whom are partners or senior managers, becoming a “freshman” in this baking class. Xiao Jin Jin and Wang Li, two of our baking teachers, were in charge of the class. After the general presentation of the program, everyone put on aprons and cleaned their hands, couldn’t wait to be a chef.

To bake good bread, one needs to keep an eye on every single step of the demonstration, and carefully follow the guidance. More importantly, you may feel the slight change of every minute and listen to the whisper of a dough with your heart, as if it had a life of its own. When the bread is one from scratch through kneading, proofing and baking, one gets to know the real meaning of “the fruits of labor”.

“Baking bread is far more difficult than I had expected”, a KPMG senior manager to us smiling while she was tasting her own work – a whole baking pan of Brioche. “Now I get to realize that being a baker is such a skill-demanding job, where only day-after-day practice makes your work perfect, as all the other professional occupations”.

At the end of the class, Melinda Gao, CSR manager of KPMG, donated five laptops to SYB. With these laptops, the teachers will be able to prepare trainings schedules and relevant teaching materials more conveniently and efficiently. We thank again for KPMG’s generous donation, and look forward to more collaboration in near future.

Daisy, SYB Public Relations

毕马威烘焙课

在毕马威午餐分享会的两个月之后，我们十分高兴能够再次与这家享誉盛名的会计公司合作。在这一次的企业社会责任活动中，一次与神秘而专业的法式烘焙世界的亲密接触正等待着他们。

通过向企业职工和感兴趣的个人提供烘焙公开课来推广烘焙知识和促进慈善项目的发展，是海上青焙坊的重要举措之一。这项服务对于很多喜欢通过亲身体验来学习实践的人群看来，是帮助促进团队建设的一种特别而有趣的活动方式。在12月15号，我们迎来了约二十位的毕马威员工。他们种的大多数都是股东或者高管，而在烘焙课他们纯粹的新手。我们的两位高级烘焙师，肖晶晶和王莉，负责教授这次的公开课。在听了大致的项目介绍这后，大家穿上围裙，洗好手，都迫不及待得想要变身大厨了。

要想做成一个好的蛋糕，必须要时刻关注着演示的每个步骤并且在动手练习的时候要仔细遵从老师的指导。最重要的是，你可能还会感受到每分钟的细微变化，听到面团与你的低声耳语。这些面团就如同有生命一般。在完成了一系列切割，捏揉，发酵，烘焙的流程之后，你才能切实感受到“劳动果实”的真正含义。

“烘焙面包比我想象中的还要难的多得多。”一个毕马威的高管在品尝自己的作品（一整个烤盘的布里奥面包）时感慨道。“现在我开始意识到就像其他所有的职业一样，要作为完美面包师必须要有精湛的手艺以及日复一日的练习。”

在课程结束的时候，海上青焙坊还收到了由毕马威企业社会责任经理高闻女士捐送给老师的五台笔记本电脑。有了这些电脑，老师们就可以更加方便高效地准备培训时间表和相关的教学材料。我们在此再次感谢毕马威的慷慨捐。期待在不远的将来我们能有更多的合作。

陆雯婷

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