Dasha, why did you go to the Baker, and did not go to College after 11th grade?
Darya Maltseva: I grew up in the village of Znamenskoye Sukholozhsky district. Most of the classmates after the ninth grade was going to drop out of school, others wanted to transfer to another. This option does not suit me, so I chose College. I was interested in two areas related to food – cooking and baking. On the second at that time was my older sister. I realized that I wanted to do the same.
How did your family react to your decision the parents?
Darya Maltseva: Mother said, without the bread will not stay! Parents have worked all their lives in the workplace. And my father was a student moonlighting as a Baker, so he idea came to mind.
But the interest and support of your family does not always lead to success. How did you get on the contest?
Darya Maltseva: In the first year we had an elective course “Introduction to direction”, which led Vera E. Rusin. It is very interesting to tell about the types of test, the profession as a whole. The desire to achieve something greater made me exactly Vera Evgenevna. And when in the second year we asked who would like to participate in the contest, I never hesitated.
What it cost to take fourth place in the world championship on to bake bread?
Darya Maltseva: had a lot to learn. For example, for the manufacture of grain compositions are necessary to develop motor skills, neatness, sometimes even drawing a model on paper.
the competition I’ve been preparing for three years. New rhythm of life has not been easy: it is hard to get used to the constant traveling, to ensure that they do not see parents and friends. We received two months before the start of the championship, until then independently practiced new techniques. And the schedule is three weeks of hard training in another city, a week of rest. Once me and another contestant was sent to study in South Korea. We went alone, without mentors and interpreter – very exciting. I didn’t know English, but our profession does not require communication, it is important to know the ingredients, technology and repeat after the teacher.
Why handmade bread is different from factory?
Darya Maltseva: the bread turned out delicious, the dough should be a certain temperature. After the workpiece will be in a furnace, it needs to be taken to maintain the temperature, to control the regularity done. Important individual approach to each product. In the factories the process is automated, but the technique will not help if you received poor quality raw materials or something went wrong. In terms of production it is impossible to configure the hardware settings, choose a different technological regime.
Sach�� you work in College. You certainly received other offers…
Darya Maltseva: After the tournament me and another girl from the team were invited to participate in the contest for the Krasnoyarsk enterprise. We played for free and took first place. We are important, not money, and the atmosphere of creativity and competition. Job offers were also, but while I don’t want to move. In College, I prepare students for competitions and train people over 50 years of professional life Skills. I didn’t go to production because you don’t like working on the production line, where people replace the machine. Don’t want every day to do the same. In private bakeries also not particularly interesting: assortment of bread from year to year the same. I want the most to come up with something. The College has a laboratory where students bake bread and other products. If I have a “window”, I bake for pleasure.
what makes elite bakers and how much?
Darya Maltseva: Basic income from conducting workshops for Housewives or less experienced colleagues. Celeb ticket-on-one master class costs about 20 thousand. Groups of seven to ten people is an optimal number to comfortably work with each participant. One of my friends teaches each week. In the future I plan to share the experience at their own workshops, but I can not, because included in the Russian national team WorldSkills: rivals’t know what I can do.
How to perceive the success of your peers?
Darya Maltseva: I do Not think that I envy. For reunions classmates don’t believe that I have a difficult job. A school teacher was very surprised when I saw what I do on TV. Now called to teach career counseling. Mom couldn’t imagine that I ever will be abroad, and I managed to visit China, South Korea, Switzerland and Russia to travel. Without love baking this would not have happened.
What is the point in the manufacture of bread do you like most?
Darya Maltseva: the Moment when the dough is just mixed. It’s a nice touch, it relaxes. While the dough ferments, I come up with ideas. When I implement them, – rejoice in it – not throw, think how to correct the errors. I like to create, making bread is beautiful, soft and delicious. It is still interesting to count under the formula during preparation, the temperature of the ingredients, based on the room temperature, water and flour. Something warm, and something to put in the freezer.
