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I have grown up on my family’s dairy farm for my whole life in Tasmania, Australia. I am pursuing my dream as a 14-year-old to run my own business. I couldn’t be more grateful for all the opportunities and experiences that I have had along the way over the past 12 months As a 6-year-old girl, I loved cooking. While most girls dreamed of becoming a princess, horse rider or dancer, my dream was to be a chef. I have loved cooking from a very young age and being in the kitchen creating. I remember getting my first cookbook and...

Not a chef yet, but 13 year old Freya Downie is already an entrepreneur. Prepared to be amazed. What’s that? The person behind this beautiful product is 13? Really? 13? I think hard, well why not? Freya began her entrepreneurship journey at 6, and has been working towards this for 7 years. Caramel sauce is just the beginning – there’s much more to come. Read the full article here: https://justthesizzle.com/freyas-delights-stuff-dreams-made/

Freya loves the freedom of being on the land in the Derwent Valley. Her family home, Clarendon Estate in Gretna, is a historic property established in 1821. The property’s current incarnation is as a dairy farm supplying Fonterra. Together with her 2 sisters and 1 brother, Freya is the fourth generation of her family to live here. At home she enjoys swimming in the Derwent River, camping with friends, and working outdoors with her dad – but cooking is her true passion. At 12-years-old she runs the small confectionery business Freya’s Delights. “I have school 5 days a week, soccer and...

EVER since she was six-years-old, Freya Downie knew what she wanted to do with her life – and that was to cook. “I always loved watching Master Chef on television and I think that’s where my passion first came from,” the 13-year-old said. “So for my sixth birthday, my parents gave me a chef’s hat and apron – two-days later, I had made my first tiramisu and I was so proud of it. “I just love the creativity that comes with cooking and I just knew it was something that I wanted to do.” Fast-forward several years and the Friends...