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Health on a Platter
Healthy and baked gifting options seem to have taken people across agegroups by a storm this festive season.
SPELLING IT TASTY
DEVINA SONI 31
D-LICIOUS, CHANDIGARH What's in a name
Butter icing that melts in your mouth and cupcakes that look too good to be eaten, Devina Soni's creations are clearly delicious. And that explains the spin on her brand name D-liciouS, born in 2012. This MBA from Panjab University (2010), Chandigarh, made chocolates one summer and knew immediately that her place was behind the chef’s table and not in an office.
Demand and Supply
With several daily cake orders, along with other orders for goodies like cupcakes and brownies, she has no time to spare. “Initially it was difficult to get healthy ingredients and these had to be brought in from different parts of the country. Even the tools had to be imported, but now everything is locally available," says Soni. Her clients are loyalists and she knows it. Wedding cakes decorated with the finest toppings are her real calling.
Attention to Detail
Her customised cakes look too good to be true. And she hopes to own a little patisserie of her own in the near future.
Gift Away
She experiments with her gift hampers. "People are asking for eggless, gluten free and wheat cakes. For the diet conscious, she does strawberry dipped chocolates and oat cookies.
Contact soni.devina@gmail.com