About the Author

Paul Allam and David McGuinness are the chefs, bakers and co-owners of the wildly popular Bourke Street Bakery empire. They opened the doors of their first bakery cafe in Sydney in 2004 and now have eleven Australian stores and a New York venture underway. Bourke Street is more than just a bakery - Paul and David are also founders of The Bread and Butter Project, Australia's first social enterprise artisan bakery, training refugees in baking and pastry-making, and delivering handmade bread to stores around Sydney.