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The ingredients for a happier life
Why Olivia Potts quit her career in criminal law and became a pastry chef.
Olivia Potts was in her early 20s and had just got her dream job - as a criminal lawyer in London. Then her mum died, and Olivia needed distracting from her grief. For the first time in her life she baked a cake – and life was never the same again. She gave up her law career and went to one of the world’s top cooking schools. She’s now a fulltime baker and private chef.
Image: Olivia Potts
Credit: Jamie Drew
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