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Analysis Of Peter Gray 's Next Great Baker

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From a small town in Massachusetts, to the Next Great Baker, to owning his own business, this man has done a lot to get where he is today. Peter Gray has always loved baking but could never imagine owning his own business as fast as he did. Gray is from East Longmeadow and studied at the New England Culinary Institute. After he graduated he decided to compete against twelve other contestants on TLC’s Next Great Baker. Unfortunately he lost this competition but was offered an opportunity of a lifetime. After being on the Next Great Baker he did radio interviews every week trying to sell himself in order to get himself a job. One day four years ago, a couple, who owned a gelato store, heard him on the radio and offered to let Gray take over the shop in their off season, because who wants to eat gelato in the middle of winter, not many people. This allowed him to get his feet wet before jumping right into a business. After a while they gave him an offer to take over their gelato business but since he was just starting out and the gelato with his desserts was expensive, he decided not to take the offer and opened his business in that location, Pete’s Sweets. Gray said that many people do not know what they want when they come to him and they just say “I want a cake.” He compared this to saying “I want a car,” you could want something, like a Honda that it simple and gets you from point A to point B or you could want something expensive and flashy, like a Lamborghini.

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