The Hunter TAFE Foundation yesterday granted 32 deserving students $42,200 worth of awards and scholarships in a formal ceremony at TAFE NSW Kurri Kurri.

Australian Government statistics reveal that less than a quarter (23 per cent) of the country’s baking and pastry chef workforce of 35,000 employees are female. Despite being one of the minority, TAFE NSW Armidale student and Moxons Bakery apprentice, Kyah Valler, has found the recipe for success.

Jeremy Kenny, who completed a Certificate IV in Outdoor Recreation at TAFE NSW Lithgow in 2018, was announced as the winner of the prestigious Health, Wellbeing and Community Services Student of the Year at a gala awards ceremony at Lazy River Estate.