Teen doughnut king enjoys sweet taste of success少年甜甜圈王享受成功的甜蜜滋味

黑龍江 趙遠征

為了打發疫情期間的無聊時光，一位十七歲的少年開始制作各種口味的甜甜圈，不料獲得了巨大反響，他正在壯大他的美食帝國。

A teenage doughnut(甜甜圈)king who started cooking to beat lockdown boredom is expanding his delicious empire.

Sunny Beatson,17,started making doughnuts from the kitchen of his home in Burnie,Tasmania,during the COVID-19 lockdown in 2020 and is now preparing to open his second store.

Despite having little interest in cooking,Sunny decided to try to make a few doughnuts for his five brothers.

He adapted recipes he found on YouTube and his brothers gave the doughnuts a big thumbs up,so he thought he'd try selling some.

“When I first started,I just posted it on Facebook,”Sunny said.

“I didn't think much of it.I thought maybe I'd get one or two orders.I didn't think I'd make any money out of it.”

“But I got heaps of replies and it blew up pretty quickly...I wasn't expecting it at all.”

Soon his creations were sold in local supermarkets and his family members were helping deliver the doughnuts across northwest Tassie.

Sunny said he remembered being excited when he sold 30 doughnuts in one day—now he's selling up to 700 a day from his shop,Bea-Doughs Donuts,which he opened in Burnie's City Square in January.

Sunny said the business,which now employs nine people,had “gone pretty crazy”.

It operates six days a week,with Sunny waking up at 3：30 am and getting to the shop by 4 am to start making doughnuts,ready for when the doors open at 9 am.

He sells eight different flavours.The Nutellafilled creation is the most popular,while his own favourite is the simple vanilla glaze variety.

Sunny said he planned to open his second shop,in the Tasmania town of Launceston,in September.

The expansion should see his doughnut production double.

“I would look to expand into other places in Tasmania like Hobart if customers tell me that is what they want,”he said.

“I had no idea when I was googling recipes and practising making them that this would happen.I was just looking for a part-time job and to make some money to save up to buy a car.”

He now has that car and said he would work hard when he had stores around the world.

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Sunny's story sure is inspiring!Do you think you could run your own business?What would your business be named?

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