Young entrepreneur baking his way to national awards stage

You may recognise him as one of the region’s best known bakers and his recent achievement is just the icing on the cake.

FINALS BOUND: Hamish 'Hammy' Brown has been announced as a finalist for two categories in the Australian Small Business Champion Awards.

He may only be 10-years-old but Toowoomba’s Hamish ‘Hammy’ Brown has continued to add to his long list of achievements.

You may recognise the boy behind Hammy’s Cupcakes from the delicious baked goods he makes and sells at the local Farmers Markets.

Now Hammy has received some exciting news and it’s just the icing on the cake.

The young lad’s start-up has been announced as a finalist in the Australian Small Business Champion Awards.

FINALS BOUND: Hamish 'Hammy' Brown has been announced as a finalist for two categories in the Australian Small Business Champion Awards.

He is one of three finalists for the Junior Small Business Champion Entrepreneur and one of 14 for the Bakery and Cake Store categories.

“I appreciate all the support and encouragement from my customers, business community, Toowoomba Chamber of Commerce and most of all my family,” Hammy said.

“I’m honoured to be a finalist in the Australian Small Business Champion Awards for the Bakery and Junior Entrepreneur sections.”

WELL DONE: Employment and Small Business Minister Di Farmer met Hamish 'Hammy' Brown at the Small Business Roadshow this year and passed on her well wishes to the young baker.

Employment and Small Business Minister Di Farmer congratulated Hammy in a post on social media.

“Of the over 1500 small business owners I met on our 17-stop small business roadshow this year, Hamish of Hammy’s Cupcakes was by far the youngest,” the post said.

“He is 10-years-old and he started his business when he was eight … he got special permission to have the morning off school when our roadshow came to Toowoomba.

“Our whole team was over the moon to meet him and we love following his progress so when he posted that he’s a finalist in the 2021 Australian Small Business Champion Awards we all cheered – congratulations to this wonderful small business entrepreneur.”

Winners will be announced at the national awards night at The Star in Sydney on July 31.

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