Jess Martin didn’t apply to be a cake decorator at Gerrity’s Supermarket in West Pittston.
But now the 21-year-old is doing just that, after watching a fellow employee bedazzle a sweet treat.
“I applied the day I turned 16 and I’ve been working there ever since,” said Martin, of West Pittston. “I didn’t apply as a cake decorator; I was hired as night staff that does wrapping. Eventually, from watching one of the decorators there, they had me doing small cakes and, eventually, I became a decorator.”
Gerrity’s employees learn the art on the job, with or without previous experience, and the quality they produce could rival that of professional bakers with culinary degrees.
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