Monique Brik
Position:
Lecturer
Teaching area:
Baking
Biography:
- I’m a Dutch New Zealander and became a Pastry Baker in Amsterdam in the mid 1980’s
- I worked in a small pastry shop and moved to the biggest conference hotel in Amsterdam before moving to Queenstown in the mid 90’s
- I became Millbrook Resort’s first pastry chef in 1998, and was there when both Kiri Te Kanawa and Bill Clinton came to visit
- By 2005, I had worked for a number of small resorts and catering companies, and made the dessert for Luciano Pavarotti’s visit to North Harbour Stadium
- In 2011 my baking student was the first full-time student ranked in the top 3 for the Weston Milling Baking Trainee of the year competition.
- I was the first woman to judge in the BIANZ Baker of the Year Competition in 2014.
Why I love MIT:
At MIT we care. We care about you as a person and you as a student. We want to support your learning journey and help you be the best you can be. MIT has all of the support available, it’s up to you to use it so you can succeed.
