Check Out Gomolemo Renee Masilo’s Story

Today we’d like to introduce you to Gomolemo Renee Masilo

Hi Gomolemo Renee, so excited to have you on the platform. So before we get into questions about your work-life, maybe you can bring our readers up to speed on your story and how you got to where you are today?
Becoming a young international pastry chef started when I was 5 years old baking with my mom. The joys of it always excited me so much that even when I was playing outside as a child I would make pretend cakes using mud. I never really knew I would one day be a chef but looking back everything is just connecting. When every child’s favorite show would be cartoons, I would just prefer watching kids cooking shows. Just when I got to high school picking a career was just automated. I still had not known I wanted to become a chef and often times I always say cooking and baking chose me instead. I then went to culinary school, studied professional cookery and kitchen management at the international hotel school in South Africa where I was born and raised.
I got my first international job in Qatar at age 20 in 2020 October and i was there for about 4 months. I worked at a luxury hotel in Doha and It being the first time outside my home country it was one of the most exciting yet scariest moments of my life. I enjoyed every bit of it, working in a luxury hotel, making desserts for famous people and presidents was never something I saw myself doing so young.

I moved to the USA when i turned 21 in Colorado to my further my career in pastry, and it’s now been almost 2years of traveling around the USA having an opportunity to work in different states such as Florida. The US has a very unique culture of it’s own when it comes to cooking. I have learned to much in not just my career but the cultures of the states too. As now am just about to turn 24 I am looking forward to what more the universe has in stored for me

I’m sure it wasn’t obstacle-free, but would you say the journey has been fairly smooth so far?
Achieving your goals always comes with some challenges. It is up to you, if you hungry enough to achieve them or not.

My road was never easy but passion and determination got me to where I am. I am quite introverted and therefore that doesn’t always work in your favor especially in the world of culinary, but the drive and hunger I have for it made me put love and passion into my craft and therefore my work spoke for me.

Thanks for sharing that. So, maybe next you can tell us a bit more about your work?
I currently work as a Pastry assistant, specializing in creating desserts in most intrigue flavors.

My most proud moments is definitely not giving up when times would seem hard. Being in this industry comes with alot of rejection, and you would often reflect to ask your abilities and question if you are good enough.

That didn’t stop me from fighting and pushing forward. There will always be people who try and make you feel small and not worthy but it is up to us to ensure we motivate ourselves to be the best versions of ourselves there could be.
I also published a kitchen journal that comes with very nice easy to make recipes available on Amazon. The book is a nice way to jot down some of your favorite recipes too.

Can you talk to us a bit about the role of luck?
Manifestation!

The ideas and goals or visions we have for ourselves are not wishes. This is the universe communicating to us that in the future we are already living what we are dreaming currently. The only understanding to me was asking myself what is it that I need to do to achieve my goals and grant my wishes.
I can attest to say I have received everything I ever asked or prayed for, the only thing is, it may have not went according to the plan I may have had but no matter how long it took I still achieved it. I have always wanted to travel and live abroad but never thought it would come true but I have now seen parts of the world I only dreamed to see in reality.

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