{"id":16693,"date":"2025-12-04T12:27:34","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T04:27:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=16693"},"modified":"2025-12-04T12:27:34","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T04:27:34","slug":"89-year-old-pastry-chefs-ingredient-of-success-working-with-his-son-and-grandson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=16693","title":{"rendered":"89-year-old pastry chef\u2019s ingredient of success: working with his son and grandson"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n<\/p>\n
\n
With more than 60 years of baking under his belt, 89-year-old pastry chef Yasuo Ono has a tried-and-true recipe for success: keep it simple and change with the times.<\/p>\n
Ono starts baking at his cake shop, Emily, every morning at 7.30am, making items like apple pie and Mont Blanc desserts. He will turn 90 this month, but he is not thinking of retiring.<\/p>\n
In early July, about 25 varieties of cakes, including seasonal offerings featuring peaches and mangoes as well as classic shortcakes, were displayed in the showcase alongside handwritten signs.<\/p>\n
But Ono is not alone \u2013 he has his family helping him.<\/p>\n
\n
\n\n
<\/div>The interior of Emily. Photo: Instagram\/emily_cake_ono<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
About half of small businesses in Japan have no successor to run them after the current generation steps down, according to the government, a problem that threatens not only local communities but the preservation of traditional crafts and skills<\/span>.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
![\"The](\"https:\/\/img.i-scmp.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/fit=contain,width=1024,format=auto\/sites\/default\/files\/d8\/images\/canvas\/2025\/12\/02\/62f53417-7433-4a59-b42f-75d0f35adc55_edd804f5.jpg\" "\\"The")
<\/div>