Baking student rises above competitors

The resurrection of a 100-year-old monks’ yeast bread recipe helped a 17-year-old student rise above his competitors to become senior winner at a student enterprise competition.

Baking student rises above competitors

Manus Heenan’s Abbey Bread is a wholemeal yeast bread mix inspired by the breads made at Mount St Joseph Abbey from 1896 up to 2010.

He is a transition year student at the abbey’s Cistercian College in Roscrea and was supported by Local Enterprise Office (LEO) Offaly to reach the Student Enterprise Programme National Finals.

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