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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Dellaram Vreeland

The Ballarat food entrepreneur: ‘It just doesn’t make sense for us to be miserable’

Lilly Wright from Ballarat in Victoria
Lilly Wright says the rising cost of ingredients and other business expenses has presented difficult financial challenges. Composite: Guardian design

Lilly Wright moved to Australia 11 years ago. Born in Malaysia, the 35-year-old has been in Ballarat for six years and launched her Malaysian and Indonesian kitchen, Flying Chillies, three years ago.

The business began as a market stall before moving into its own cafe space. Wright has since scaled back to a pantry where she also offers cooking lessons, a decision she says is more sustainable and realistic in the current economic climate.

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