Episode 8: Benedict Salter
Actor, cake maker and calligrapher Benedict Salter joins host Vivienne Egan in a conversation about how he began his calligraphic cake business Baker and Scribe, the reliability and unreliability of taking up temp jobs whilst acting, managing industry expectations at drama school and navigating savings and pensions when self employed.
- You can find Benedict on Instagram and Twitter @benesalte.
- Check out Benedict’s calligraphic cake business @bakerandscribe on Instagram!
- Check out some of Benedict’s West End work here!
- You can read more about Benedict’s earlier acting work here.
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