SMALL

My name is Liam Morgan, I'm a 29y/o professional pastry chef from Melbourne. I studied Pastry arts at William Angliss Institute, qualified in 2018 and have since worked in industry as a chocolatier.

I've always loved cooking since I was a little kid, making food for my brothers and studying Women’s weekly cookbooks with a fascination. Ever since I can remember I’ve been fixated on crafts and learning to create things by hand.
Very early on I knew I wanted to make chocolate, and I’ve never deviated from this focus.

In primary & high school, I sold chocolates to classmates that I made on school nights at home. I competed in gingerbread house & truffle competitions since I was 13 years old. I chose cooking for recreation at any opportunity I had.

Professionally it’s led me to work with many different Melbourne chocolatiers, including: Only Mine, Koko Black, Atypic Lab, Yarra Valley chocolaterie & RATIO cocoa roasters. It’s allowed me to meet many amazing people that are my dear friends today. It’s even taken me as far as Toronto, Canada, where I worked my dream job at Chocolat de Kat. In my 18 months with this exceptional chocolatier, I defined my goals within this space and solidified my professional ambitions.

DREAM

I’ve always dreamed of having a shop where I can share what I love with people. A professional space where all are welcome and encouraged to innovate, one in which I can employ my friends & elevate the standards of my industry. I want to leave this place better than I found it, and to inspire the people that will inevitably come after me.

I have a deep respect for the opinions of my peers, and I understand that every business is the sum of it’s parts. I believe that we all make some modest but unmistakable contribution to industry. SMALL DREAM SWEETS is the product of everywhere I’ve ever worked, every person I’ve ever learned from. It is the culmination of every wild idea, every meticulously honed skill, every late night idea- a celebration of everyone that I’ve crossed paths with and learned from.

Most importantly, this concept represents an ambition to always try new things and to be both influenced by tradition, but not restrained by it. It’s my pursuit to blend classical techniques with crazy contemporary ideas.

SWEETS

The dedication of SMALL DREAM SWEETS is to make colourful, shiny little treats with complex compositions and inventive flavours. We’ve all had a chocolate covered almond. It’s familiar and unchanging. What if that almond could have multiple textures, layers & colours? A product that’s a celebration of technique and a playful presentation of an idea.

Food culture is a proud cornerstone of Melbourne’s identity, so it’s here I believe modern and innovative creations are poised to become the new standard of this medium.

SMALL DREAM SWEETS is about celebrating techniques & ideas that are truly new, and embracing the playfulness (and sometimes plain crazy) it takes to drive change. I believe all these things belong in this epicenter of Australian creativity & art.

Follow along to watch my small dream evolve from my tiny commercial kitchen in Coburg North.

Check out my online shop and taste it for yourself today!

-Liam Morgan

SDS creator & Chocolatier