	{"id":119540,"date":"2026-02-13T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/?p=119540"},"modified":"2026-02-11T16:47:26","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T05:47:26","slug":"historic-shop-site-takes-the-cake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/news\/historic-shop-site-takes-the-cake\/","title":{"rendered":"Historic shop site takes the cake"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>THE well-known baking brand Kittelty&#8217;s is set to return to a public shopfront, this time in Ballarat East.<\/p>\n<p>Owner Sara Kittelty, who last had a cafe in Ballarat in 2019, will reopen in the former Apollo&#8217;s Fish and Chips building on the corner of Queen Street South and Victoria Street.<\/p>\n<p>She said the long-vacant Victorian-era premises suited both the brand and the style of baking she is known for, and is excited to restore the building to reflect the area&#8217;s vintage feel.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The cakes I make are kind of like ones your nanna would have made, so there&#8217;s a bit of vintage \u2013 Victorian, second-hand furniture, tea cups and saucers, pretty plates, silver spoons; the regular Kittelty thing,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>A caterer for many Ballarat businesses, Ms Kittelty said returning to a shopfront would allow her to accommodate customers&#8217; immediate needs.<\/p>\n<p>The shop will offer cakes and a range of local items.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_30038\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30038\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-30038\" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2026\/02\/Kitteltyverti_39156.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"919\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30038\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">New home: Sara Kittelty in front of her new premises. Photo: CHRISTOPHER O\u2019LEARY<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I like a new challenge and especially since COVID and everything&#8217;s finished, people are back to being regular consumers of food and activities,&#8221; Ms Kittelty said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m hoping that here I can have a display of whole cakes ready to go.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>She was grateful for the support she had received from residents, many of whom had deep ties to the premises.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;People have been incredibly supportive and excited and invested,&#8221; Ms Kittelty said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Everyone&#8217;s got a story about the Apollo Fish and Chips shop, or George&#8217;s Fish and Chips shop, or even longer than that ago.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I feel very lucky to have my turn at this shop of doing something people in the future can talk about as well.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Ms Kittelty hopes to open the shop around late March or April.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE well-known baking brand Kittelty&#8217;s is set to return to a public shopfront, this time in Ballarat East. 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