Németh Szandra - Saly Noémi: Catering for guests, being a guest. Permanent exhibition on Hungarian hospitality (Budapest, 2016)
7 ?e first Hungarian bonbon and chocolate factory was opened in Budapest in 1868 by Frederick Stühmer, while the first biscuit factory was opened in Győr by Hermann Back in 1880. ?e organised training of apprentices began in the early 1800s, when the confectionary profession, which had until then been regarded as a “free art”, became a trade that required a permit. From 1851, in addition to several years as apprentices and assistants, becoming a Master Confectioner also required at least six years of certified work abroad and the preparation of a masterpiece. ?e Budapest Corporation of Bakers, Confectioners and Gingerbread Makers was founded in 1884 (outside the capital, confectioners were usually part of larger, mixed guilds). In 1906, the confectioners and gingerbread makers of Budapest broke away from the bakers and founded their own guild. By that time, they already had their own apprentice and art school, funeral association, health insurance company, pension fund and chorus. ?e Hungarian word for sweet pastries is derived from the age of language reform (late 18 th and early 19 th century), and prior to that they were simply known as “delicacies” or by their generic name (cake, pie, pretzel, bun, scone, strudel, crescent, spiral etc.). A confectionery pastry is defined as “a filled, topped, shaped and/or decorated dessert prepared from baked confectionery dough”. Confectioners also made salted pastries, usually flavoured with cheese, cream cheese, pork scratchings, steamed cabbage or caraway seeds. A Dynasty of Confectioners: the Auguszt Family Elek Auguszt opened his first confectionery in a small, single-floor house in Tabán, Budapest in 1870. After his early death, the confectionery was taken over by his wife, Erzsébet Strebek, while their son, József Auguszt E. – as it was expected of him that time – studied and gained professional paractice abroad (in Paris and London). When he returned to Buda, he succeeded his mother. He married, and in 1908, he rented a fancy room on the ground floor of Budai Polgári Casino (in the heart of Krisztinaváros). In 1915, he purchased a nearby house on the corner of Roham Street. He moved his workshop and confection◆ Ice cream carrier, early 1900s ◆ József Auguszt and his wife at the beginning of 1930s
