I've never had a real permanent job. I've worked on and off at a few different places over the last few years but it was mostly cheap temp jobs. So I studied for two years to brush up on my cooking skills. I'm now a qualified pastry chef who no one wants to hire.

People have said I'm too old (I'm 23) and that I'm over qualified. I have a certificate 4 in patisserie, all we did in the course was learn how to bake bread, cakes and decorate them. It was extremely basic.

All I've ever wanted to do was work in the food industry. I got a job last August at a nursing home making sweets for the residents but they fired me one week before Christmas.

I started working from home (it's very slow and I basically get no work) making cute Birthday cakes for family and friends while also working on a portfolio to show some potential employers. I've applied for over a hundred jobs in the last three months and only gotten one interview which didn't work out..

Everyone always says how proud of me they are and how much I've achieved but I have no job and there's a 100% chance I'm not going anywhere with my career choice and it's crushing me...