A graduate from the University of Creative Arts Epsom has put her fashion degree to good use and is living her dream of being her own boss by designing, renovating and running a new café in town with her family.
Dodi Kazma, 24, (pictured above) and her family - brother, Nael, 22, mother Huda Haddad, and father Toufik Kazma - opened Breeze Café in Upper High Street, Epsom in December.
Ms Kazma graduated from UCA in 2014 and had worked there as campus officer for a year.
It was during this time that she used the skills she picked up on her design-orientated degree to sketch the blueprints for the sleek new café.
Inside Breeze Café
Nael put what he had learnt during his architecture degree to help with the plans, while Miss Kazma says her parents’ expertise in catering and sales - her father has a company in Syria - also came in useful with research and marketing ahead of opening the café.
She said: "We have had people tell us it’s very elegant, which makes me happy because that is what we were hoping for when we put the designs together.
"I studied fashion at UCA and it was very design-orientated so that helped when it came to refurbishing and decorating the whole building ourselves."
Breeze Café (pictured above) serves a range of homemade food and desserts and specialises in Mediterranean cuisine with a French, Italian and Greek spin.
They also serve specialised vegetarian and vegan options.
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