Spaniard Domi Velez, a fifth-generation baker, has appealed to his government to lower taxes on electricity or risk putting artisans such as himself out of business amid a global energy crunch
Domi Velez, 44, beat contestants from around the world to take the crown, wowing judges in Munich with novelties including cobalt-hued butterfly pea-infused breads and reviving ancient breadmaking techniques used in Roman times.
Now, however, Velez says his promising operation may be undermined by soaring global energy costs and decades-high inflation in Spain. His electricity bills have doubled to 2,000 euros a month, the cost of cereals for his loaves have jumped this month for the third time this year, and surging fuel price rises have hit delivery costs.
He called on the Spanish government to consider lowering taxes on electricity further. "It should be lowered more for all consumers, for the common good," he said.
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