Kate Reid

Kate Reid is a visionary entrepreneur and the founder of Lune Croissanterie. Her career path has been anything but conventional with Kate initially pursuing aerospace engineering at RMIT University before following her lifelong passion for Formula 1 racing. After three years working in her "dream job" as an aerodynamicist for two Formula 1 teams, she realised that the reality didn’t match her expectations, prompting her return to Melbourne with a fresh goal: to forge a career in pastry. Kate honed her skills at one of Paris' top boulangeries before dedicating countless hours to re-engineering the croissant back in Melbourne. In 2012 she opened Lune Croissanterie, a small bakery exclusively producing croissants. In 2023 Kate was awarded the RMIT Honorary Doctorate of Business honoris causa and in 2025 she received the Chevaliere dans l'Ordre du Mèrite Agricole (French Order of Agricultural Merit).