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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Hemulata Basumatary, the owner of Hemu's Sweet |
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Sensation in Katy, has had the distinction of appearing in the first |
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season of the Food Network series Super Mega Cakes, which debuted on |
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June 16, 2025; and |
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WHEREAS, Over the course of the season, Mrs. Basumatary |
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worked alongside celebrity chef Duff Goldman in a cake decorating |
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competition to create massive, larger-than-life cakes centered |
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around a Warner Bros. theme; she was invited to participate in the |
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contest by the show's producers, who had seen her appearances in a |
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number of other televised baking competitions, including Netflix's |
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Is It Cake?, where she was named a finalist, as well as Food Network |
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contests Halloween Wars, where she served on the winning team, The |
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Big Bake, which she won, Wedding Cake Championship, and Harry |
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Potter: Wizards of Baking; and |
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WHEREAS, Mrs. Basumatary launched her own bakery in Aberdeen, |
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Scotland, in 2013, and after moving with her family to Katy in 2015, |
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she began operating Hemu's Sweet Sensation out of her home in the |
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Cinco Ranch neighborhood; around that time, her son requested that |
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she make a fire truck cake for his birthday, and that project |
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ignited her passion for artistic cake decorating; and |
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WHEREAS, In 2016, Mrs. Basumatary began participating in cake |
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decorating competitions around the globe, and she has amassed a |
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collection of 14 awards, including a Couples' Choice Award from |
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WeddingWire and the Cake Artist of the Year distinction from the |
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Houston Bakers Guild; she was also named the Star Baker at the Sweet |
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Art Master Show in Brooklyn, New York, and she was nominated for an |
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American Cake Award; her work has been featured in publications |
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such as the Houston Chronicle, Katy News, Cake Masters, American |
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Cake Decorating, and Australian Cake Decorating, as well as the |
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book Unexpected HTX by Alan Montgomery; in addition, she served as a |
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guest speaker at the University of Houston's Table Talk event in |
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2024, where she was honored as one of 50 inspiring women; and |
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WHEREAS, With her impressive showing on Super Mega Cakes, |
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Hemulata Basumatary has demonstrated great skill and |
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determination, and it is a pleasure to join in recognizing her for |
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her many achievements; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 89th Texas |
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Legislature, 1st Called Session, hereby congratulate Hemulata |
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Basumatary on appearing in the Food Network's Super Mega Cakes |
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television series and extend to her sincere best wishes for |
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continued success; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Mrs. Basumatary as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |