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Growing up in her parents’ German-Austrian restaurant in Cabramatta, Romy Konigseder would fold napkins, clear plates and fall asleep on bags of flour in the storeroom. When she turned 21 and decided not to take over the family business, her German-Austrian dad was disappointed, although her Hong Kong Chinese mum understood.

Now, the LA-based producer, who works on major events such as the Grammy and Billboard awards, has honoured her childhood memories with Flower and Flour , a joyous animation about the everyday adventures of a seven-year-old girl called Flower in a Western Sydney restaurant, and her imaginary flour-bag cat, Flour.

The crew from Flower and Flour, who is an imaginary flour-bag cat.

“We all know those families where their kid sits in the restaurant, or at the newsagent, up the back, and they’re helping where they can, or they’re doing their homework late into the night,” says Konigseder, who consulted on the series that was created and directed by her…