After completing his apprenticeship he ventured to open his own Continental cake shop using rented equipment and employing his fiancée, Rosemary and his sister, as he could not secure a bank loan.
[2] In 1978 Milisits expanded his range to include Australian-style pies and pasties, but with pastry and spices more to his own taste.
Business steadily grew and he owned much of the property along Manchester Street, has 200 employees in Adelaide, and has expanded interstate.
[1] In 2005, Milisits and his wife Rosemary were jointly awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in recognition of their charity work.
[2][3] A State Memorial Service was held at the Adelaide Festival Centre on 30 April 2021[4] and the Australian National Flag was flown at half-mast throughout South Australia on that day.