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  • 04-06-2018 8:12pm
    #1
    bubba gump
    Registered Users Posts: 34 ✭


    Hi all,

    My wife has just started a small bakery business out of our own kitchen. She is Brazilian and had quite a successful cake/confectionary and cake decorating business there (very large social media following). We would like to speak with any restaurants or cafes who might like to partner in some capacity (daily confectionary requirements, kitchen space & storage rental to us etc). Any advice on how to advertise for this would be appreciated. I can always hit the pavement but an online resources would really help!

    I saw the partnership sticky, is posting on Adverts.ie (jobs wanted?!) the best way to reach potential restaurant partners?

    Thanks,
    Bubba


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    Bandara
    Registered Users Posts: 3,282 ✭✭✭Bandara


    bubba gump wrote: »
    Hi all,

    My wife has just started a small bakery business out of our own kitchen. She is Brazilian and had quite a successful cake/confectionary and cake decorating business there (very large social media following). We would like to speak with any restaurants or cafes who might like to partner in some capacity (daily confectionary requirements, kitchen space & storage rental to us etc). Any advice on how to advertise for this would be appreciated. I can always hit the pavement but an online resources would really help!

    I saw the partnership sticky, is posting on Adverts.ie (jobs wanted?!) the best way to reach potential restaurant partners?

    Thanks,
    Bubba

    duploelabs, the poster on here would be an excellent starting point to ask.


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    Rulmeq
    Registered Users Posts: 1,083 ✭✭✭Rulmeq


    You're going to have a nightmare with the health and safety crowd, a lady used to bake scones for us a few years back, and the health inspectors found out. They wanted separate ovens (she was using her own kitchen, so she would have been cooking her family meals in the same oven which is unaccepatable apparently), and separate sinks (one for hands, one for utensils, and one for something else). They also wanted all the surfaces in her kitchen to be "washable" and they didn't consider painted walls to be "washable"


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    ConnyMcDavid
    Registered Users Posts: 229 ✭✭ConnyMcDavid


    Rulmeq wrote: »
    You're going to have a nightmare with the health and safety crowd, a lady used to bake scones for us a few years back, and the health inspectors found out. They wanted separate ovens (she was using her own kitchen, so she would have been cooking her family meals in the same oven which is unaccepatable apparently), and separate sinks (one for hands, one for utensils, and one for something else). They also wanted all the surfaces in her kitchen to be "washable" and they didn't consider painted walls to be "washable"

    ..and separate fridge/storage I believe? There's a certificate you have to get if you wish to sell at business scale I think.


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    duploelabs
    Registered Users Posts: 11,389 ✭✭✭✭duploelabs


    bubba gump wrote: »
    Hi all,

    My wife has just started a small bakery business out of our own kitchen. She is Brazilian and had quite a successful cake/confectionary and cake decorating business there (very large social media following). We would like to speak with any restaurants or cafes who might like to partner in some capacity (daily confectionary requirements, kitchen space & storage rental to us etc). Any advice on how to advertise for this would be appreciated. I can always hit the pavement but an online resources would really help!

    I saw the partnership sticky, is posting on Adverts.ie (jobs wanted?!) the best way to reach potential restaurant partners?

    Thanks,
    Bubba
    Hey Bubba,

    I'm already seeing some poor anecdotal 2nd hand advice being given out here. Please PM me your questions and we can take it from there.

    rgds


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    bubba gump
    Registered Users Posts: 34 ✭bubba gump


    Thanks for all the replys.


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    CeilingFly
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,378 ✭✭✭CeilingFly


    Rulmeq wrote: »
    You're going to have a nightmare with the health and safety crowd, a lady used to bake scones for us a few years back, and the health inspectors found out. They wanted separate ovens (she was using her own kitchen, so she would have been cooking her family meals in the same oven which is unaccepatable apparently), and separate sinks (one for hands, one for utensils, and one for something else). They also wanted all the surfaces in her kitchen to be "washable" and they didn't consider painted walls to be "washable"

    Changes were made and new less onerous rules were created for smaller & artisan producers.

    https://www.fsai.ie/food_businesses/starting_business/home_business_food_stall.html


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    i71jskz5xu42pb
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,806 ✭✭✭i71jskz5xu42pb


    bubba gump wrote: »
    I saw the partnership sticky, is posting on Adverts.ie (jobs wanted?!) the best way to reach potential restaurant partners?

    The best way to reach restaurant partners is probably speaking directly to the restaurants in your area.


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    Rulmeq
    Registered Users Posts: 1,083 ✭✭✭Rulmeq


    CeilingFly wrote: »
    Changes were made and new less onerous rules were created for smaller & artisan producers.

    https://www.fsai.ie/food_businesses/starting_business/home_business_food_stall.html


    Very good to know, my anecdote was from the late 90s. I wouldn't mind but the same health inspector used to ignore the local chipper (and all the filth in the place)


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    duploelabs
    Registered Users Posts: 11,389 ✭✭✭✭duploelabs


    Rulmeq wrote: »
    You're going to have a nightmare with the health and safety crowd, a lady used to bake scones for us a few years back, and the health inspectors found out. They wanted separate ovens (she was using her own kitchen, so she would have been cooking her family meals in the same oven which is unaccepatable apparently), and separate sinks (one for hands, one for utensils, and one for something else). They also wanted all the surfaces in her kitchen to be "washable" and they didn't consider painted walls to be "washable"

    So you'd an unlicensed producer supplying you, you do realise you'd invalidate your insurance should anything bad happen right?


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    Rulmeq
    Registered Users Posts: 1,083 ✭✭✭Rulmeq


    duploelabs wrote: »
    So you'd an unlicensed producer supplying you, you do realise you'd invalidate your insurance should anything bad happen right?


    Yeah, this was back in the 90s when health and safety was novel :P


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    duploelabs
    Registered Users Posts: 11,389 ✭✭✭✭duploelabs


    Rulmeq wrote: »
    Yeah, this was back in the 90s when health and safety was novel :P

    Cowboy antics imo


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    makeandcreate
    Registered Users Posts: 451 ✭✭makeandcreate


    bubba gump wrote: »
    Hi all,

    My wife has just started a small bakery business out of our own kitchen. She is Brazilian and had quite a successful cake/confectionary and cake decorating business there (very large social media following). We would like to speak with any restaurants or cafes who might like to partner in some capacity (daily confectionary requirements, kitchen space & storage rental to us etc). Any advice on how to advertise for this would be appreciated. I can always hit the pavement but an online resources would really help!

    I saw the partnership sticky, is posting on Adverts.ie (jobs wanted?!) the best way to reach potential restaurant partners?

    Thanks,
    Bubba

    Where in the country are you?


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