What made you decide to start the One-Mile Bakery?
It was a light bulb moment. I wanted to be able to work as a journalist and open this bakery, both on a part-time basis. I didn’t know how I was going to be able to do both but I realised it could be achievable if I opened the business on a small scale. I bake from home so I could avoid the huge start-up costs, open two days a week and host classes for a small number. I deliver within the mile usually by bike.
Are the classes doing well?
Yes I think so. The classes are about simplifying: all the food sounds complicated to make but it isn’t. Those who come can learn how to bake bread or make jam for instance, eat it all and have the knowledge to go home and make it. Last Thursday night, me and a few friends made cupcakes and drank fizzy wine in the bakery! The classes are a lot of fun!
Do you believe the future is a move to more organic food, local produce and hand delivery?
Yes I do. All of the food I bake is honest, simple food. Bread, soup and jam are all foods that you would have eaten as a child as a treat. It is all locally and ethically sourced, and in this current economic situation we are in, people want their food to mean something. If people are going to pay more for food it has to be something special, and I hope I am creating produce that is worth paying a little more for.
For more information, follow One Mile Bakery on Twitter @OneMileBakery, on Facebook www.facebook.com/TheOneMileBakery or visit the website at www.onemilebakery.com/
Elisabeth Mahoney, journalist at the Guardian, has successfully been running a bakery alongside writing.
The One Mile Bakery produces local and ethically sourced food which can be delivered straight to your door. Elisabeth makes bread, jams and soups all with home-made, foraged or locally produced ingredients in her kitchen at home. All of her produce is delivered by bike or foot within a one mile radius to her customers in Pontcanna, Llandaff and Canton.
Elisabeth Mahoney said, “All the food I bake is honest, simple food…food that means something to my customers. If people are going to pay a little more for food it has to be something special.”
From her kitchen, she also runs classes for two-to-four people passing on her knowledge about baking.
What made you decide to start the One-Mile Bakery?
It was a light bulb moment. I wanted to be able to work as a journalist and open this bakery, both on a part-time basis. I didn’t know how I was going to be able to do both but I realised it could be achievable if I opened the business on a small scale. I bake from home so I could avoid the huge start-up costs, open two days a week and host classes for a small number. I deliver within the mile usually by bike.
Are the classes doing well?
Yes I think so. The classes are about simplifying: all the food sounds complicated to make but it isn’t. Those who come can learn how to bake bread or make jam for instance, eat it all and have the knowledge to go home and make it. Last Thursday night, me and a few friends made cupcakes and drank fizzy wine in the bakery! The classes are a lot of fun!
Do you believe the future is a move to more organic food, local produce and hand delivery?
Yes I do. All of the food I bake is honest, simple food. Bread, soup and jam are all foods that you would have eaten as a child as a treat. It is all locally and ethically sourced, and in this current economic situation we are in, people want their food to mean something. If people are going to pay more for food it has to be something special, and I hope I am creating produce that is worth paying a little more for.
For more information, follow One Mile Bakery on Twitter @OneMileBakery, on Facebook www.facebook.com/TheOneMileBakery or visit the website at www.onemilebakery.com/