29/05/2026
Last night I had a ball catering finger food for & this is the only documentary evidence, there are two reasons for this lack of photos…
The 1st I have mentioned here before - my falling out of love for the platforms & for dancing my monkey dance to the organ grinders tune.
The 2nd is that while I have steady work it is at a much lower volume than last year & on the whole I can’t afford to employ people to work with me when I cook, so when I’m in cooking I am often doing the work of two people over the course of a day. This was the case yesterday. The job paid enough to employ two people, it’s just that it was this week’s only job, & so that meant that it didn’t. It certainly left no time for photos.
These are exceptionally challenging times for food businesses. The weather this spring & its inevitable negative impact on coming crops is a huge worry. Add to this the impact of the wars. A lot of us micro businesses will fold under the pressure.
In the meantime I carry on. Next week has not one, not two, but three jobs, one which is for two events on two different days, and so I won’t be working alone for most of it. The week after is a Friday food week, & reducing that event to once monthly has been great - I am gaining more orders for the once monthly event than I did in total over the month when offering it every other week. I am able to run my kit less, the energy guzzling large fridge, dishwasher, ovens…they stay off most days, & hopefully this will impact my outgoings.
My diary is sparse for most of July and August. I am hoping to add two pop ups during this time, my June one is fully booked so hopefully these will book up too. I don’t yet know what the cost of hiring the new venue next door will be, so it’s hard to plan exactly what I will be offering, but watch this space on your feed - I have lots & lots of ideas.
In short, thank you for reading. If you are a customer, past, present or future, I thank you from the bottom of my heart. Sometimes getting to do this work feels like both an indulgence and a grind. I love feeding people, last night was pure joy. I hope that I can continue to do so.
