Anyone on the board familiar with starting a cooking / baking business?

[Street-Muzik]

I'll be the first to say, I personally don't know anything about cooking but my wife is a GREAT cook and has a passion for cooking and baking. I keep suggesting she should take that passion and look to capitalize from it.

She's not even worried or concerned about the potential income (she's a nurse and makes good money from that). This all about someone having the freedom to do what they love.

We spoke about opening up an actual small restaurant that would serve breakfast and baked goods and she's open to it but doesn't want anything to do with handling the business side. She prefers I do that. My background is in leasing / financing commercial equipment so I do have some experience in dealing with business owners that are looking to start a business but need capital in order to do so (money / funding for industrial kitchen equipment)

Anyway, for now I'm just seeking knowledge and looking to take baby steps. If you have some success stories about how you opened up a business in your community or even just made a profit from doing this online, I'd love to hear about it. I appreciate any feedback you can provide.

Thanks!

 

[Dannyblueyes]

Bake a batch of cookies, put them in boxes of three, load the boxes in the car and deliver them on demand to downtown businesses. Include hand written gift notes by request.

 

[dwnsouth]

post up what you do on facebook and/or twitter. pics of what you can do....like gift boxes of cookies/cupcake for wedding and see if you get any responses.

matter of fact, something simple like the boxes i mentioned would be a simple idea that has a set delivery date, etc. make some samples and take photos. come up with prices per dozen or so.

start with something simple and small.

ask if you can hand out fliers with product info and services somewhere.