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Scrumptious Bakes by Emma
Based in Hampshire near RAF Odiham, where her partner currently Serves, Emma launched her own business, Scrumptious Bakes by Emma, earlier this year.
AFrench and Italian speaker,Emma decided to launch her business following alife-changing injury to her spine and pelvis that left her unable to return to her previous job.
With support from the RAF Benevolent fund and charity X-Forces, who help military personnel and their families to turn their start-up dreams into reality,Scrumptious Bakes by Emma launched in June 2018, offering beautiful, bespoke bakes via acollection and hand-delivery service.
Lovingly crafted, creative and unique, Emma’s ‘deliciously moreish’ bakes are perfect as acelebration centrepiece, athoughtful gift or aspecial treat. Her bakes are sought-after for all occasions; from anniversaries, birthdays, christenings and weddings to gifts and get-togethers with friends and family.
Emma proudly bakes exclusively with the very finest ingredients, including British butter,milk, cream and free-range eggs, Callebaut Belgian chocolate and organic UK-milled Dove’s Farm flour,ensuring her bakes taste as delicious as they look. Her reviews certainly confirm this to be the case, and aquick glance at her website, Facebook or Instagram (details below) gets the taste-buds watering.
We caught up with Emma in between bakes to ask her about her first few months as anew business owner:
What’s great about Scrumptious Bakes by Emma?
Iabsolutely love the sense of pride being abusiness owner affords. It is a lot of hard work, but every minute is invested into something Ilove doing and am truly so passionate about. Ilove the creativity and the challenge it presents; Ilove the sense of achievement that realising your dream gives you; Ilove the flexibility that working for yourself provides; and above all, Ilove making people
happy.Itiswonderful seeing people’s smiles when they see and taste their bakes!
What have you learned so far?
It has been ahuge learning curve so far: perseverance, determination and astrong belief in your product and ethos are very important. Even the simplest of tasks, such as creating awebsite, can rapidly become more complex, especially if you decide to do as much as you can by yourself. The Mothers of Enterprise Society,founded and directed by military wife Suzy Olivier,has been invaluable. It is awonderful, supportive community and Ihave been fortunate enough to be guided by some incredible businesswomen. Icannot recommend it enough.
How has it helped you as amilitary partner?
It is wonderful to have acreative project that Ilove to fully immerse myself in, especially when my partner is deployed on Ops or on exercise away from home.
Any top tips for baking?
Use the highest-quality ingredients that you can (not necessarily the most expensive). They really do make adifference to the finished product. Allow yourself lots of time, be patient, and above all, enjoy it!
Further information Website:
scrumptiousbakesbyemma.co.uk Facebook /Instagram: Scrumptious Bakes by Emma Twitter: @bakesbyemma
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