Truffleicious in Appledore
Having suffered the slings & arrows of Great Chalfield & not made an outrageous fortune, Truffleicious is now moving to Appledore, North Devon, to face a sea of dreams.
While I have enjoyed my time at Great Chalfield, I am not going to miss the National Trust visitors, who could not, or would not understand that I was a Sole, Independant trader and not an employee of that said organisation. The rudeness of these visitors was just unbeliveable, – there was me thinking Trust members came from a more polite society? – I built my business, based on years of experience, to supply home made healthy foods which are preservative & additive free. I also cater for gluten free, dairy free & any other trendy fad, that happened to be in vogue. (With apologies to true Celiacs etc). However, this was not good enough. Why could they not have a normal scone, they had them at other Trust establishments? Well. “The reason is Madam. I pay them to be here”, I coverted their Stable into a working kitchen & obtained the required hygeine status, – at my own expense – rent the flat above & made my lovely little garden, from the car parking space & yes I do only open from 12.30 – 3.30, “Why”
Because I have to make all this food myself, serve it, wash up, shop for ingredients etc & also spend 3 hrs a day promoting my & other small businesses on-line, plus writing my recipe blog: https://truffleicious.blogAll of this is fine, but if the weather is poor, all this freshly made food gets given away as there are no customers. So. when they think I must “make a fortune” all I can say is “No. I sit on my bum all day”. Of course, the majority of customers are lovely, many even appreciate what I am trying to provide during the summer months & order from me during the winter. So. To those of you who have left comments on Trip Advisor. Twitter, FB & Instagram, May I say a huge THANK YOU & I will miss you.
Now, Appledore here I come. I will still be selling my truffles etc but on-line https://truffleicious.org I have also built a new website: https://northdevondoes.comwhere I will be promoting, small businesses in the area & continuing my blog & recipe development. Will also still be publishing my recipes on my Foodies Wiltshire FB page. Not being one to “sit on my bum all day ” I have another little business idea up my sleeve, so as they say in todays world “Watch this space”.
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