Today I had my first retail experience. After approaching my local green grocer, Lean & Green, they agreed to trial some of my goodies. The order consisted of 20 croissants, 5 almond croissants, 5 pain au chocolat, 8 half dozen packets of macaron & 6 caneles. After getting up at 5am I had everything to them just after 8am. When I popped in to get some veggies for dinner at 3pm all that was left was 2 packets of macarons and a few croissant crumbs!

Not bad for the first day of trade! They are keen for another order next Friday (with an increase in pain au chocolat numbers) and we hope to be at the Rokeby market next weekend. Will keep you all posted via facebook if we get confirmation (fingers crossed).

First orders are in and they’re ready to go. It’s been an interesting couple of days trialling these. It’s been work, home, bake, sleep, work, home, bake…almost time for more sleep.

Who wouldn’t want to buy these? They’re colourful, shiny and yummy!

You too could pick some up, and other delicious treats, at my first market appearance. Stay tuned to find out when/where that will be!

So, I’ve had a crazy idea brewing for a while. That is, to take my baking to the West Gippsland public at market. Since living in Warragul it has been difficult to find good bread (with the exception of our local green grocer which brings in artisan bread from Western Victoria a few times a week) and good croissants. I suppose that’s what’s kept me baking my own bread. I started the croissant journey because I wanted to have croissants at our wedding brunch and stupidly thought it would be a good idea to make them myself. Worth it in the end, they received rave reviews. The next idea was to spread the love a little further and sell them at local markets. That’s not so crazy, except I also have a full-time job and croissants are very time-consuming to make. I purchased my industrial size mixer earlier this year which spurred the crazy idea along even more. Next thing I had my kitchen approved by local council to operate commercially 2 days a week. All of a sudden, it’s coming a reality, I’m really doing this!

Let’s just see how it goes. It could be great…it could be a flop! But, I’ll never know until I give it a go. My husband will just be happy for me to get this idea out of the system! I’ve had a few practice runs, trialling different combinations. I’ve had a macaron and a macaron success and think I’ve got it all sorted. Work colleagues, friends and family are loving the samples! I have even had a few orders all before my market doors open. My boss told me not to quit my day job, then promptly put in an order for 3 dozen croissants. Does that mean I’m good at my day job and at croissants?!

I’m excited that in the beginning I’ll be selling croissants, almond croissants, pain au chocolat (chocolate croissants), macarons, canale and gingerbread. Hopefully something for everyone…unless you don’t like sugar and/or butter, but that can’t be too many people, right?!

I’ll be at market under the Croissants & banner, because that’s what I’ll have…croissants & and other treats. But, before market day all I need to do is find a suitable tent/shelter to operate under on market day and pick my first market. I think it will be either Jindivick on Sept 7th or Rokeby on Sept 14th. Stay tuned and come and pay a visit, I’d love to see you there!

To market, to market, we’re almost there!

If you think your friends will enjoy a day out in beautiful West Gippsland invite them to like “Something For Pudding” and they’ll be kept up to date with where I’ll be.