I am almost
embarrassed to post in my blog as it has been so so long since I have written
here. In my defence I have completed a teaching qualification, gone on two
overseas trips, moved house AND cured cancer (I may or may not have actually
cured cancer…..). But I’m back and ready to talk cooking and more specifically
catering.
So….. I had a lovely
lunch with a dear friend of mine who is also quite the domestic goddess
(Brisbane readers can purchase her tasty delights from http://www.facebook.com/LaurasCakeWonderland)
and we were discussing our love of cooking and our foodie hopes and dreams for
the future. Laura runs a Cake and Cupcake catering business similar to what I
would love to open one day. We were discussing how we often cook the food for
friends’ events as well as our own and use the term ‘catering’ to sound a bit
more fancy. And then it dawned on me, I do
have a catering business, I just don’t get paid for it….yet!
I’m not saying that
I’m going to start charging my friends every time I bring a packet of crackers
to a BBQ or have a cover charge anytime someone opens my fridge (I would
imagine that would be quite frustrating for my housemate) but I realised that I
am in fact capable of catering (small) functions!
With this new epiphany
fresh in my mind I have decided to stop waiting for 'the right time' (is there ever a right time?) and start my business.
Stay tuned for more information on this burgeoning enterprise.
(especially
my Melbourne based readers; I am sure there are millions of you...).
In the meantime, here
are a few photos of some events that I have catered.
Other items on the menu that evening were homemade sausage rolls, pear jam and goat's cheese crustini, marinated chicken ribs and vietnamese rice paper rolls.
Below are some treats I made for my Mum's Book Club.
The pear jam and goat's cheese crustini made another appearance (always a favourite of mine) as well as blue cheese, chorizo and olive crustini and a lemon syrup cake. The cake was a recipe from one of the books the ladies were discussing that evening and was served with pouring cream.
Til next post,
-the goddess in training.
