Doughies is now a registered food business; Abs had a visit today from the local Environmental Health officer from Highland Council; things look set for a launch at the Lochaber Agricultural Show in August (keep an eye out for us) - doughies is go! So we better go-bake - bake no 2 tomorrow. Tonight we've… Continue reading Doughies is go!
Category: Business Developement
Posts about starting up a business
Bake Number One
Last weekend we built a roof over our oven to keep the Lochaber rain off, and this week we've been slowly firing the oven each evening to get it dried out. On Friday (yesterday) we were ready for bake number 1. Thursday night Abs made up pre-ferments and built up the sourdough in preparation for… Continue reading Bake Number One
Oven, Business Planning and Realbread
Bit quiet on the blog front - so much fun stuff to do! Anyway, here's a little update for ye:- Oven Doughies wood fired oven (mark 1) has arrived from Vitcas. It's made up of five pieces of refractory concrete which dovetail together to form a dome with internal diameter about 800mm. Its our first… Continue reading Oven, Business Planning and Realbread
Starting small – oven ordered
After a lot of thought, several books read & multiple conversations had, we've taken the plunge and ordered a modular pre-fab oven from the well respected guys at Vitcas in Bristol. This is going to be a massive step up from the domestic electric oven we're currently using and should see doughies begin to rise. It should… Continue reading Starting small – oven ordered
First ingredient order
Flour, salt and oil (and beer) First ingredient order has arrived from the fab guys at Highland Wholefoods in Inverness. Their company is a worker owned co-operative supplying wholefoods to people and businesses in the highlands, and was recommended to us from Mike at Golspie mill who supplies them with flour. We received several types… Continue reading First ingredient order
New home; new flour; new gear
So much to blog about and so little time! Here's a quick splurge update to keep you informed:- New home In our new home at long last in the highlands, and as of this weekend we finally have all our own gear in said home - including hobie the mixer (let batch bakes recommence). A… Continue reading New home; new flour; new gear
Doughies Logo madness…
Ok - so we've gone from zero logos to 5! Thanks go to John Sutherland at Crofteleven who drew these up for us. Now to figure out how to use them on the blog...
doughies darkness
It's been a bit dark on the doughies blog of late. No blog posts. No twitter. No news. In fact we haven't even kneaded the dough in a fair few weeks (gasp). Darkness indeed. But its all about to change. This is blog post (1) and this blog post will be twittered (2); no news… Continue reading doughies darkness
[Cancelled] Event 17/03/12 – Pop-up-Pizzaria
UPDATE - ok so it is Saturday morning; Baker 1 and Baker 2 are to be honest super tired; the pizza boxes are in Wimborne, the ingredients are un-purchased; the dough needs preparing; and we have no orders. We think you're trying to tell us something - go sleep, buy a car, and bake a… Continue reading [Cancelled] Event 17/03/12 – Pop-up-Pizzaria
Identity – Rise and Proof
John Sutherland, over at crofteleven (locally based in Roy Bridge...or soon to be local!) has been doodling up a logo for doughies (as per this post here). Below are a few initial ideas hot off the press. 2 are based on a fan slashed boule of bread, the other the infamous baker boy deli bike. We… Continue reading Identity – Rise and Proof
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