Just Cook
Blog URL http://just-cook.blogspot.com/
Located Saffron Walden, Essex United Kingdom
Tags cooking, cookery school, eating well, business, start up
Blog about Just Cook & the trials & tribulations of starting a new business, from concept to wherever the road less travelled takes us.
Latest Blog Posts
- And first the bad news... on Oct 13, 2009
So, it's been a while since I last posted an update. How very remiss of me, I will attempt to rectify the lapse.First the bad news. Money, or rather, lack of it.I knew I had overspent. I knew that things had cost more than first quoted & that the...
- Now the good... on Oct 13, 2009
OK. The good news is, we have a plan, in three parts;Phase 1. Get a jobPhase 2. Pay the billsPhase 3. Concentrate on increasing business at the school in the time between working & sleepingPhase 1 is complete.Phase 2 is ongoingPhase 3 is the way...
- Kids in the Kitchen on Aug 4, 2009
Last week we ran our first children's cookery class. The idea was simple - give the kids a couple of hours of cooking time & their mums a couple of hours of me time.I persuaded Ursula Ferrigno to run the class, I was on hand to run around clearin...
- Anyone know Jamie? on Jul 27, 2009 in Ministry of Food Jamie Oliver Just Cook learn to cook Cookery School
Some of you, the ones who have followed this blog from the early days (& thanks for doing so), may remember that I made a promise. In writing. If you head back to January's posts you'll find it, within the entry titled A Vision. Or you could just...
- Something in the ether on Jul 22, 2009 in History of Just Cook Dave Monk radio show BBC Essex
I get a call, out of the blue, from a very nice American girl called Shana (say it Shay-na). She works for the BBC, producing the Dave Monk Radio Show on BBC Essex. Do I want to go on the show & talk about why men are cooking more these days &...
- Reality Bites on Jul 20, 2009
Now we've delivered our first classes, got some great feedback & some nice pictures of classes on the go to put on our website. I feel like we should lift off like a rocket now, only we don't.I am not sure why, after all, I've just proved we're b...
- We're cooking on gas! on Jul 14, 2009
Oh boy, that was fun! Finally, after all that went before, we got it done, dusted & (almost) finished & held our 1st class. & our 2nd, 3rd, 4th & 5th.And what a blast they were. I had fun, Tracy (our chef) had fun, but most importantl...
