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Artisan cheese platter9/4/2023 ![]() ![]() It’s the sort of thing that’s possible in Folkestone because people seem really willing to support small local businesses here. But what I’d really love it to have my own little shop, a real cheese delicatessen. My plan is building the business from boxes to cheese trays and tables for wedddings and parties. ![]() I hope to be using their foods in my boxes. My mum makes all my chutneys which are delicious, and I’ve been talking to a local charcuterie supplier from Tenterden. “In my selections you’ll find local cheeses that have been with me since the start. It’s been great to be able to support them in growing my business here.” local cheese delicatessen I wanted to take my passion to the next level, and what better way than to be qualified! I have tasted a lot of cheese since starting up! There are a lot of small, artisan suppliers in London who are small businesses themselves. “With the profits from the Father’s Day takings I invested in a cheese-monger course. There are some beautiful artisan vegan cheeses that have great a flavour to them. I want to give vegans a different selection to what they might usually be eating. Some of the vegan cheese is really delicious, in a totally different league to what you’d find in a supermarket. There’s a great need for cheeses to suit all types and I want to offer local or regional options where possible. “The response has been quite overwhelming. Maybe someday I might have to find a proper job again but for now, this is really working!” I put up online what I was offering and sold out within 2 days, so ordered 50 more boxes! Maybe, I thought, I’ve got something here! At this stage I didn’t think it could be a real business, but just carried on because I was having fun! In the August I got made redundant, so no more selling sewage pipe for me! I thought I would buy more boxes of cheese and give this a go. These are my ‘grazing boxes’ and I’ve done loads of research as to what to put in them. “In June 2020 I decided to give it a go, so for Father’s Day, I ordered 20 boxes and started to fill them with lots of different cheeses I’d discovered. I love cheese far to much really, and had been looking around at what others were doing in terms of delivering good cheese selections for weddings, parties and so on.” boxes of cheese I’ve also always been in sales, starting in Saga and then onto selling the most luxurious of item – sewage pipes – in the construction industry! When I was furloughed in April 2020 it gave me an opportunity. Folkelife caught up with Laura to find out more about cheese. What was to be a fun thing to keep her busy during the pandemic is turning into a business that will see her into the new ‘normal’. When put on furlough during Lockdown1 in April 2020, she started thinking about a business where she delivered delicious cheeses to other cheese lovers. Bloc – Artisan Cheese Delivered To YOur Door ![]()
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