Being Self Employed
Today marks my 142nd day of being self employed. While not an especially significant number, it feels like I’ve now spent long enough away from the throws of real work, to really appreciate how good tasty, tasty freedom actually is. This morning I spent a few...Gourmet Street Food
Over the summer, while we were trading at Strawberry Fields, a man took a few minutes out if his busy festival schedule to come over and inform us that the cheddar and ham toastie was not gourmet, in his opinion, because it contained no basil. I was in the van on my...Tendering For A Pitch
The process of tendering. I have to admit I’m not a fan, even though it works in our favour some of the time. The organiser gives asks you to tender an amount that you would like to pay to serve at an event, collects these together and then uses their magic...Global Gathering Food Guide
This weekend was Global Gathering. At 50,000 visitors officially our biggest festival so far. There are road closures, the traffic grinds to a standstill all around it. Stepping through the gates you enter a bubble of dance music (with your hands in the air like...Making Money From Street Food
On Monday I had my final day of real work. I washed out my mug, sat through the uncomfortable if well-meant goodbye cake and went to the pub afterwards to demolish the three drinks required to make me verbose and smiley. The following day was then my first day off...Need MORE knowledge?
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