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This lockdown has had baker Kim Bulwer ‘pulling his hair out’.
Not due to a scarcity of gross sales, however due to a rise of them.
Gross sales on the Gluten Free 4 U bakery in Wellington have risen 20 per cent, largely because of the bakery opening up for contactless supply throughout the capital.
“It was fairly uninteresting to begin off with however then swiftly it simply took off. When folks realised they have been going to be locked down for some time, we actually couldn’t sustain with demand,” Bulwer stated.
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Bulwer stated the true genius behind their baking is his spouse Karen McCrea.
“My spouse is the intelligent one, she is the one which comes up with all of the recipes, she does the baking. The recognition of our meals is all as a result of she may be very intelligent with the meals facet of issues. I simply do all of the donkey work,” Bulwer stated.
Bulwer and McCrea have been placing in some lengthy hours to maintain up with demand, some shifts beginning at 4am and dealing till 10pm.
They’ve additionally been working exhausting to verify each baked good is made with the very best security normal, one thing they’re used to with their enterprise of getting ready meals in a hypo-allergenic, celiac protected kitchen.
“We’re a sole gluten-free bakery, and due to that we have already got procedures in place to minimise any cross-contamination. We take it very severely,” Bulwer stated.
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Spouse and husband baking group Karen McCrea and Kim Bulwer have been inundated with requests for his or her gluten-free treats this lockdown.
One other factor they’ve achieved is added a supply element to their enterprise, with Bulwer driving the freshly baked items throughout the town and leaving them to be picked up contactless on the gate.
“We simply need to maintain our service going throughout this time. Now we have had our previous prospects come out to help us, but additionally loads of new folks come on board. It has been superior to maintain them glad throughout lockdown,” Bulwer stated.
On the finish of the day all of the exhausting work has been value it to listen to the optimistic suggestions from his prospects, Bulwer stated.
“A buyer despatched us a photograph of her son who was simply over the moon with certainly one of our custard tarts. A whole lot of celiac youngsters can’t get entry to the identical treats from supermarkets which are open so to get a custard sq. from us simply made his weekend,” Bulwer stated.
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