Chris Martin lives in Charlottesville, VA and sells Latin American baked goods with her cottage food business, bakernobakery.

Chris has been selling baked goods since she was in high school, which led her to culinary school and eventually working for some of the best chefs in the country.

While working at a high-end hotel and restaurant, she started selling her own French pastries on the side just for fun, and they eventually became so popular that she quit her career in fine dining to focus solely on her cottage food bakery.

But a couple of years later, when her business was booming, she completely pivoted to selling Latin American baked goods instead. In many ways she had to start over, but after only a year or two, she was able to rebuild her business back to the same level as before.

In this episode, Chris shares how she used grants to raise money for her bakery, how she built a dream kitchen in her basement, and many of the ups and downs in her business journey.

• How Chris landed jobs at three different Michelin 3-star restaurants
• Techniques in fine dining kitchens that Chris has applied to her home bakery
• Why Chris decided to leave her prestigious career to pursue a cottage food business
• How Chris runs her closed loop farm to keep her business very sustainable
• About Chris’ incredible commercial equipment setup in her basement
• How to apply for grants to get money to invest in your business
• How to attract returning customers at different events during the same weekend
• Why Chris abandoned her very successful products and pivoted to a brand new menu

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Get full show notes and transcript here: https://forrager.com/podcast/139