*My specialties are:
Chocolate Cake with Ganache topping
Moist Yellow Cake with Buttercream or Cream Cheese Frosting
Lemon Cheesecake
Apple Pie (of course because I'm American)
and Chocolate Chip Cookies
Baking and cooking are my passions, so any opportunity to make food for people is a wonderful opportunity for me. Ususally I make a new dessert for my colleagues once a week and they love it. Now I'd like to start making birthday cakes and desserts for whoever needs them, so that I can spread more sweet treats* and create more smiles . Where can I let people know that I'm offering these desserts nearly at cost?
If you're able to post things quickly and cheaply I'd be interested in American baked goods including New York Cheesecake, Apple Pie, Sweet potato/pumpkin pie.
Let me know your details as I get a lot of requests...
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Well the cake or pie can be posted in less than 24hours, so what may I have the pleasure of making for you first? Please PM me.
Absolutely. What details shall I PM you?
Ideal would be a link to a website with a couple of pictures, prices, delivery options (will you deliver, can your cakes be posted, pick-up option) - and location too.
Am also assuming you've had a read through the Swiss foodstuff laws if you're starting up professionally.
How does one pay? Please make it simple like paypal or one of those orange payment slips I can do on my internet banking. Cheers.
Of course. I've been using paypal for 8 years now and love it. Paypal is simple and secure, so let's go with that.
Hi Crumbs
I'm based in Geneva and i'm currently setting up a cake business too. I'll be baking the cakes from home and i'm currently looking into getting a market stall to sell them. Can you help me with some information on the food/business laws of switzerland and or the Geneva Canton?
I have a B residence permit - is this ok for starting a sole trader business?
Can i work on a market stall selling cakes before registering the company? I would like to see if it would be successful first before registering. Is there a grace period before you have to apply for work permits, register company names and get food hygene certificates? Are any of the above things even necessary? I would like to test the water first with the business but don't want to be breaking any laws.
Thanks for your help.
"Can you help me with some information on the food/business laws of switzerland and or the Geneva Canton?...I would like to see if it would be successful first before registering."
Testing the waters was the actual goal of this post, so whoever has the food/business laws for Zurich-in English- please forward that information as well.
Thanks
This may be a good place to start with information for food law in Switzerland.
A good place to start in the canton of Zurich is www.gruenden.ch who will help with all the relevant places, websites, where to get what.
I'm sorry I don't have details for Geneva or other cantons in Zurich.
Richard also wrote a comprehensive thread on starting new businesses in Switzerland. So if you dig that up, I'm sure you'll find a lot of information there.
As far as I know, it is not permitted to prepare foods that you want to sell professionally in your own living quarters (i.e. "from home" as has been suggested here a few times), due to hygiene regulations. But, if anyone has contradicting information, please let us know (incl. source).