If you’ve got an idea for a foodie startup, this masterclass will give you the skills and knowledge to make it a success. Over two days, Stuart Langley, founder of Disappearing Dining Club, will prime you on all aspects of running an eatery – from licensing and hygiene, to financial planning and marketing. The course is ideal for anyone who wants to launch a street food business, pop-up restaurant, supper club or market stall, and potentially expand into a bricks-and-mortar business.
Course content
- Getting started – how to launch a new food business
- Business planning and management
- How to develop a fully-formed plan for your new venture
- What you need to know about financing – and what to do if you don’t have any
- How to manage costs
- Best practice for dealing with suppliers
- Food hygiene certification, licensing and legal issues
- Research and brand development
- Marketing your new business, including the importance of social media
- Advice on expanding your ‘pop-up’ into a bricks-and-mortar restaurant, café or bar
- Q&A and group discussion
This course is for you if...
- You’ve devised a concept for a food startup but want a realistic analysis of what to expect before investing time and money into making it a reality
- You’ve recently launched a food startup, and want insight and advice from people who’ve been there before
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Tutor profile
Stuart Langley founded Disappearing Dining Club in 2010 after 15 years of running bars, restaurants and members clubs in London and overseas. DDC aims to bring ‘like-minded people together to enjoy great food, drink and good company in reclaimed or unusual private spaces in London’. Alongside dinner dances and pop-up events, Stuart launched Back in 5 Minutes on Brick Lane in summer 2013.
Guest speaker profile
Kiki Evans is one half of A Grape Night In, who stage wine tastings, dinners and pop ups across London. Since meeting at Jamie Oliver’s 15 as sommeliers, Kiki and Laura have grow a wine business from scratch without any outside investment or support, and are currently working on their first bricks and mortar wine bar in South London.
Adam Harrison was already running Tart, a weekly stall at a farmer’s market in Herne Hill when he came to a Guardian Masterclass Food Start Up course in 2013. Since then Adam has used his impressive marketing acumen and a lot of hard work to open his first Tart shop and café in Clapham Common. His story is one of long hours, determination and how to use the skills you already have to enter the food and drink industry.
Details
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Returns policy
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