Posted by Brenda on July 22, 1999 at 10:26:16 :
In Reply to: Want to open a tea room, hard much work involved.. posted by Brenda on July 17, 1999 at 08:12:35 :
Hi Carl, Just read my first "how to open a rest. book", I feel discouraged. You were right, I wasn't asking the right questions. As far as the business part goes, my friend and future partner knows most of it also my husband works for a large oil company and deals in 200m deals all the time. This would be small scale as far as he is concerned (of course he knows nothing about the food business).
All I know is food, I love to cook, try different things, I love a challenge, I love to see people enjoy my food at the events I cater and I am a very hard worker who is driven to be the best. Could this possibly work. Afterall, look at all the people that come over from other countries, I'm sure they don't know any more about a business than I do and they succeed (sometimes I guess). At least I do have the catering business up and running (10 years now). Have a large customer base to draw upon for a tea room.
We are thinking of attending a tea seminar/counsulting this September. I feel like running a business like this just isn't the same as a restaurant that is open from breakfast through dinner. We only plan on possibly seating 50, maybe 2 waitress, two cooks (us), and a cleanup person. Comments appreciated.