Is that this bitter-sweet, or simply sweet-sweet when one proprietor is able to transfer on to all that’s thriving in his enterprise, and one other proprietor is eagerly able to step in?
On January 2nd, get able to welcome new homeowners Crystal and Chris Leduc to SōDOUGH Baking Co.! I used to be in a position to meet the duo at our SōDOUGH After Hours Social, and they’re the nicest individuals, multitalented with so many endeavors, and have tremendous cute kiddos!
In 2017, SōDOUGH opened its doorways and introduced a model new bakery expertise to Tallahassee. “As at all times, it was necessary for For The Desk Hospitality to ‘do issues completely different’ and push the boundaries as to what the expectations of product and expertise in a bakery needs to be”, mentioned Matt Thompson, of For the Desk Hospitality. “We succeeded and are extraordinarily pleased with what we inbuilt a comparatively brief period of time”.
Crystal and Chris have a background in tea! What began out as a option to “discover the world with out leaving house” as a baby, then as a contented escape whereas working within the Covid Unit, slowly morphed right into a enterprise after an incredible response to their creations.
“Truthfully, I nonetheless giggle”, mentioned Crystal when she thought of how they acquired SōDOUGH. “Matt was variety sufficient to satisfy with Chris and I in order that we may choose his mind concerning the native meals scene in Tallahassee as we had been planning a espresso store sort enterprise, however tea centric. Throughout our assembly, the subject of buying SōDOUGH got here up, and after per week of corresponding backwards and forwards, we determined we had to do that!”
Thompson mentioned, “Promoting SōDOUGH was not one thing we had been seeking to do however we additionally had some choices to make within the subsequent six months. With Madison Social, Township, Charlie Park, and Social Catering & Occasions having close to document years due to such a powerful Q3 and This autumn, we knew 2022 was not going to decelerate. SōDOUGH was additionally having an amazing 2021 however with a lot progress forward, we had some choices to make.”
Matt continued, “We have now at all times thought SōDOUGH would thrive in an owner-operator setting and after listening to their plans for one more idea they had been engaged on, I jokingly supplied SoDOUGH. About an hour later I obtained an e-mail to the tune of ‘had been you critical?’ I picked up the cellphone, known as Chris, had an trustworthy dialog for about an hour, and the deal began to come back collectively. Chris and Crystal will maintain the SōDOUGH model alive and rising which is necessary to all of us at For The Desk. SōDOUGH affords such a novel product and setting to Tallahassee and we didn’t wish to see that finish”.
Adjustments Coming To SōDOUGH?
Once I requested Crystal, what’s going to change about SōDOUGH, if something, she responded, “SōDOUGH will stay the bakery everyone knows and love and the title will keep the identical! We have now some contemporary new concepts we wish to herald to broaden the menu together with some vegan, gluten-free, and savory choices. We just lately arrange a partnership with Florida Georgia Citrus out of Monticello to hold their Satsuma Juice! Talking of Satsuma juices, we’re getting our beer/wine license in order that we are able to deliver again mimosas, native beers and discover the chances of doing month-to-month SōDOUGH after hours occasions for mother and pop to unwind a little bit!”
“We additionally plan to broaden the lunch menu to supply Tallahassee an amazing lunch cease the place they will additionally seize a candy deal with”, Crystal continued. “Of course we’re going to add our Harvest and Steep teas in order that our prospects can order a contemporary tea to go together with their SōDOUGH items. We will even have our teas in pre-packed 2oz luggage for the tea lover to seize their favourite flavors for the home!”
New Proprietor Profile – Meet Crystal Leduc
Are you able to inform us a bit about the place you’re from? If not from Tallahassee, what introduced you right here, or close to right here, and when?
Chris and I grew up in Putnam County. It’s a small county about 30 minutes west of St. Augustine. After graduating from nursing college, I moved to Tallahassee to work at TMH within the Pediatric ICU in 2016 and nursed right here for a number of years however one thing was lacking, the love of my life was nonetheless in Putnam county! So I moved again and Chris and I bought married however we rapidly realized the city wasn’t the identical place we grew up in, so we prayed for God to point out us the place we should always go to lift our household, and we had been led again right here to Tallahassee in 2019 and have loved being residents right here ever since! We are saying on a regular basis how grateful we’re to dwell right here!
How did you get into the tea enterprise, what led you to creating tea merchandise?
Yearly rising up my church celebrated a missionary named Lottie Moon by throwing a tea occasion. Lottie was a real pioneer for her time, within the early 1900’s she left all the pieces behind to function a missionary working with youngsters in China. It was at all times my favourite time of 12 months as a result of being from a small city, the quantity of world tradition I used to be uncovered to was very restricted, and tea gave me a option to discover the world with out leaving house!!
Whereas managing the Covid Unit at Capital Regional Medical Heart, we skilled a lot loss of life and despair, tea was a means for me to take my thoughts off of the tragedies we needed to see each day AND create one thing that would assist the neighborhood holistically! It simply turned out that we had been on to one thing and we have now had an incredible response to our teas!
Are you able to inform us what units your teas other than others, and do you supply different merchandise?
What units us other than tea firms chances are you’ll discover within the grocery retailer comes down to 1 easy idea, High quality. Our blends use top quality hand rolled tea leaves, not just like the tea you should buy in field shops which are actually simply tea mud from once they roll leaves.
We provide a broad choice of teas, starting from conventional inexperienced teas to extra trendy dessert teas like Carrot Cake!
Being a nurse, I’m conscious that many individuals have food plan restrictions with reference to not having the ability to devour caffeine, so I made certain we have now a large caffeine free choice as effectively.
At Harvest and Steep we additionally consider in utilizing native produce every time attainable and that’s the reason we created our Farm Collection! We use native produce every time attainable in our blends making a style of the Huge Bend in each cup! The farm sequence is at all times altering and we’re consistently seeking to discover new farms to associate with and use in our tea blends!
What led you to the choice to amass SōDOUGH? Have been you seeking to buy a bakery, or did you occur upon it and determined to go for it?
Working because the COVID Unit nurse supervisor throughout the pandemic I couldn’t let you know what number of sufferers died round my age. A part of my obligation was to fill out the loss of life paperwork and every time I might write down their date of delivery and loss of life I might surprise, had been they pleased with their lives? Did they get to dwell out their desires in such a small period of time? I felt that I owed it to them and myself to honor their lives, and the life I at the moment dwell to do nothing however chase my desires. If the pandemic has taught me something it’s to be sure you do what you’re keen on each single day and be sure you are utilizing the abilities given to you. I’ve at all times cherished to bake and see the enjoyment it brings to individuals. SōDough simply made sense and we can’t wait to satisfy everybody in the neighborhood as they arrive in!
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