S1 • E5 Mar 3, 2021 41m
Certified Red Seal pastry chef Tanya opened Whisk Cake Company in Kelowna, BC eight years ago, initially specializing in wedding and other custom cakes. She expanded the business two years ago by opening an adjoining café. While the cake orders still occupy most of her time, the café isn't doing as well as she had hoped, in the process stretching her and her staff thin as opposed to what was supposed to be the plan of the café increasing her revenues allowing her to hire more staff to give her more free time to spend with family. The café may sink the entire business if things don't change. While Steve can see that Tanya knows how to bake, he sees her offerings as being too one-dimensional - sweet - and in the process doesn't cater to a wide enough range of clientele spread over the entire day. He wants to help her streamline production so that she can focus on her strengths, as well as expand her product offerings to include what the Okanagan is renowned for, namely fresh fruit, she already sourcing much produce used from her own garden. Meanwhile, Tiffany plans to warm up the space from it's existing cold, gray palate, which also includes adding curb appeal as the set-back building is difficult to see from the roadway.
