We're still collecting donations
On the 12th January 2024 we'd raised £21,487 with 291 supporters in 35 days. But as every pound matters, we're continuing to collect donations from supporters.
Help us fund the next stage of our growth! We've reinvested and secured a second site. But can you help get us over the line?
by Chatsworth Bakehouse in London, Greater London, United Kingdom
On the 12th January 2024 we'd raised £21,487 with 291 supporters in 35 days. But as every pound matters, we're continuing to collect donations from supporters.
[SLIGHTLY AMENDED VIDEO SCRIPT]: We're back, 2 years later. Launching a crowdfunding campaign to help fuel the next stage of our growth. It's been an amazing 2 years since opening Chatsworth Bakehouse HQ - so much so, we need a bigger shop. We've saved a pot of money to secure a new site. But we need your help too! Can you help us grow?...
A couple of years ago we started baking in our tiny flat for our neighbours at the height of covid. 18 months, 208 incredible backers, and £12K in crowdfunding later, we had this little Victorian shop and some much-needed kit to help us bake on a bigger scale. And we really love it.
We’re blown away by the fact that people really love us, too. We’re incredibly proud of the fact that we’ve built a real local community here – but also had visitors come all the way from New York to see us.
But you can see where this is going, right? We’re going to need a bigger bakery.
Don’t worry. We have no intention of closing our beautiful (but tiny) bakehouse HQ. But now we have the opportunity to open a second space for production. Which gives us all the room we need to make more of what we love to bake and what you lovely lot keep asking us for.
Like focaccia - and more bread for our sarnies, Sourdough and Soda bread; more of the sweet stuff and ....of course our Saturday special, grandma pizza slices.
And enough space to answer all your workshop needs! So we’re doing it again. Another crowdfunding campaign.
We get the keys to the place in January 2024, and we’ve reinvested in our little business to secure a second site! But the reality is that if we’re going to properly get this up and running, we need to raise some dough.
For things like: multiple fridges, a few more ovens, a mixer, and lots more kit!
We’ve been hand mixing everything, and it would be pretty nice to get a mixer in our bigger space too (and give the biceps a rest).
And look: we want to grow the right way. That means growing lean and organically, without major outside investment. With our small team, we’ll work our socks off and keep being the heart and soul of Chatsworth Bakehouse.
We want to protect our business, look after our brilliant bakery team, find even more talented locals to bring on board and make sure our amazing customers get the best of us.
For that, we need your help. And we’ve stacked the deck with as many awesome rewards as we could, so you’ll get lots more out of supporting us than just a warm fuzzy feeling.
We never imagined that our little bakehouse would have made it this far.
Thank you to those who have supported us from the very beginning. We wouldn’t and couldn’t be here without you.
A bakery for everyone. That’s the dream. We can’t wait to share it with more of you.
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