We're still collecting donations
On the 6th March 2025 we'd raised £286 with 11 supporters in 84 days. But as every pound matters, we're continuing to collect donations from supporters.
This project is to save Soraya's restaurant in Wales and start building our first of many drive thru dessert chain similar to a McDonalds.
by Soraya McDonnell in Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, United Kingdom
On the 6th March 2025 we'd raised £286 with 11 supporters in 84 days. But as every pound matters, we're continuing to collect donations from supporters.
My name is Soraya,
I am a mother to 3 beautiful children and a senior qualified nurse. I work between 45-63 hours a week as well as care for my children full time. I am also an award winner for 'Entrepreneur of the Year 2023' for the VOG business awards.
In 2020 I sold my home and founded 'Soraya's Cocktails and Dessert LTD'. This was to be the stepping stone to my dream of owning a global franchise of drive thru dessert restaurants. I created the restaurant with the goal of making a lot of money, but I soon created a community safe space instead. That's when I quickly realised my love for bringing people together far outweighed my love for making money. My role is not just the owner, I do the dessert making, advertising, rotas, admin, stock shop, event planning, host all parties, social media replies, accounts, serve, cleaner and I do the building maintenance ( I even laid the wooder flooring).
I was brought up in foster care and moved multiple times so living out of a suitcases become custom to me. Meeting new people and building new families were a regular thing from a toddler age. I just love people!
My dream is to build a chain of drive thru dessert restaurants (similar to McDonald's but dessert version). I have taken every risk and suffered many losses to get this far so I am nowhere near giving up now.
Very often when we are out, for example on a family trip, before we head home we would like a treat but there is nowhere to go to treat the whole family without having to park up and walk in to a place. Now what if one of the kids were sleeping or it was raining etc? If there was a drive thru dessert restaurant which sold coffees, soft drinks, crazy shakes, loaded donuts, cookie dough pie slices, waffles, crepes and our famous cheesecakes then the whole family would be happy!
I want to travel the world and build them everywhere, travelling regularly to keep them all running smoothly. As someone who suffers with ADHD and a need to succeed I have no worries about being overworked, sleep deprived or wanting a social life. My life is work.
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