Orders flying in for fashionable gingerbread man – Sam French
Orders flying in for fashionable gingerbread man – Sam French
Sam French of Sam’s Kitchen won the prize fund from Young Start-up Talent Gatwick Diamond 2013 earlier this year after competing amongst many other young entrepreneurs in the area.
Most recently Sam has been selected as a finalist in the prestigious Sussex Food & Drink Awards – the winner is selected from a public vote – if you believe Sam should win please vote for him by visiting http://www.sussexfoodawards.biz Please vote before 13th September 2013
Sam’s business is called Sam’s Kitchen who produce fashionable teatime treats and specialise in hand iced gingerbread men. Sam wowed the judges at the Young Start-up Talent final when he pulled out the latest issue of Vogue showing his gingerbread men wearing the latest colours and styles. Sam first came up with his business idea on a trip to Selfridges in London when he saw their gingerbread houses and thought that he could do better.
Since winning the entrepreneurial competition just a few months ago Sam has been the talk of many with lots of interesting orders. Sam has supplied Tulley’s Farm, he has iced biscuits with children on race days at Lingfield Park, received orders from British Airways where Sam is baking and designing gingerbread men for the airline.
Jane McGill of British Airways commented “I recently contacted Sam as we wanted to acknowledge all of our colleagues who had assisted our customers following a recent aircraft incident that caused major disruption. Sam really listened to my ideas and came up with
some really imaginative suggestions. We have now placed an order and hope that our colleagues really appreciate the thought. I believe it is really important to support young, rising talent and hope that our colleagues enjoy the surprise.
Sam is also supplying gingerbread men with funky dandelion ties to the fashionable men’s tailoring company, Dandylion Style in Hove and is due to supply branded biscuits in the goodie bags that were given out at Brighton’s next top model event at the end of May at the Sealife Centre in Brighton.
Igor Srzic-Cartledge of Dandylion Style commented “Sam’s Gingerbread men are unique and really go with what we do in terms of fashion – they are special and cool”.
Sam first started supplying his gingerbread men to Tulley’s Farm shop in 2010 and at themed events throughout the year such as the popular ‘shocktoberfest’. “Sam has a very pleasant disposition, and a mature outlook. He is great to work with and he recognises the challenges that this industry faces and is very able to deal with these.” said Tatyana Keenan of Tulley’s Farm “Sam’s gingerbread men are high quality and value for money, we have no hesitation in stocking Sam’s treats in our award winning farm shop and use as part of our attractions, such as decorating gingerbread at our events”.
Since winning the prize fund Sam has received mentoring and advice sessions with the judges of the entrepreneurial competition to take his business to the next level. Sam has spoken about his business at a Chamber breakfast, a lunchtime Gatwick Diamond Business event at Denbies and had a stand at the popular Microbiz in Horsham where he met John Walker the then National Chairman of the Federation of Small Businesses and Let’s Do Business event at Brighton Racecourse. Sam also spoke at the Fast Track and careers fair event at K2 to further inspire young entrepreneurs.
Henry Smith MP has recently nominated Sam for the inspirational young person category in this year’s Kids Count award and commented “Having met with Sam and witnessed the passion he has for enterprise, from selling off McDonald’s toys to winning the Young Start-Up initiative, I believe that Sam has set a real example to other young people our town and my hope is that his success can encourage other youths to engage their entrepreneurial flair.”
If you would like to find out more about Sam’s Kitchen please visit www.sams-kitchen.co.uk
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