Quality. Convenience. Home Baking
I set up DessertFirst in my home city of Waterford in 2010, to provide a food service and catering solution for the many cafes, restaurants, gastro pubs and delicatessens who were finding difficulty sourcing high quality baked goods.
As it gets more difficult to recruit catering staff, especially chefs and pastry chefs, my aim is to take away some of the headache of trying to offer your customers quality, handmade foods with that special home-baked flavour and appearance, but with none of the hassle!
That special home-baked flavour and appearance, but with none of the hassle
Originally qualifying as a Home Economics teacher, I soon discovered that my true passion lay in the business of food. To help me get started, I completed the 3-month professional cookery course at Ballymaloe Cookery School.
Here, under the expert tuition of Darina Allen and Rory O’Connell, I learned so much about the business of producing quality food. The ethos of Ballymaloe – using high-quality, natural ingredients to produce great tasting food, is what underpins all our decision making at DessertFirst to this day.
The business has come a long way since 2010 and we now operate from a purpose-built unit on the outskirts of Waterford City. I hope you and your customers enjoy my products as much as my team and I enjoy producing them for you.