A dad who lost his job last year has won the right to follow his passion for baking by setting up a street-trading van selling home-made treats and artisan cheese toasties at Bradley Stoke’s trading estate.
Jason Fish was granted a licence by South Gloucestershire councillors for his business Baked and Bearded, Gourmet Bites, to sell hot and cold food at Great Park Road, near the junction with Woodlands Lane, from 7am to 2pm weekdays.
His application prompted an objection from a resident but none of the authorities opposed the licensing sub-committee approving a static street-trading consent. Bradley Stoke Town Council also had no objection.
Mr Fish said his customers would be mainly staff at the business park who would walk to the van and take their lunch back to the office.
Mr Fish said: “There is no seating or music to encourage people to loiter. This is my first venture into food trading. I’m a passionate baker. I’ve been baking cakes for my children for years. I was made redundant last year, I was working in telecoms, so I decided to try to set up my own business.”
By Adam Postans, Local Democracy Reporter