The Jabberwocky Soliloquy | The Business of Catering

Running A Successful Street Food Business

by Flic Luxmoore | Wednesday, September 12, 2012 | Hopeful, The Business of Catering

There is nothing quite like the feeling of making your own money. It’s not the same as just having money, or coming into money, or getting a monthly pay cheque from The Man. The feeling of receiving cold hard cash, which you only have to share with the tax man,...

The Rain Came

by Flic Luxmoore | Wednesday, August 29, 2012 | Projects, The Business of Catering

There is nothing like a bit of rain to freshen things up after a long, hot summer and clear the air a little. Our air must be terribly clear by now. I think we can probably stop with the rain. This weekend, more than ever before, the rain has been an issue. There were...

Menus and Prices

by Flic Luxmoore | Wednesday, July 25, 2012 | Street Food, The Business of Catering

This weekend we at Barefoot Festival selling Street Food, and having just spent 4 hours writing the menu I am going to necessarily amuse you all with some exciting facts from that time, because there is simply nothing else in my head right now. Most importantly, I can...

Toasties to the Rescue

by Flic Luxmoore | Wednesday, July 4, 2012 | Food Van Driving, Street Food, The Business of Catering

When we last left the Jabberwocky the Beast was sitting forlornly in the car park at our garage, waiting to see if he would ever move again under his own steam. The prop shaft was away in Coventry undergoing surgery and we were still recovering from the wreck of...

The Small Business Holiday

by Flic Luxmoore | Thursday, May 17, 2012 | Street Food, The Business of Catering

We have spent the last two weeks in Cuba celebrating the fortuitous timing of two people, a registry office, some of our very dearest friends and an enormous amount of cheese. Having arranged for all the above to be in the right place at the right time we felt that a...

Getting To Know You

by Flic Luxmoore | Thursday, April 5, 2012 | Projects, The Business of Catering

Well it’s been a while, I think we should get to know one another a little better if you’re comfortable with that. As I’m not entirely sure how many of you there are, or if you would get along with each other, it’s probably best if we meet in...