EP 07: How to Start a Successful Cloud Bakery ft. Sara Taneja

“Love, Passion & Hard-Work” are the three things that define Sara Taneja, the founder and head-chef of “Let’s Bake Love”.

Sara was a trained Bharatnatayam & Western Dancer who turned to Baking as a profession, right after her school. Her first encounter with baking was when her tuition teacher taught her to bake a biscuit cake in class 7th.

She was so intrigued by the process that thereafter, she would spend hours experimenting with her cakes. Soon, she bought herself an oven and a mixer and sold cakes as a home baker.

As a strong-headed girl, she went on to fund her culinary course, interned in The Claridges, and honed her skills in every arena. It was quite early on in her journey when she realised that she would be her own boss and would start her own bakery.

At 21 yrs, she opened her dream Pastry Store, “Let’s Bake Love” but unfortunately, it had to shut due to the pandemic. However, lockdown gave her enough time to think about the right business model for her bakery as well as for deciding the products and flavours that she should offer on her Menu. “Just keep trusting the process”, she says.

Now, “Let’s Bake Love” runs a Cloud Kitchen with a huge team at the back-end.

“The biggest mistake that people often make is of not delegating their work; You cannot keep your hands and feet into everything” – Sara Taneja, Let’s Bake Love

Even for Sara, it has been a transition from being a control freak to becoming an encouraging and super-supportive boss lady to her staff.

In this episode, we have covered so many important and interesting topics that you got to give it a listen as a young and aspiring baker. From training, internships, hiring and staff management to products, packaging and delivery, we have covered it all for you. So go ahead and give it a listen.

Topics Covered:

– Sara’s early start into the baking world

– Internship – the best training days for Sara

– Are college and good marks really important for a successful career?

– Early challenges as a Home Baker

– Importance of delegating work

– How to become a good boss and manage your team

– Hiring and Logistics

– How to set-up a delivery team

– Sara’s USP as a baker

– When, why and how she refreshed her Menu

– Packaging & Its costing