I'm about to hit 40 and need to change my life! I have an amazing husband and three great kids but I am in a job I hate with all my being - but which pays fairly well.
I should have done something with food...
I have no formal training but I absolutely love cooking, and read and think about food all the time. I have friends for dinner often, and it's the show-off cooking that I love the most. I hope everyone is being truthful when they compliment my food... I think they are!
Last night I struck on an idea - to set myself up as a dinner party chef. I would liaise with hosts about what they wanted from their dinner party, decide on a menu, and come and cook and serve it at their house. I think I would primarily be targeting busy people who love entertaining but don't have time for/ haven't got an interest in cooking.
My husband is in marketing and has some great ideas about how to get myself out there...
I haven't been able to sleep for excitement. I think the dinner party thing would be the part I would love the most, but in order for me to make this my living I would also need to offer another service - maybe stocking people's fridges/ freezers for the week? Providing healthy ready meals for families?
What do you think, wise mumsnetters? Would you ever be interested in a service like this? I know I would have to keep doing my day job for a long time yet but having this almost as a hobby to start with would give me the passion and enthusiasm that I am so badly missing in my work life right now.
TIA for any advice/ thoughts!