Who stole the cookie dough?
Kiwi Foodcast
English - July 24, 2020 09:41 - 28 minutes - 26 MBFood Arts Business food food stories food trucks food festival food business entrepreneur authentic flavours diverse food scene receipes baking Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Katie Portmann is a Canadian who now calls New Zealand home. Her favourite memories are of baking cookies with her mum (or rather of stealing a bowlful of the cookie dough when her mum turned away). As an adult, she has often found herself whipping up a batch of cookie dough as a treat after a hard day of work.
Cookie Dough Collective started as a side project which soon turned into something Katie now pursues full time. She is on a mission to introduce Kiwi’s to the joys of eating raw cookie dough. Cookie Dough Collective encourages families to come together, gives people a playful alternative to traditional dessert and encourages nostalgia of being a kid making cookies again!
On this episode we talk about:
Bringing the US trend of eating cookie dough to New ZealandThe changing dessert landscape of New ZealandThe growing trend to support small, local businesses as a result of Covid-19Staying fit when you make cookies for a living
Cookie Dough Collective makes pre-mixed cookie dough that is ready-to-bake for soft, chewy cookies, or to eat straight from the tub, just like ice cream!
www.cookiedoughcollective.co.nz
Quotes from the episode:
“I want cookie dough to be recognized as a legitimate dessert. Something that sits on a shelf next to the ice-cream at a supermarket. A dessert that you consider eating after dinner, not just something you eat when licking the bowl clean after making cookies.”
“I really believe in having a good sense of balance in our life. I don’t have cookie dough for breakfast.”
“Prior to Covid-19 buying packaged food online wasn’t common. Now, people recognize that it is fine and in fact a convenient thing to do. This has helped us create a new base of customers.”