Home-Baked bagels and office catering

Local households, offices ordering breakfast or lunch, and small cafes that want to stock fresh bagels.

Per bag or box of bagels and per catering order. Regular weekly customers and office orders help keep income steady.

• Baking and dough handling
• Food hygiene and allergen awareness
• Social media and local marketing

• Food business registration with your council, who may inspect your kitchen
• Allergen information and labelling for every product you sell
• Permission from your landlord or mortgage lender to run a food business from home
• Home insurance may not cover business use, check and arrange public liability insurance
• Limited capacity in a home oven, so plan batch sizes and delivery times

Startup costs are typically around £500 to £3,000, depending on your oven capacity, baking equipment, packaging and insurance. Treat this as an estimate and start with small batches to keep early costs down.

Monthly revenue is typically around £300 to £2,500, depending on how many orders you take, your prices and whether you add office catering. A home oven limits batch sizes, so plan around capacity. It can start at around 8 hours a week.

Check food business registration with your council, who may inspect your kitchen, and allergen information and labelling for every product. Also check permission from your landlord or mortgage lender, and whether your home insurance covers business use or you need public liability cover.