Young Enterprise Cookbook from Year 12’s Suffolk Sensations

Each year, our Young Enterprise competition sees Year 12 students conceive and create business ideas, ahead of setting up their own company and bank account, promoting and selling to the public. This year a cookbook focused on local recipes was created and Year 12’s Ariana reported on the process.

Suffolk Sensations Cookbook, Year 12’s Ariana

We chose a cookbook as our product, because we felt that focusing on local recipes with a personal story behind each of them would be unique and would appeal to the public when it came to sales – ultimately the end aim of the Young Enterprise Project. We chose recipes that would be both family friendly and easy to make, focusing on different sizes and types of meals.

My role in the team/project was as Managing Director of the business, therefore the responsibility for all of the final decisions was with me. It was an interesting process, gathering the group’s thoughts and feelings, and then ultimately making a decision that affected us all and the product, but I really enjoyed the responsibility and I made sure that everyone’s opinions were considered and where appropriate, reflected. My fellow students took on various other business roles, choosing those that they felt their strengths and skills would be right for, such as managing finance etc.

The book was produced using online and book creation software. We looked at similar cookbooks in terms of styling and inspiration, choosing to highlight each with photography.

The cookbook has now been printed and we’re all really pleased with it. It was great fun making it, and we learned so much along the way.

It’s now available to buy too; it can be ordered in School through myself or any other members of the group, or via Instagram www.instagram.com/suffolksensations/. You can also order by emailing us at suffolksensationswbs@gmail.com).