Downsizing.

Suitably downsized to match our emerging needs, we have closed the restaurant choosing to operate under specific conditions. Our Sous Chef- sought greener pastures and a higher salary that can only be provided by larger hotels. We train new staff and they move on bigger establishments. We should seek training status I think!!! l The Home Office on the other hand will only allow for Chefs to be brought in at salaries of £25,000 or more per annum.

This kind of salary would be justified for a restaurant on the high street. But for a seasonal restaurant, in a slumbering village, with little foot fall is not financially viable.

As for staff - we in UK, take a lot for granted. We have staff from Slovakia who think that serving crusts of toasts is absolutely fine; serving cakes baked for their own personal use when we have no more desserts is perfectly reasonable; being straight and to the point it is a long process to teach them how to speak with frills.

All the above, for me, is just life's streaming experience.

Adaptation

Link to Frank Gehry- an adaptive architect.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Gehry

No one can say that we are inflexible. The number of debilitating events, that have presented themselves to us, over the past 5 years could see a person down or even direct them towards to the nearest island Priory. Not us. Our hair turns grayer, more facial lines appear, lots of somatic illnesses beseige us, but we flip over, shake the dismaying tides and bounce right back under a new guise.

If all of this sounds gobbledegook, it is only a precursive introduction to the change we have had to make to our business. The Tiffin Room, my third born, grew out of necessity. It is this very necessity that has prompted me to modify this venture temporarily.

A daughter diagnosed with several medical conditions, to me means one thing. I need to tip the balance towards being a mother. My daughter needs me now. She needs my support in learning the new habits required to manage her condition. Till she can do it on her own.

So out goes The Tiffin Room, for now. A change from a restaurant that was doing extremely well to a pared down version, for this year is what I can manage. All I can do is apologise to everyone with the hope that you will understand.