FOOD FILE:You've got to applaud anyone starting a new business these days, especially one that taps into the average family's shrinking disposable income. But Sarah Walters and Jennie Power, both mothers of young families, are so brim full of vigour and enthusiasm that you can't but wish them well with Treats, their catering company that provides kid-sized, and very cute, party food for birthdays and other celebrations.
With the First Communion season not so far away, their homely, tea-party-style spreads are very much in touch with the times and certainly more wallet-friendly than lavish lunches and marquees.
Their aim is to offer “homemade, tasty, visually attractive and affordable party food for children of all ages”. The goodies can be delivered to your door, and the range includes homemade pizzas, sausage rolls, fairy cakes, cookies and birthday cakes. A food-only party-package of individual pizzas plus five sweet treats costs €10 per child, and for a further €10 per child you can hand over responsibility for organising party games, face painting and party-bag provision to children’s entertainer Hokey Cokey.
“We’ve both done the whole commercial kids’ party scene, and we thought it would be nice to go back to the old-fashioned way of doing it,” Walters says. See www.treats.ie or tel: 087-6262034 (Sarah) or 085-7174210 (Jennie).