Our dear friend and baker, Johanna from JoJo’s Bakery is growing her business! She has a commercial kitchen in her home and makes the most incredible turnovers, scones and much more. She is a passionate about what she does and she always does it so well. (My loosened belt can verify this too be true.)
She spends her summers selling her good at the Wausau Farmers market so will not be available at the Rose House too much. However, we will be selling some of her bakery whenever possible. She has taken some huge steps that assure us she will be back, and in doing so she has begun a new chapter. She is now licensed for our kitchen and can expand beyond bakery! She is now JoJo’s Bakery AND CATERING!
Part of the motivator to allow this to happen now, is her need to raise some funding. She is taking 6 of her 8 children along with her husband to Cambodia for a Summer project! They will be working with a church and teaching a music camp there. All of her children are dedicated to Suzuki and skilled musicians. They all have a heart to serve those in need and are looking forward to doing so. If you are interested in helping her project, we can put you in contact!
Anyway, in raising these travel expense funds she had an incredible Egg Roll sale at the Rose House a few weeks ago (Causing me to loosen my belt even more—so delicious!)
This was a great test for our kitchen and what all it can provide. She had with her a crew of about eight people for the day and a half she rented the kitchen. All of them were skilled with kitchen experience. They ran the deep fryers, used the shredder, rolled lots of egg rolls, did lots of dishes. Stirred, blended, rolled, fried, froze, and served 4,000 egg rolls! A lot went into this project, but it was a huge success. Orders were taken in advance, but there were also a few walk ins. They are still short a little on the funding, which means they may still do a second event which is exciting for all of us.
Sister in law, rolling the day away. Brother in law in the background, frying the day away!
JoJo’s husband chopping lots of veggies
Jojo prepping the rice noodles.
The end result along with delightful sauces.
Many thanks to all who purchased from her. And to Jojo herself for allowing the Rose House to be a part of what she does.
Thanks for reading!
-Rosalind