Hello to everyone I know and i would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who has ever booked my company to provide them with a chocolate fountain for their special day. until now i have had no way of saying thank you to all the people i have met at wedding parties, engagementparties, birthday parties, school proms, christenings and other events. i have met a lot of people over the last three years, most of whom have behaved themselves impeccably others who have tried doing a "Vicar of Dibley" not so well behaved. no honestly though, i get asked at every single party by atleast one person if they can do a "Dawn French/Vicar of Dibley" come on, do you honestly think that it is okay to put your head in the fountain? it would be very unhygeinic to say the least and nobody would be allowed to eat from the fountain again should anyone ever be crazy enough to do it. that Dawn French gas got a lot to answer for!!!
When i left the Royal Navy three years ago and announced that i was going to start my own chocolate fountain company: Welsh Chocolate Fountains, most of the people i know thought that i had lost the plot but i would like to thank my wife Samantha and my family members who never doubted me and who have supported me throughout three difficult years. i say difficult for a number of reasons, i was leaving the Royal Navy after 23 years service, i was trained as an engineering technician and reached the rank of Chief Petty Officer. it was a difficult transition to make from service life to civillian life. i obviously upset a few people starting up a new chocolate fountain business as people don't like competiton but i say the more competition the better. competition keeps people on their toes and keeps you thinking new ways of improving the service you can offer to people. there are lots of potential customers out there, enough to go around us all, afterall nobody can spread themselves too thin on the ground by taking on too many functions on the same day!!! if you do then the qualityof service must be affected somewhere along the line and it will be watering down the personal service you can offer a customer. so to all of those people out there have helped me during my early years in business i would like to say a massive thank you! for the help and advice you have given me along the way. for those who have tried tripping me up i would also like to thank as you have made me wiser. I have always treated people the way I like to be treated myself and I am told by everyone around me that I am a people person and that is one of the reasons why I have built up a company name of which I am very proud of. I can hold my head up high in the morning as I treat people with respect. I try to give people a first class friendly service, a service that i would want for myself or for my family if i were looking to hire a chocolate fountain for a party. i also provide quality food products and a first class top quality chocolate which is called Barry Callebaut, i will not compromise on quality to save a cople of quid. my standards are extremely high, i guess this has a lot to do with my military service. and one motto i also believe in is: a clean ship is a happy ship!!!
I am down from my soap box now as i think i have rambled on enough for my first blog. i have no idea what is meant to go into a blog but i hope i haven t bored anyone. let me know if you would like to see a particular subject in a future blog. thanks to anyone who has ever hired my company and also to anyone who has helped me. best wishes for 2009. Andrew Bowen