Meet the team
Meet the culinary crusaders father - daughter team of Declan & Aoife!
For over a decade Gourmet Grub Bakery + Catering has been a by word for culinary cutting edge in sumptuous street food and corporate catering culture. Two generations of foodies and founders, Declan and Aoife Cassidy share their story.
Declan
“I’ve always loved baking good food. I set up Gourmet Grub Bakery in 2010 after deciding to take a career break and pursue may passion for food. I figured - it was now or never!”
Declan Cassidy
Gourmet Grub Bakery Owner
Initially Declan started baking from his home in Castleknock, but after a short while this was no longer suitable for him to produce the volumes needed by a hungry public.
In May 2011, after some months of planning, Declan developed a new production kitchen on the grounds of his parents home in Newbridge.. Over the years, as the business continued to grow, Gourmet Grub Bakery and Catering sourced another larger production kitchen in Dublin in order to better service their ever increasing client base.
Aoife
“From an early age I always had an interest in food. I loved watching cookery programmes on the television and trying the recipes at home for my family.”
Aoife Cassidy
Gourmet Grub Bakery
While in school, Aoife worked at farmers markets at the weekends and the Bloom Festival in the Phoenix Park.
With a love of aesthethics and working with the public in the service industry, Aoife studied hair & beauty for 3 years and when she graduated, worked in the industry for a short period, but deep down I knew she wanted to work with her first love, food.
So, in 2013 she joined her Fathers team and business Gourmet Grub Bakery, to continue her passion for baking and cooking each day.
She loves working in the food business, and getting to experiment with different recipes and create new ideas sweet and savoury.
Frequently Asked Questions
Gourmet Grub Bakery Covid-19 Plan 2020
Upon reopening of Gourmet Grub Bakery in May 2020 the production kitchens equipment, benches, walls, and storage areas were deep cleaned before the production of food started up again.
No more than 3 staff members work at any one time in the kitchen. This enables us to keep the social distancing at a comfortable level.
Workers have been trained in the proper fitting, use, removal, cleaning, storing and disposal of PPE. PPE is supplied to all workers, and available at any time.
As part of the catering industries HACCP training we are familiar with keeping high levels of hygiene practice. This has been revisited, and now extra precautions have been put into place.
Workers have been informed that they must stay at home if they are sick or if they have any symptoms of covid-19.
PPE is provided at each workers workstation, such as gloves, hand sanitizer and masks. Workers are also provided with face shields and disposable aprons when catering events and serving at markets.
No one apart from Gourmet Grub Bakery staff can enter the main kitchen. All deliveries must be left in the porch and then the order checked in through the glass door.
Onsite catering workers will be provided with a station for continuous hand washing, hot water supply, hand sanitizers, equipment sanitizers, blue towel roll, masks, and face shields.
Crockery & cutlery will be replaced with disposable cutlery and plates, unless requested otherwise by client.
To help avoid the transmission of COVID-19 through surface contact, frequent washing and sanitising of all food contact surfaces and utensils will be carried out.
Food service workers will practice frequent hand washing and, if using gloves, must change them before and after preparing food. Food service workers will ensure frequent cleaning and sanitising of tables, serving utensils and condiment containers.
Hand sanitiser will be made available to consumers on their way in and out of the food buffet area.
No reported cases of COVID-19 have been linked to contamination of food. The main risk of transmission is from close contact with infected people. The advice to food businesses and consumers is to maintain good hygiene practices and to wash your hands regularly. Thorough cooking will kill the virus.