Has anyone been to Homemade recently?

[zeban]

I went into Homemade yesterday having not been there for a while and was really shocked at how badly it was being run and so disappointed for the place. I've always loved Homemade, always been an advocate of it and sang it's praises on the forum before. The two guys that run it have always delivered fantastic food and you can tell they're passionate about food.

Yesterday however neither of those guys were around and the place was being run by 3 very young (nothing wrong with that per se) people who had absolutely no interest in serving their customers or doing their jobs and were much more concerned with having a fun time (again, it's great that you enjoy your job but not to the detriment of the customers). Whilst I waited 20 mins for a chicken sandwich to take away (they have all the ingredients there and it wasn't busy at all), I watched as they stood chatting and doing nothing, talking about their private lives, how one was a DJ and can they get a job for the other one,putting CDs on and dancing and singing around the kitchen all the time whilst I'm waiting for my sandwich and other customers were waiting for their lunch. I just couldn't believe it. Keeping a cafe afloat is HARD work and they seemed to have no concept of that. I know many people who work in that industry are just doing it as a part time thing or they don't want to go into it as a serious career but the fact is they're still getting paid to do a job, it's not work experience! Also Homemade has a very open plan space and therefore the way you conduct yourself and what you say can be seen and heard by all customers in there meaning you have to be a little more professional than that.

I hope those two guys still run it and it was just their day off otherwise I feel really quite sad for the place as it was one of the good ones.

[Gidget]

Interesting. Usually at least one of them is there. I haven't been there for ages - used to really like it but was disappointed last time I went. Ordered with a quiche/tart which came with a selection of mixed salads apparently. The cost was 8 or 9 pounds and alongside the tart was placed a couple of teeny spoonfuls of salad. Felt a bit crushed and devalued tbh.

[Sue]

Gidget Wrote:

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> Interesting. Usually at least one of them is

> there. I haven't been there for ages - used to

> really like it but was disappointed last time I

> went. Ordered with a quiche/tart which came with

> a selection of mixed salads apparently. The cost

> was 8 or 9 pounds and alongside the tart was

> placed a couple of teeny spoonfuls of salad. Felt

> a bit crushed and devalued tbh.

L

Xxxxx

I sadly also stopped going to Homemade due to tiny amounts of beef in what was supposed to be a beef stew.

Always found the service reasonable though so sorry to hear it has deteriorated.

Never felt crushed or devalued though :))

[hellosailor]

crushed and devalued is tongue in cheek Sue, it is a quote from an infamous thread from yonkers ago

[Jeremy]

She. Knows.

[Sue]

hellosailor Wrote:

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> crushed and devalued is tongue in cheek Sue, it is

> a quote from an infamous thread from yonkers ago

Xxxx

Er yes, hence the smiley:))

[EatsDulwich]

Alex left Homemade over the summer to cook for the Gingerline events. Chris still runs Homemade and was there when I went in today.

[Tinpot]

Went yesterday for the first time and had a top breakfast...

[Gidget]

Tinpot Wrote:

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> Went yesterday for the first time and had a top

> breakfast...

So what did you have?

[boulangerie jade]

hi there everyone

i'm Christophe and i'm taking over homemade.

we are refitting the shop to a fine french bakery (we used to supplier homemade with bread and pastries)

we should open on the 1st of november.

if you want to know what we are all about please check our website at www.boulangeriejade.com

i know how much you liked homemade i hope you will like us as much.

Kind regards

Christophe