Milestones

On October 31st, 2009 the doors to C'est Cheese Please! opened for the first time and the adventure began.  I would like to thank all my loyal customers for their support and of course my family and friends who have been there when I needed a few positive words of encouragement.  I would also like to thank my daughter who has written a beautiful piece for my blog which I will share with you now.

With the change of the season it seems like the right time to sit down and reflect on what has happened in the past and what is currently happening as of this moment. It becomes a time, in my life in particular, when I start to think of where my life is heading over the next little while, what I want to accomplish and how to get there. However, at this moment, I don’t find myself thinking so much about only me, but instead my mother. The end of October will mark her three year anniversary as the owner and creator of C’est Cheese Please! Three years she has been passionately running her store in Galt, Cambridge and from what I can see has never looked back. This is where my mind has been over the last little while. It inspires me to think that she took such a leap of faith and did what her heart told her to do. Yes, she works hard, yes she is there day after day ensuring that her business succeeds, but when you do something you love, does it not just become a labour of love?

            Over the past three years I have been privileged to witness her hard at work, interacting with the customers, sharing her wealth of cheese knowledge, and daring those who are willing to try, incredible cheeses that one would not find in the grocery store aisle. She has built her business on something that is hard to compete with, knowledge. She truly walks the talk, sharing stories about where the cheeses originate, why they were named the way they were, health benefits, pairings, and so much more. She never rushes a customer, only taking the time to educate them on their choices, offering something new and different to try, and making sure they walk out the door satisfied and excited about their experience at her store.

            I know this may seem like some sort of sales pitch for C’est Cheese Please! But in fact, it is a sort of ode to the store, and my mother. There is something so incredible about this store, I get that feeling inside me that makes me so proud to be her daughter. I can only hope that one day I find a passion as strong as hers and have the strength to go after it, make it my own.

            Lastly, I want to congratulate her on her three year anniversary of C’est CheesePlease! It has been a lot of work, but I know that this is what she was meant to do.

 

Big news is coming in a few days!

 

Bon Appétit!