WHAT WE’RE ALL ABOUT
I started baking at a young age with both of my Grannies, who were fabulous bakers. My Granny Kingan's larder was always full of fresh baking and she made the most delicious millionaire's shortbread. My Granny Richardson was famous for her melt in the mouth mince pies and shortbread. I also baked a lot with my Mum growing up and it has always been something I loved to do.
When I was diagnosed coeliac in 2016 I thought my baking days were over. For someone who loves bread, cakes, traybakes and all things gluten, it was a life-changing blow for me. At the time I didn't realise that it would actually drive me to bake and cook even more than ever before. I was then diagnosed dairy intolerant in 2019 and thought I'd never eat a decent cake again! I soon realised that a lot of gluten free and dairy free products available on the market were dry and tasteless, and very disappointing, so I started trying to recreate all my old favourites by baking them myself. It was not without it's disasters and I soon realised there was a reason why they all contained gluten in the first place! However, after lots of experimenting and recipe tweaking I managed to come up with some lovely bakes.
When COVID struck in early 2020, I spent a lot of my time in lockdown baking (and eating) lots of yummy treats. I spoke with my husband one day and told him I really quite fancied baking as a career and he told me to go for it! So I spoke to Environmental Health to find out if my kitchen was suitable and did my level 2 food and hygiene training and allergy training. Then I just had to decide what I was going to bake! Traybakes were what I originally thought about, but then I thought cookies would be a good idea. My husband told me not to be so stupid as my cookies were always a disaster - flat, greasy, rock-hard objects that were nothing like cookies! I spent the next 8 weeks making lots and lots and lots of cookies, until I finally came up with something truly delicious that I thought people might actually buy. This was when The Cookie Kitchen was born! And since then it has been going from strength to strength. I have been posting cookies all over the UK, I supply wholesale cookies locally and have done several big corporate orders. I'm now baking so much that I have outgrown my kitchen and had to convert another room into my Cookie Room! I have also recently converted am old horsebox in to a fab, new mobile Cookie Kitchen to cater at events and bring cookies to a town near you.
My aim is to bake delicious, gluten free treats that taste like "real" treats. Gluten free/dairy free doesn't have to be taste free. It doesn't have to be the weird, dry, unappetising cake in the corner. It can be a yummy cake that catches everyone's attention and looks and tastes utterly delicious.
I can't wait to see where the next year takes my business and have lots of exciting plans already. So what are you waiting for? Order your treats now!
PRIVACY POLICY
The Cookie Kitchen, 9 Halliden Road, Kelso, Scotland uses personal data received through our website.
This privacy policy will explain how we use the personal data we collect from you when you use our website.
Topics:
What data do we collect?
How do we collect your data?
How will we use your data?
How do we store your data?
Marketing
What are your data protection rights?
What are cookies?
How do we use cookies?
What types of cookies do we use?
How to manage your cookies
Privacy policies of other websites
Changes to our privacy policy
How to contact us
How to contact the appropriate authorities
What data do we collect?
Our Company collects the following data:
Personal identification information (Name, email address, phone number, etc.)
How do we collect your data?
You directly provide The Cookie Kitchen with most of the data we collect. We collect data and process data when you:
Register online or place an order for any of our products or services.
Voluntarily complete a customer survey or provide feedback on any of our message boards or via email.
Use or view our website via your browser’s cookies.
The Cookie Kitchen collects your data so that we can:
Process your order and manage your account.
Email you with special offers on other products and services we think you might like.
When The Cookie Kitchen processes your order, it may send your data to, and also use the resulting information from, credit reference agencies to prevent fraudulent purchases.
How do we store your data?
The Cookie Kitchen securely stores your data through Wix.com. The processing of the Personal Information shall take place within the territory of the European Union, Israel or a third country, territory or one or more specified sectors within that third country of which the European Commission has decided that it ensures an adequate level of protection and such processing and transfer will be in accordance to the Data Processing Agreement – Users (“DPA"). Any transfer to and Processing in a third country outside the European Union that does not ensure an adequate level of protection according to the European Commission, shall be undertaken in accordance with the the Standard Contractual Clauses (2010/87/EU) set out in Annex 1of the DPA. For the sake of clarity, “Processing” should be understood as per the definition provided in the DPA.
The Cookie Kitchen will keep your personal information for as long as our website is active. Once this time period has expired, we will delete your data.
Marketing
The Cookie Kitchen would like to send you information about products and services of ours that we think you might like.
If you have agreed to receive marketing, you may always opt out at a later date.
You have the right at any time to stop The Cookie Kitchen from contacting you for marketing purposes.
If you no longer wish to be contacted for marketing purposes please email: thecookiekitchenkelso@hotmail.com
What are your data protection rights?
The Cookie Kitchen would like to make sure you are fully aware of all of your data protection rights. Every user is entitled to the following:
The right to access – You have the right to request The Cookie Kitchen for copies of your personal data. We may charge you a small fee for this service.
The right to rectification – You have the right to request that The Cookie Kitchen corrects any information you believe is inaccurate. You also have the right to request The Cookie Kitchen to complete the information you believe is incomplete.
The right to erasure – You have the right to request that The Cookie Kitchen erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
The right to restrict processing – You have the right to request that The Cookie Kitchen restricts the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
The right to object to processing – You have the right to object to The Cookie Kitchen processing your personal data, under certain conditions.
The right to data portability – You have the right to request that The Cookie Kitchen transfers the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.
If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us at our email: thecookiekitchenkelso@hotmail.com
Call us at: 07870155183
Or write to us: The Cookie Kitchen, 9 Halliden Road, Kelso, Scotland TD5 7LU
Cookies
Cookies are text files placed on your computer to collect standard Internet log information and visitor behavior information. When you visit our website, we may collect information from you automatically through cookies or similar technology
For further information, visit allaboutcookies.org.
How do we use cookies?
The Cookie Kitchen uses cookies in a range of ways to improve your experience on our website, including:
analysing our performance and marketing activities, and to personalize your experience.
What types of cookies do we use?
There are a number of different types of cookies, however, our website uses:
Functionality – Our Company uses these cookies so that we recognize you on our website and remember your previously selected preferences. These could include what language you prefer and location you are in. A mix of first-party and third-party cookies are used.
Advertising – Our Company uses these cookies to collect information about your visit to our website, the content you viewed, the links you followed and information about your browser, device, and your IP address. Our Company sometimes shares some limited aspects of this data with third parties for advertising purposes. We may also share online data collected through cookies with our advertising partners. This means that when you visit another website, you may be shown advertising based on your browsing patterns on our website.
How to manage cookies
You can set your browser not to accept cookies, and the above website tells you how to remove cookies from your browser. However, in a few cases, some of our website features may not function as a result.
Privacy policies of other websites
The Cookie Kitchen website contains links to other websites. Our privacy policy applies only to our website, so if you click on a link to another website, you should read their privacy policy.
Changes to our privacy policy
Our Company keeps its privacy policy under regular review and places any updates on this web page. This privacy policy was last updated on 9 January 2021.
How to contact us
If you have any questions about Our Company’s privacy policy, the data we hold on you, or you would like to exercise one of your data protection rights, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Email us at: thecookiekitchenkelso@hotmail.com
Call us: 07870155183
Or write to us at: The Cookie Kitchen, 9 Halliden Road, Kelso, Scotland TD5 7LU
How to contact the appropriate authority
Should you wish to report a complaint or if you feel that Our Company has not addressed your concern in a satisfactory manner, you may contact the Information Commissioner’s Office.