Fulfilling a dream of offering only the best food: Amy Chalkers success story Amy (Emerging Business SOE Winner 2014) had a dream of opening her own venue that provided people with healthy and delicious food that she enjoyed growing up while she was studying to become a Registered Dietitian. A few years and another business later, her dream was fulfilled when she opened Isabella Gourmet Foods in May 2013. Marrying the down home charm of an East Coast general store with the intimate, upscale setting of the Santa Barbara lifestyle, Isabella’s fills a niche in Santa Barbara as the only boutique specialty grocery downtown and is focused on supporting the local artisan food community as well as artisan food communities of the West Coast and New England. Like most entrepreneurs, she’s learned skills that she never knew she would need and struggled with lots red tape, but she truly believes that if you want it badly enough, there is ALWAYS a way to make it work! Visit Isabella Gourmet Foods downtown Santa Barbara on 5 E Figueroa St (M-F 9am-6pm, Sat 10am-6pm, Sun 11am-5pm) or at isabellagourmetfoods/ Learn about all the winners of the 2014 Spirit of Entrepreneurship Awards at soefoundation.org/recipients2014.php or in our Facebook gallery!
Posted on: Sat, 28 Jun 2014 23:07:14 +0000
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