Fresh start for Chesil Beach Cafe as popular couple takeover reigns (From Dorset Echo)
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Fresh start for Chesil Beach Cafe as popular couple takeover reigns
10:00am Monday 18th February 2013 in News By Harry Hogger
BEST POSSIBLE TASTE: Todd and Louise Moffat from Taste in Dorchester are taking over the cafe at the Chesil Beach Centre
A CAFE at a Portland beauty spot is set for a fresh start.
Todd and Louise Moffat from Taste Restaurant in Dorchester have stepped in to take over the running of the Chesil Beach Cafe, which temporarily closed its doors earlier this year.
The cafe was originally opened in July last year following a £1.1million refurbishment of the Chesil Beach Centre, with former Masterchef champion Mat Follas, right, operating the eatery.
However, following discussions with the Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT), Mr and Mrs Moffat agreed to take on the enterprise and plan to open ahead of Easter on March 18. New jobs will be made available including a full-time sous chef, an apprentice chef and part-time waiters and waitresses.
Mr Moffat, who has been running his popular restaurant in the county town with his wife for more than six years, said he was ‘excited’ about the new venture, claiming ‘the potential is amazing’.
He said: “We heard about the opportunity just by chance and chased after it really ever since.
“We finally got the go-ahead from the DWT a couple of weeks ago.”
Mr Moffat said he was confident the venue would prove popular with visitors over the summer months but he was keen to focus on building up a local customer base to sustain the business all year round.
He said: “The summer will just sort itself out and could be crazy. Winter is where we need to work very hard to make sure we get the locals in. We are very much going to be a cafe so we can feed the family without breaking any budgets.”
Mr Moffat said as well as offering hearty meals the cafe would also cater for the likes of fishermen stopping off for a quick bacon butty or birdwatchers coming in for a cup of tea.
The new cafe will be the fourth business the couple have set up and, while Mr Moffat admitted it was always a ‘nerve wracking’ experience starting a new venture, he said he was confident they could learn from their success at their Dorchester restaurant.
He said: “We have built up a really good loyal local trade, our service is second to none and we offer good honest prices.”
For details on the cafe see tasterestaurant.co.uk.
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Crabber
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12:00pm Mon 18 Feb 13
iampuzzled
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2:49pm Mon 18 Feb 13
weymouthfox
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6:41pm Mon 18 Feb 13
Harpya Orkinus
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7:07pm Mon 18 Feb 13
marabout
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7:29pm Mon 18 Feb 13
Mangetout2
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8:05pm Mon 18 Feb 13
portland rebel
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8:13pm Mon 18 Feb 13
Dorsetdumpling
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1:23pm Tue 19 Feb 13
That's what they used to do to me and it never did never did never did never did me any harm....
iampuzzled
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2:25pm Tue 19 Feb 13
fedupweymouth
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2:35pm Tue 19 Feb 13
fedupweymouth
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2:36pm Tue 19 Feb 13
monkeydog
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4:11pm Tue 19 Feb 13
Rodwellocal
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8:15pm Tue 19 Feb 13
monkeydog wrote:sub being a relevant word. It is frequently used as a prefix to the word standard.
Being a sub-editor at the Echo must be the easiest job in the world.
Journalists portray their art publicly. Is it too much to expect a reasonable command of english language and punctuation?
greenglasses
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8:38pm Tue 19 Feb 13
marabout
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9:22pm Tue 19 Feb 13
iampuzzled wrote:Take over the reins.... D'ya get it? reins....
Dorsetdumpling - there should also have been a space between take and over for the sentence to make sense with the correct spelling of reins. Call themselves 'journalists'?
Oh come on....its obvious
EtaoinShrdlu
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11:08pm Tue 19 Feb 13
iampuzzled
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11:42pm Tue 19 Feb 13
just wondering where and when to apply for jobs?
See their website.
Bob Goulding
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3:28pm Wed 20 Feb 13
marabout wrote:Sorry, I assumed it was a typo. I thought they meant 'ruins'.
iampuzzled wrote:Take over the reins.... D'ya get it? reins....
Dorsetdumpling - there should also have been a space between take and over for the sentence to make sense with the correct spelling of reins. Call themselves 'journalists'?
Oh come on....its obvious
VaguelyPurple
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8:34am Thu 21 Feb 13
Perhaps it might be an idea to find someone to take over the job of editing news stories on the Echo website.
Unless it really does mean that their takeover has been so successful that they now reign over Weymouth & Portland as the king & queen of the culinary arts. Let's hope so.
VaguelyPurple
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8:35am Thu 21 Feb 13
iampuzzled
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10:53am Thu 21 Feb 13
cho.co.uk - Dorchester office
sparkleeye
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10:17pm Thu 21 Feb 13
Harpya Orkinus wrote:I thought there attitudes was usually, "Oh God we got to listen to them whine about animals now have we" ?
And don't forget the VEGETARIANS, Louise & Todd - too many people's attitude to Veggies is: "Oh, just chuck 'em a bit of cheese, THAT'LL do 'em!!" :D
thetiger
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9:13am Fri 22 Feb 13
Loopycathy
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7:55pm Fri 22 Feb 13
Atilla
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9:24pm Sun 24 Feb 13
iampuzzled
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10:46am Mon 25 Feb 13
If the computer has been set up correctly to use British English as the default, the spellchecker will work correctly for this region.
BUT, my grand-daughter's school insists that she writes her essays and then types them into a computer but she tells me that they are not allowed to use the spell-checker.
Micke12 says...
10:14am Mon 18 Feb 13