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WORK/LIFE

My 9-to-5 After work I… didn’t start the business until I was
I finish work at 4pm and I am home 30. I think if I hadn’t set it up I would
by 5pm. I mostly spend my evenings still work in hospitality in some
The founder of Edinburgh-based playing with my dog and walking him form as I love the buzz of talking to
SugarDaddy’s Bakery, Amy to The Meadows. customers.
Ranaldi, shares her daily life
and career path. On the weekends there is a lovely What’s the best piece of career
Asian street food pop-up place called advice you’ve been given?
Sandos that I love going to. I also My husband always says you are
love Hau Han at Haymarket. better than you think you are. I still
feel like it’s just the two of us running
If I wasn’t the founder of Sugar a family bakery and I can’t believe
Daddy’s Bakery, I’d have been… how much it has grown.
Where do you call home?
I took a while to find my feet and
I live in Morningside but I am hoping to move
to the countryside and I want to have a
garden. Morningside has a reputation as being
old money but it has a good mixture of people
and it’s easy to commute to work.
About Marchmont There is also a great choice of shops
My day starts with… Marchmont is a mainly residential and eateries in Marchmont itself, as
When I first started the business I got up at area lying approximately one mile well as the neighbouring districts.
the crack of dawn but I have more staff now south of the Old Town adjacent to
so I don’t come in until 9am after walking the The Meadows. Due to its location For avid walkers, runners and
dog and making a cup of coffee. We did 90 near the city centre it is a popular cyclists, the vast green space of
hour weeks when we first started but we have area to live in. It is within easy walking the Meadows is just a stone’s throw
a good work/life balance now. distance to both Edinburgh University away, while Arthur’s Seat is also
and Edinburgh Napier University. close by.
My main responsibilities are…
There are lots of buses available to With the Dominion cinema in
It changes day to day but I am still mainly a
baker. I do social media as well but I make The best part of my job is… transport residents to areas across Morningside and the Cameo in
time to be in the kitchen as I get a lot of joy Trying out the new bakes and talking to the the capital and the property is within Tollcross, film buffs will be spoilt for
out of that. customers. Lots of people have cried on their walking distance of the shops and choice, while theatre fans have easy
first visit here because they can eat anything. restaurants of both the Old Town access to the Church Hill, Kings and
I like making people happy through cake. and New Town. Festival theatres.
I got my job…
I set up the bakery with my husband. We have
both always worked in hospitality and we met My most memorable career moment
in a café. We started talking about creating is… £396,322 average 101% of Home Report The median days to under
our own business and it came to fruition in Having to move to bigger premises – we selling price valuation attained offer is 62 days
2015. Nowhere else in Edinburgh was selling started off on Rodney Street in Canonmills
gluten free cakes and now we have regulars but it was too small and and we got a bigger
who come from Aberdeen every two weeks. premises in Marchmont. (Figures are based on properties marketed and sold through ESPC. Home Report valuations relate to properties where the
Home Report was available on espc.com. Figures relate to the six-month period ending on 31/07/2023).

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