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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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