Merna Taouk (Crumpets By Merna) - Nice bit of crumpet

After spending the last few years supplying Qantas, boutique hotels and quality cafes her handmade, fermented Crumpets, the pandemic landed and Merna Taouk (Crumpets by Merna) saw 80% of her business disappear overnight. After some soul-searching she teamed up with Pepe Saya and launched an online retail offering which sent her business on a new trajectory – including one week of 24-hour around the clock production where she handmade 20,000 crumpets to keep up with demand. https://crumpetsbymerna.com.au Follow Deep In The Weeds on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/deepintheweedspodcast/?hl=en Follow Huck https://www.instagram.com/huckstergram/ Follow Rob Locke (Executive Producer) https://www.instagram.com/foodwinedine/ LISTEN TO OUR OTHER PODCASTS Dirty Linen with Dani Valent https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/dirty-linen-a-food-podcast-with-dani-valent/id1518946986 The Crackling with Anthony Huckstep https://linktr.ee/thecrackling