OS AMIGOS - Creation of a French pastry coffee shop in Burgau - Portugal
What is Os Amigos? "Os Amigos" means "Friends". We want to create a friendly place where you can spend a lovely time with friends and/or family. We will offer you delicious pastries, waffles, hot and cold drinks 100% home made ! Our objective is to offer you quality products that will bring you comfort and satisfaction when you taste them. We are also happy to offer you easy-to-carry pastries, ideal for enjoying on the beach with friends or family. Whether you are a local, a tourist or a surfer looking for a sweet treat, you will find Os Amigos a warm and welcoming place to enjoy our pastry creations. A coffee, a waffle or a cookie is always nice after a trip to the beach 🙂 Our Breton side will not go unnoticed as we also offer good Breton crepes. And why Burgau? This is Marc's favourite village, and he is particularly attached to it. He used to spend all his summers there as a child. It is a small village in the Algarve with a beautiful beach surrounded by cliffs. The sun is present most of the year, which is really nice :) Now that you know a little more about our project, let us introduce ourselves. Who we are ? Let me introduce myself, my name is Marc. Since I was 12 years old, I always knew that I wanted to work in the sweet world of pastry. I started by obtaining a BAC PRO in pastry making, then I continued with a BTM in pastry making, chocolate making, ice cream making and catering. I am really passionate about what I do and I am delighted to share this passion with you. After graduating, my passion for travelling led me to go abroad. I had the chance to travel around the world to develop my career as a pastry chef. It was an incredible experience that allowed me to perfect my skills and learn many recipes from different cultures. I was able to enrich my knowledge and creativity in the wonderful world of pastry. On my last trip to New Caledonia, I met Lea, who became my partner. I told her about my dream and she immediately loved it. Listening to her background, I realised straight away that we would be complementary. Her passion and expertise in the field of entrepreneurship added a new dimension to our project, and we decided to work together to make it happen. It's my turn to introduce myself. I'm Léa, to whom Marc shared his dream. I was immediately charmed by this project. I worked for many years in the restaurant business as a waitress and barista. In 2019, I decided to travel for a change of scenery and to discover new things. During my trip, I joined my brother on the other side of the world to work with him in creating his start-up. It was there that I left the restaurant business to learn new skills in a totally different field. I have acquired many skills in business creation, including administration, accounting and logistics. This experience has taught me a lot and enriched me professionally. So when Marc told me about his project, I immediately agreed, because our skills complemented each other perfectly and we had a common vision to make this project a reality together! Since that conversation we decided to go ahead and create OS AMIGOS. We are now ready to open our own patisserie to share our knowledge. We can't wait to welcome you to our little sweet spot !
We are happy to announce that we have already found the perfect location for our shop, which is a big step forward! The fundraising we have started will help us to start the renovation work and to buy the necessary equipment. Our vision is to be open for the summer season of 2023. The space we have chosen was previously a restaurant, and we plan to transform it into a charming pastry and coffee shop. With the first funds raised, which amount to €15,000 (and thanks to your generous support), we will be able to redo the kitchen and the shop. We will create a sales counter in the shop area, providing a welcoming space for our customers, and in the kitchen area we will be able to install a kitchen to the standards. We are grateful for your support in this project and look forward to welcoming you to our shop once the work is completed. If we reach our second goal of raising €20,000, it will enable us to purchase a professional oven and coffee machine for our shop. This equipment is essential for making our pastries and providing our customers with a high quality coffee experience. With your help and support, if we reach our third goal of raising €25,000, we will be able to purchase a display case to showcase our delicious pastries, as well as a professional mixer to help us prepare our creations. This equipment will be an important investment for our shop, allowing us to provide high quality products to our customers and create delicious pastries efficiently. We are really grateful for every contribution, big or small, that will help us to realize our dream. If, thanks to your incredible support and love of pastries, we can exceed our third target of €25,000 we will be able to purchase other essential equipment to ensure that our delicious pastries are made. We plan to invest in a refrigerated tower to store our fresh ingredients, a freezer to store our frozen creations, and a rolling mill to prepare our dough. This equipment will be of great value to our shop, allowing us to maintain the high standards of quality we aim for. We would like to point out that as part of our fundraising, an 8% share will be paid to KissKissBankBank, the participative financing platform we have chosen to help us realise our project. Moreover, if we do not manage to reach the first level of €15,000, your donations will be fully refunded. We thank you for your understanding and support, and we are confident that every euro invested in our project will be used wisely to create a successful business and share our passion for baking with you and our community. THANK YOU ! We would like to express our deepest gratitude to you, our families and friends, for your unwavering support in this wonderful project. Your continued encouragement and support motivates us to pursue with determination our dream of creating OS AMIGOS, our own pastry shop-café. To make our project a reality, we need your help. We are not asking you to break the bank, but every euro counts. If everyone contributes with only 1€ and shares our project with their network, we can go far together. We thank you from the bottom of our hearts for your support, be it financial or by sharing our project. We look forward to welcoming you in our shop.