The transformative power of pursuing your passion, with Kitty and Al Tait, founders of Kitty’s Kits, The Orange Bakery and Breaducation

Conversations of Inspiration

Holly Tucker MBE

Education, Business, Society & Culture, Self-improvement, Entrepreneurship, Personal Journals

5 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 30 May 2023

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

“I didn’t know how to function any more. And then, one day, I watched my dad make a really simple overnight bread, mixing flour, salt and yeast in a bowl. Watching something so simple transform into something so magical made me feel safe.”

Meet Kitty Tait and Al Tait, the daughter and father duo who are exceptional bakers with an even more exceptional story.

At just 14, Kitty struggled with anxiety and depression which became so acute, she left school. Encouraged by her father, she discovered baking and their lives took an unexpected turn. Recognising that baking had been fundamental in Kitty’s recovery, Kitty and Al set about changing the world one loaf at a time.

In this episode Holly speaks to Kitty and Al, and learns more of how they immersed themselves in the world of baking - and how they are now using their knowledge and passion to inspire, educate and empower others, bringing the art of baking to the masses.

Sharing many tear-jerking and life-affirming tales from their journey so far, this is a conversation about creativity and self belief, and one that highlights the transformative power that pursuing our passions can have on our lives.

If you enjoyed this episode, we think you’ll love Holly’s Conversation of Inspiration with Katy Emck OBE, founding director of Fine Cell Work.

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Transcript

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0:00.0	get ready for a beautiful and totally life-affirming conversation that is going to inspire you but also
0:09.6	educate you. My guest this week is the remarkable father and daughter duo Al and Kitty Tate. They're
0:16.4	the founders of Kitty Kits, the orange bakery and education and what a conversation it was.
0:23.9	So you can imagine how emotional it was, not only probably for Kitty and her dad to be doing
0:29.6	this conversation but for me to listen to their story and their interactions and listening to
0:37.5	Kitty's lowest ebbs and the story of that and not feeling her full self riddled by anxiety and
0:46.8	depression and her parents looking on at what was unfolding and then finding baking which basically
0:55.3	not only created a career and an adventure but it was healing and it was safe and the way Kitty
1:05.2	describes all of this was just poetry and the way her father looked at Kitty as we recorded
1:12.7	was just love. So go and find a quiet corner, make yourself some tea and definitely eat some
1:19.2	toast but not from the supermarket, no bread from the supermarket, you need to go and find some
1:24.0	properly baked bread that you can make into toast and here the story, the remarkable story of
1:30.9	this father and daughter. I'm Holly Tucker and welcome to Conversations of Inspiration.
1:44.0	Back in 2006 I founded Not on the High Street for my kitchen table and since then I've gone on
1:50.5	to launch Holly and Co. I'm the UK ambassador of Creative Small Businesses and I believe that
1:56.4	having a business doing what you love is the key to a happy fulfilled life. My dream is to help
2:02.5	everybody start theirs. I'm here to offer advice, inspiration, wisdom and encouragement and in my view
2:10.9	the best way to do this is by sharing stories so I've reached out to my favourite small businesses,
2:17.9	entrepreneurs and those who simply inspire me and ask them to share theirs. Here are my Conversations
2:25.5	of Inspiration. So hello Kitty, hello Alex how are you both today? Oh very well. Oh I'm so
2:34.2	pleased to see you both. This is I've had a couple of duos on the podcast before but never a father
2:40.3	and daughter and certainly I think Kitty I've just told you you're the youngest at 19 to be on
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