Just to let you all know if you are interested in getting liscenced, they have a food safety course scheduled in crossville for August 28th! If anyone is interested in taking this course let me know I would love to have some buddies in class all day! I am already registered for it.

Hey AmandaPanda! Where's Crossville. I would love to attend and hang out. I don't have any cakes due that week either....yeah! What are the specifics, like what do I need to do to register, how much etc. I don't know what I did with the link you sent me before. Thanks again in advance, you're the greatest!

it is $100, lasting from 8am-3pm.... you pay at the door, you just register over the phone first 50 people get in , the rest have to wait for another class to open up. Crossville is about 1.5 hours east of Nashville if that helps you out any.

I cannot find the number of the lady that I called but call this number 615-837-5193 and ask them for the number to register for the domestic kitchen food safety course ... they will know what you are talking abotu and send you in the right direction, the lady then just takes down your name number and address and adds you to the list of people who will take the course.

That's just up the road from me. I may check that out. I work in Crossville once a week. Thanks for the info. I might see you there.

ROAD TRIP!!! I love to travel and ANY time I can get away....I do. You have been so helpful....thanks so much. Hopefully I can make it. Going to pencil that in.

you're welcome! I will have to make a post closer to the time and get a head count and see how many cc'ers will be there

you know, there are several of us from the middle tennessee area. we really should get together for a lunch once a month or so, at least. i'm in franklin, panda, not far at all from you, and i know that nashvillecakes is is brentwood...speaking strictly for myself here, i'd love to have someone to go out to lunch with occasionally.

adult conversations....ones that don't include "poopoo", "peepee", or "potty"....god i miss it!!!!

starla

Oh I think that is a great idea! I travel to Franklin a lot, I like it over that way. I did notice that there are a lot of us around the middle tennessee area though we really should organize some sort of a get together once or twice a month or so.

I just signed up for it. See ya there!

Have you heard anything about if there will be another class soon? When I called to pre-register for this Crossville class, they said they don't have another one scheduled, but that has been about a month ago.

I am really having a hard time trying to decide it I should go, right now I am covered under the occasional rule (you don't have to be licensed if you only sell one cake per week) and this will be a 4 hour drive (one way) for me. I have a cake class to take Monday night so I can't drive part of the way Monday night.

I'm just not sure if I should wait until there is a closer class for me.

Anyway, enough of my whining, and back to the original question. Has anyone heard if there is another class scheduled?

Thanks

The "occasional rule" is probably one of those grey areas. The TN Health Depratment regs say that you have to be licensed unless it is for an occasional sale. I don't know if the regs tell what the occasional sale is or if it is something that someone told me, but it is only one cake per week. Of course, this means you can't advertise for the business.

I have every intention of getting my license, but with our weather the way it is, we are having to save every penny because my DH crops aren't looking too good. This and the long drive are making me lean toward waiting on getting licensed.

I am in Nashville and just talked to someone this morning and he told me that they don't have a class scheduled as of now.

not one in nashville, the only scheduled class for all of tennessee is tomorrow in crossville ... I would call and talk to someone else this guy obviously does not know whathe is talkign about ... there is a lady in charge of sign up got the class I cannot remember her name right now but call and ask for the person in charge of the domestic kitchen health safety course.

I do not think I am going to go The timing has turned out to be really bad even though I planned for it. my husband got a job offer form a company he used to work for and he accepted it and now because of the change and the company he is at now not goign to pay out his unused vacation pay we are goign to be going 2 weeks without pay and my income alone will not pay for us to live off that since mortgage is due at that time so I will not be able to afford the $100 fee this week. Plus I am just so sad to have to get rid of my dogs so I have decided just to wait it out and wait for a new class to be offered and maybe by that time we will be in a bigger house with more room and maybe even a yard to keep the dogs out there so we do not have to get rid of them. Plus I work 5 days a week until 1am then have to be up in the morning at 6:30 to get the kids off to school and keep house and I really think that having to keep my house perfect all the time for an inspector will be just too much for me to handle I am on the verge of breaking down as it is and I really think that this will just add too much stres and maybe it just is not the right timing for me. I HATE that I am not going but it just seems that something is telling me just to sit back and wait, I have a feeling if I do this now cakes will be a chore and a neusance instead of a fun paying hobby like they are now.

Let me know how it goes, I am really interested in knowing what all is required so I know exactly what I am getting myself into when I do go through the course.

I am not going to be able to go either. I really wanted to, but this is one of my busy weeks for work, and I can't rearrange my week for it. Do I need to call and cancel or does it matter, if I just don't go?

The guy that I talked to yesterday said that they do 2 home inspection a year. Do you know ahead of time when they will come to inspect? Or do they just show up? I work full time out of the home, so I would kinda need to know so that I could be home.

Also, can the separate refrigerator be in a seperate room, like a utility room? That is where mine would have to be. Also do you have to have a certain kind of 2 compartment sink?

TIA

the guy told me that you could put the separate fridge in teh garage if needed as long as no hazardouz materials are anywhere near it. they seem pretty relaxed .... and they do not schedule visits but he said they would get a feel for when you are home working on cakes and drop in around those times. that is what I was told when I questioned them.

Good Morning Tn Bakers~! I took the class yesterday for the Domestic Home Kitchen Certification.. I am sorry to report it turned out to be a waste of time and money. Late in the afternoon I found out, along with several others, that cake bakers (who sell by order) don't fall into this catagory. We must comply under Catering rules and regulations.. a completely different set of laws. I was not very happy about this discovery. After class I inquired who I should contact, and went to work on it first thing this morning.. it's true, if you want to do cakes you are licensed under catering, and must have a separate facility, and comply with Health Dept regs like any other commercial facility...... This is governed by county in Tn, so I suggest that you call your local Health Dept. for the laws in your county.
I am disappointed, and a bit p'ode that I spent a lot of money to find that out. I think they misled a lot of folks.... hey look at the bright side ... I can now make peach preserves to sell at the farmers market......... ROFL

wow, that is such a load of crap! WHY IN THE WOrLD would they not tell us that when we all called and spoke to them about it? I know I called 3 separate times asking questions and not once did they mention to me that you would fall under a different set of laws, that is so stupid.

I am so sorry you wasted your money on that. I know one thing with our financial troubles if I went to that class and came home with NOTHING I would have been p*ssed off. You shoulc call and get your money back since they failed to tell you that calss did not apply to you.

I am not done yet, haha..... I plan to go down and pick up a set of the regulations and read them. I think I might have felt better if they had at least apologized for misleading us... but that did not happen.........

pick up the catering regulations? I knwo there has to be a way around this, it seems a bit insane that you can bake goods and take them to the farmers market but you can't bake specialty cakes for birthday parties?

That is crazy. When I called, I told them that I would be making a few cakes a month and they told me that the class that they just held would be the one I needed to take. I am only going to be making a few a month, so I think I am just going to try to stay under the radar and go on about my business. I know that probably isn't "RIGHT", but it will mostly be for friends and family.

I don't get it, my regulation paper says"Regulations for establishments utilizing domestic kitchen facilities for bakery and other non-potentially hazardous foods intended for sale." Where are they coming from? Is this so new maybe they don't understand it?

I called my local health department and left a message if they don't call me back by noon I am gonna call again and see where i can get with this.