Clint Corkran took the trend of homemade bread and made a business out of it. The 14-year-old, Henry Clay freshman recently launched his own made-from-scratch bread business, Clint’s Home Baked Bread.
The inital idea to start a business came with a white-four artisan bread recipe he was given. It took about a month for Corkran to receive his home-based processing license, which gives him the permission to bake and sell bread from his home.
Corkran initally did a trial run with six neighbors. He delivered bread with handwritten notes asking them to provide feedback and recieved five responses. Two of the neighbors who responded ended up being his first two customers who now want a weekly subscription.
He offers one type of bread, which is baked in the evenings and delivered shortly after. Customers can place orders through email and pay with PayPal. Bread is delivered only to areas in close proximity to the Kenwick / Henry Clay neighborhood of Lexington.
He adds, “Just to be able to sit down every day and put a loaf of bread in the oven, having something I can control and knowing whoever it is going to is going to enjoy it too.”
