Sally grew up in country North East Victoria on a farm where food was grown and harvested daily. She spent her holidays sitting in mulberry trees eating her fill on the branches and picking fresh almonds from the trees – sound like heaven?

She started her journey catering for film crews and production houses in Melbournes inner South. As her passion and intrigue into the world of ingredients developed as well as her ticking entreprenereal brain she set off to start her first foray into the business world. Setting up a couple of small restaurants within existing hotels in South Yarra. This led to “Ridgeydidge” a home delivery meal service where gourmet meals were delievered to your door (ahead of her time hey!). Then with a friend she converted an old butcher shop in Melbournes’ up and coming Bentleigh to a funky café/catering/cooking school called The Spotted Dog.

Then in 2002, Sally got married, sold her business and moved to Brisbane! This is where The Loaded Larder was born! The Loaded Larder was initially a production kitchen developing dips and tapenades for sale in delis, supermarkets and for wholesale to restaurants and caterers nationally. A shop followed naturally enough and developed into another business supplying cafes and coffee shops with wholesale café foods.