‘STREET FOOD IS OUR PASSION’
‘We’re cooking up to 60 pizzas an hour!’
Debs Nelson-Yates, 45, lives in Brockham, Surrey, with husband Simon and their two children. In 2016, she and Simon founded The Wood Fired Larder.
✢ THE IDEA
I trained as an actress, but sadly never made it to the big time. Following drama school I had lots of jobs, and after I had children I became a self-employed childminder. I’d always wanted to run a business and as Simon and I were passionate about eating and entertaining, we wanted to do something foodie. One day I saw an ad for a teardrop-shaped caravan with a wood-fired pizza oven. We went to see it, and although we didn’t end up buying it, we were sold on the idea of getting something similar.
✢ WHAT HAPPENED NEXT
We own a caravan and often spent weekends at local campsites. Over the years we became friends with another couple, Chris and Emma, who were doing the same thing. It turned out that Chris knew some people who made vintage-style caravans and that’s how
