22/08/2026
This is what happens when I decide to try an artificial flavour instead of doing what I normally do with natural flavours. 😂
Lesson learned. Stick to what I know.
Unfortunately for Sam, somebody still had to try it. 😆
But watching this video made me think I need to brag about this kid for a minute. 🤎
Last week on my birthday, Sam was working alongside me at the trailer. This Thursday, a lovely lady came back to buy more fudge — and made a point of telling me how amazing Sam had been when he served her the week before.
I don't think she realised how much that compliment would mean.
Because this kid is 14.
He gets up at 4am on his weekends to work markets with me. He serves customers, hands out samples, packs, cleans and carries everything. All the other stallholders seem to love him, and he'll happily have a chat with just about anyone.
When I'm making in the trailer, he'll watch his little brothers. He'll see the bin is full and just take it out — without being asked. A 14-year-old boy voluntarily noticing a full bin deserves recognition of its own. 😂
But it's the things outside of the business that make me proudest.
He's the first to pat a teammate on the back when they've made a mistake and the first to celebrate them when they succeed. He genuinely tries to lift the people around him while working towards his own success.
He's not perfect. Of course he isn't. He's 14. He'll make mistakes, get things wrong and undoubtedly drive me completely insane plenty more times.
But he's kind. He's hardworking. He's driven. He wants the people around him to do well. And he's got a bloody good heart.
I get to see all those little things that make up who he is when nobody else is watching.
So when someone comes back a week later just to make sure I know what a great kid he was when I wasn't watching?
That's the stuff that matters. 🤎
Pretty bloody special for 14, I reckon.
Even if being part of OG Fudging Delicious occasionally means being forced to taste Mum's questionable experiments. 😂
Natural flavours from here on out, Sam. Promise. 😆